Toronto’s Tuesday Trial – Pavan’s pristine picture?

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 8, 2016 – The imposing and sometimes fierce stare of Sarah Pavan will be surveying the other side of the Beach Volleyball court as she takes her position at the net.

For the first time in her career, she’ll have to deal with Heather Bansley on the opposite side. No longer will the 6-foot-5 Pavan and her wingspan be providing a comfort zone for Bansley to play defense and convert attacks into points.

The two Canadians, coming off a fifth-place finish at the Rio 2016 Olympics, will go against each other on Tuesday (September 13) in Toronto in order to qualify for the final spot in the women’s portion of the SWATCH World Tour Finals.

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The duo decided to split up after the Olympics, and they’ve both chosen new partners. Bansley will go to battle with Brandie Wilkerson and Pavan has picked up Melissa Humana-Paredes and the new teams will meet in a one-match showdown to see who will join 11 other of the best women’s teams in the world to chase the US$100,000 top prize in the year’s final FIVB World Tour major tournament of 2016.

Humana-Paredes, 23, is one of Canada’s rising stars. She first gained prominence in 2011, when she joined Victoria Altamonte and placed second in the FIVB Under-21 Age Group World Championships behind rising Swiss stars Nina Betschart and Joana Heidrich …

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