Canada's Wilkerson, Humana-Paredes improve to 2-0 at beach volleyball worlds
Fellow Canadians Pavan, McBain drop 2nd straight match during pool play in Mexico
The Canadian women's duo of Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson improved to 2-0 in pool play at the beach volleyball world championships on Sunday in Mexico.
The No. 4-ranked Toronto pair beat No. 50 Michelle Amarilla and Erika Bobadilla of Paraguay 21-14, 21-10 — their second straight sweep in Apizaco.
Wilkerson led the way with a match-high 17 attack points and four block points.
Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson opened the tournament with a dominant win over Morocco's Imane Yakki and Mahassine Siad on Saturday.
Fellow Canadians Sarah Pavan and Molly McBain were defeated by Raïsa Schoon and Katja Stam of the Netherlands earlier on Sunday.
The No. 60-ranked pair of Pavan, from Kitchener, Ont., and Toronto's McBain put up a valiant effort against the seventh-ranked Dutch squad, but ultimately fell 2-1 (21-15, 17-21, 15-7).
Stam stepped up with 21 attack points and three block points, while Schoon recorded four aces. McBain led Canada with 20 points.
After dropping their opening match against the Swiss pair of Esmée Böbner and Zoé Vergé-Dépré on Saturday, there was little room for error for the Canadians, as they sit in last in their four-team Pool H heading into their final group match Monday.
The No. 33 men's pairing of Sam Schachter of Richmond Hill, Ont., and Toronto's Daniel Dearing bounced back from their opening loss by beating Juan Virgen and Miguel Sarabia of Mexico 21-17, 21-12 on Sunday night.
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Both women's teams have matches at 4:30 p.m. ET on Monday — McBain and Pavan take the court to play the No. 43-ranked pair of Puerto Rico's Alanis Navas and Maria Gonzalez, while Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson are set for a contest against the 22nd-ranked Czech pair of Barbora Hermannová of Marie-Sára Štochlová.
Schachter and Dearing will then take on Morocco's Mohamed Abicha and Oussama El Azhari at 6:30 p.m. ET.
