Marliese Kasner/Dustin Kalthoff (Saskatoon, SK) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Kasner/Kalthoff finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kasner/Kalthoff defeated
Sarah Brown/Roland Robinson (Edmonton, AB) 9-4, then won
7-3 against
Maureen Stolt/Peter Stolt (Minneapolis, MN). Kasner/Kalthoff went on to lose
8-5 against
Cory Christensen/John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Kasner/Kalthoff responded with a
6-5 win over
Becca Wood/Thomas Usselman (Denver, USA) in their final qualifying round match.
Kasner/Kalthoff earned
0.000 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 7 of the event schedule, Kasner/Kalthoff did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Kasner/Kalthoff ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
