Janais DeJong (Sexsmith , AB) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, DeJong finished 3-2 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, DeJong defeated
Kesa Van Osch (Parksville, BC) 7-3, then went on to lose
10-1 against
Diane Gushulak (New Westminster, BC). DeJong responded with a
6-2 win over
Taylor Reese-Hansen (Victoria, BC). DeJong went on to lose
8-5 against
Chiaki Matsumura (Nagano, JPN). DeJong responded with a
6-0 win over
Karla Thompson (Kamloops/Vancouver, BC) in their final qualifying round match.
DeJong earned
5.982 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 78th place overall with
44.385 total points. DeJong ranks 90th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
7.984 points earned so far this season.
