The Canadian men’s sitting volleyball staff fell to Ukraine in 4 units of their round of 16 match at the 2022 World ParaVolley Championships in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Ukrainians opened the match with a 25-21 win within the first set, then buying and selling two-point victories with Canada (25-23, 23-25, 26-24) to declare the 3-1 tightly contested victory.
“We confirmed right this moment that we deserve to be a top-eight staff,” stated Canadian head coach Jeff Smith to Volleyball Canada. “We executed a exact recreation plan in opposition to the seventh-place staff on the earth. Our aim was to showcase our expertise and right this moment’s match did simply that.
“Despite popping out with the 3-1 loss, our drive for fulfillment saved us in every match. We got here right here wanting to be high 10 and plan on doing so.”
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Smith credited Bryce Foster and José Rebelo’s serving abilities within the clutch for Canada’s aggressive play.
The No. 6-ranked Canadian girls’s staff completed second in its pool with a 2-1 file and can subsequent play Hungary on Tuesday with a quarter-final spot on the road.
All matches are being streamed dwell on World ParaVolley’s YouTube channel.
Canada men’s roster
- #2 Mikael Bartholdy — Calgary
- #3 Austin Hinchey — Edmonton
- #5 Nasif Chowdhury — Toronto
- #6 Bryce Foster — Thunder Bay, Ont.
- #7 Douglas Learoyd (C) — Calgary
- #9 Andrew Tucker — Brampton, Ont.
- #10 Christopher Bird — Brandon, Man.
- #11 José Rebelo — Saint-Hubert, Que.
- #13 Dariusz Symonowicz — Toronto
- #14 Connor Compton — Calgary
- #19 Jason Beaman — Vancouver
Canada girls’s roster
- #2 Julie Kozun — Melfort, Sask.
- #3 Danielle Ellis (C) — White Rock, B.C.
- #4 Jennifer Oakes — Calgary
- #5 Payden Vair — Cardston, Alta.
- #6 Angelena Dolezar — St. Albert, Alta.
- #7 Anne Fergusson — Carleton Place, Ont.
- #8 Jolan Wong — Vermilion, Alta.
- #9 Sarah Melenka — (*16*), Alta.
- #10 Jayme Lepp — Vancouver
- #11 Heidi Peters — Neerlandia, Alta.
- #14 Katelyn Wright — Edmonton
- #15 Felicia Voss-Shafiq — Burnaby, B.C.
- #16 Jennifer McCreesh — Smithers, B.C.
- #17 Allison Lang — Edmonton