's Ashley Howard qualified for the 2018 DEKALB Superspiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match
8-2 against
Jennifer Clark-Rouire (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2018 DEKALB Superspiel in Morris, Manitoba, Canada;
's Ashley Howard finished 4-2 in the 19-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, 's Ashley Howard lost
6-5 to
Kristy Watling (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a
8-5 win over
Ann Podoll (Fargo, ND). 's Ashley Howard went on to lose
9-4 against
Elena Stern (Oberwallis , SUI). 's Ashley Howard responded with a
5-4 win over
Kim Schneider (Kronau, SK). 's Ashley Howard won
7-5 against
Un-Chi Gim (Gyeonggi -do, KOR), then won
7-1 against
Laura Burtnyk (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
's Ashley Howard earned
16.216 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the DEKALB Superspiel. 's Ashley Howard move up 13 spots after posting a net gain of 12.991 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 59th overall with
67.015 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. 's Ashley Howard ranks 50th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
44.446 points earned so far this season.
