It is the second year in a row that Canada’s Melissa Humana-Paredes and Taylor Pischke ended up third in the competition. They won the bronze medal at FIVB
U23 World Championship on Sunday, while playing at Myslowice, Poland.
Australia defeated the Canadian side in the semifinal on Saturday. However, the pairing of Humana-Paredes and Taylor Pischke came back with a 2-1 (21-18, 14-21, 15-10) win over Finland’s Taru Lahti and Anniina Parkkinen in the third position match.
Pischke: “To be honest it was pretty tough to come out and bounce back and play that third place match, cause obviously we did not want to be there. It was a tough loss against Australia. We had a lot of chances to win that one.”
After coming out strong against Finland, the Canadian girls let loose a little in the second set and the Finish girls took their chances to win it. In the tiebreak Humana-Paredes and Pischke got their act together and claimed third place after all.
“It was important we came back and won the bronze”, said Pischke. “Not the colour we wanted, but a medal is a medal and we are happy.”
U23 World Championship on Sunday, while playing at Myslowice, Poland.
Australia defeated the Canadian side in the semifinal on Saturday. However, the pairing of Humana-Paredes and Taylor Pischke came back with a 2-1 (21-18, 14-21, 15-10) win over Finland’s Taru Lahti and Anniina Parkkinen in the third position match.
Pischke: “To be honest it was pretty tough to come out and bounce back and play that third place match, cause obviously we did not want to be there. It was a tough loss against Australia. We had a lot of chances to win that one.”
After coming out strong against Finland, the Canadian girls let loose a little in the second set and the Finish girls took their chances to win it. In the tiebreak Humana-Paredes and Pischke got their act together and claimed third place after all.
“It was important we came back and won the bronze”, said Pischke. “Not the colour we wanted, but a medal is a medal and we are happy.”
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