Canadians Equal Best Ever Results

A great tournament run and a breakthrough season concluded on Saturday for Heather Bansley and Liz Maloney of Toronto as they finished seventh at the final stop on the FIVB World Tour circuit.
The Canadian pair equaled its best-ever international result achieved this past July at the World Tour stop in Quebec City. The showing should [...]

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Beach Volleyball Round-Up

Heather Bansley and Liz Maloney of Toronto split their opening two matches on Wednesday to remain in contention at a stop on the FIVB beach volleyball World Tour circuit.
Bansley and Maloney, seeded 18th, defeated 15th seeds Satoko Urata and Takemi Nishibori of Japan 21-17, 21-12 in 34 minutes. In the second round they lost to [...]

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A Tough Day at the Pan Am Games

It was a day to forget for Canada in volleyball – on the court and beach- on Wednesday at the Pan American Games.
On court, the Canadian women are still searching for their first win after falling to Peru in a consolation semifinal. They will play for seventh place on Thursday. On the beach both Canadian [...]

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Canadian Pair Win Opening Match

Heather Bansley and Liz Maloney of Toronto showed the patience that made them one of the breakout teams in international beach volleyball this year in their opening match victory Sunday at the Pan Am Games.
Bansley and Maloney defeated Virginia Zonta and Ana Gallay of Argentina 18-21, 22-20, 15-6 under ideal conditions at the beach resort [...]

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Beach Pairs Named For Pan Ams

Volleyball Canada has announced its men’s and women’s pairings for the beach volleyball competition at the Pan Am Games set for next month in Guadalajara although the beach volleyball events will take place in Puerto Vallarta.
The women’s team is Heather Bansley of Watertown, Ont., and Elizabeth Maloney of Toronto and for the men it is [...]

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Two Canadian Pairs Advance

Heather Bansley and Liz Maloney of Toronto as well as Kacie MacTavish of Sharon, Ont., and Julie Rodrigue of Quebec City advanced to the round of 16 on Thursday at the FIVB beach volleyball international.
The competition is the Olympic test event for next summer’s Games.
Bansley and Maloney, seeded fifth, concluded the round robin with a [...]

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Canadian Teams Advance to Main Draw

Heather Bansley and Liz Maloney of Toronto as well as Kacie MacTavish of Sharon, Ont., and Julie Rodrigue of Quebec City advanced to the main draw on Tuesday at a stop in the FIVB beach volleyball World Tour.
Both squads posted two wins in Tuesday’s qualifying. The victories continued an impressive string of success for Bansley [...]

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Canadians Finish 7th at Quebec Open

Heather Bansley and Liz Maloney of Toronto will earn a career best result on the FIVB World Tour beach volleyball circuit with a seventh place after losing their quarterfinal match on Saturday at the Quebec Open Jeep event.
Bansley and Maloney, who strung together three exciting wins on Friday to keep their medal hopes alive, fell [...]

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FIVB Swatch Quebec Open Kicks-Off

Back in North America for the first time since 2007, the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour is in Canada this week for the $380,000 FIVB Swatch Quebec Open Jeep 2011, presented by Videotron.
Beach volleyball tandems from around the world are in Canada as the double-gender event marks the eighth time the world tour [...]

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Canadian Pair Advance to Playoffs

Heather Bansley and Liz Maloney of Toronto advanced to the playoff round on Wednesday at the beach volleyball world championships.
The Canadian pair, seeded 39th, lost to 10th seeds Maria Clara Salgada Rufino and Carolina Solberg Salgado of Brazil 21-13, 21-19. Bansley and Maloney finish third in their pool with a 1-2 round robin record but [...]

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