Sarah Mallais (Saint John, NB) finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Mallais defeated Stacie Curtis (St. John's, NL) 7-4, then went on to lose 4-3 against Jill Brothers (Halifax, NS). Mallais responded with a 7-3 win over Colleen Pinkney (Truro, NS). Mallais went on to lose 6-5 against Mary Myketyn-Driscoll (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Mallais earned 0.932 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 132nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 16.989 total points. Mallais ranks 106th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.000 points earned so far this season.