Shawn Boyle (Philadelphia, PA) finished 5-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Boyle defeated Todd Slagter (St. Paul, MN) 7-1, then went on to lose 7-3 against Matt Henning (Durham, NC). Boyle lost 7-5 to Courtney Shaw (Potomac, MD) where Boyle responded with a 7-5 win over Jim Honsvall (St. Paul, MN). Boyle won 1-0 against Craig Nicko (Philadelphia, PA), then won 1-0 against Anthony Ames (Blaine, MN) and 5-4 against Mike Mueller (St. Paul, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 25 of the event schedule, Boyle did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Boyle ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.