Bourne & Hyden post bronze medal win

Toronto, Canada, September 18, 2016 – Tri Bourne and John Hyden of the United States rebounded from a disappointing semi-final setback here Saturday morning to capture the bronze medal match at the US$500,000 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Finals in the afternoon.

To claim the $20,000 third-place prize, Bourne and Hyden scored a 2-0 (21-14, 22-20) win in 43 minutes over Ben Saxton and Chaim Schalk of Canada.  It was win No. 2 this week for the Americans over Saxton and Schalk after defeating the Canadians Thursday in pool play.  Overall, Bourne and Hyden have won three of four FIVB World Tour matches with the Canadians.

Sunday’s podium placement match was only the fourth time that Canada and the United States had met in a FIVB World Tour medal match since the start of the international circuit in 1987.  The United States now leads with a 1-0 mark in gold medal matches with the Canadians (1996 in Portugal) and 2-2 in third-place contest (1994 in Miami Beach, 1995 in La Baule, France, and 1998 in Ostende, Belgium).

For the 2015-2016 season, the United States men had a 15-9 edge in FIVB World Tour matches with the Canadians.

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