Canadians Ruby Sorra and Emma Glagau bring home silver from the first-ever NORCECA U23 Beach Volleyball Tour event in Cayman Islands.
Ontario athletes Glagau and Sorra, who captured bronze at the FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championship in September, were defeated in a tie-break by Ella Connor and Piper Ferch of the United States 2-1 (18-21, 21-11, 22-20) on Sunday.
The Canadian women’s pair reached the gold-medal match winning their semi-final over Britney Choon and Tsyan Selvon of Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 (21-9, 21-11).
Canada also took silver on the men’s side as USA’s Thomas Hurst and Gage Basey won gold over Trent Ketrzynski and Rouzbeh Rahnavard of Canada 2-1 (23-21, 17-21, 15-11).
On the way to reaching the final, Ketrzynski/Rahnavard, both of Ontario, battled to overcome Eddy Toro and Joshua Winklaar of Aruba in semifinals 2-0 (24-22, 22-21). In the quarterfinals, the Canadian duo won 2-0 (21-10, 21-15) over Joshua Persaud and Nicholas Williams of Trinidad and Tobago.
