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CANCUN, Mexico,
April 26, 2021 - The four Canadian teams in the
second FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 4-star
tournament at the Cancun (Mexico) Hub wrapped up
this weekend with two ninths among the results.
World Champions
and number-one ranked Sarah Pavan and Melissa
Humana-Paredes were eliminated by Germany’s
Karla Borger and Julia Sude with a 2-0 (21-14,
21-15) score in the second round of playoffs.
On the men’s
side, Grant O’Gorman and Ben Saxton also
finished in the top ten with impressive pool
play wins over teams from Brazil and Spain. In
the playoffs, the Canadians fell to Carambula/Rossi
of Italy (0-2).
Brandie
Wilkerson and Heather Bansley lost a tough
three-setter with Australia’s Taliqua Clancy and
Mariafe Artacho on Saturday in the first round
of playoffs to finish ranked 17th in this event.
Sam Pedlow and
Sam Schachter succeeded in winning their
qualifying matches, but ended the tournament in
25th. |
