Hague: Women Advance to Next Round
Canadian Women Facca-Whitaker have made it through pool play to the first round at the U19 World Beach Volleyball Championships in The Hague. An earlier loss today against the Russia’s first team (18-21, 19-21) did not disqualify them from moving on. An early strategy to use the wind’s volatility gave the Canadian a solid lead in the first game and the confidence to stay aggressive and nearly succeed in winning. A solid performance from both women kept them in the second game until the last two points. Despite both losses to the Russians (1-2,0-2) their excellent effort in playing high scoring, very tight matches was the deciding factor in them moving through. They will be playing the German team of Laboureur-Spinger later today in a must win single elimination match.
On a less exhilarating note: our men’s team of Schachter-Fenton, suffered a 0-2 (16-21, 16-21) loss to Mexico’s Salas-Valdes earlier this morning. Rex Fenton suffered a knee ingury early in the match. That’s it for our men who must be satisfied with a 1-2 record, their only win coming in their first match against Latvia the first day.
