Strong serving McNamara’s power into U21 semis

Lucerne, Switzerland, May 15, 2016 – Canadian twins Megan and Nicole McNamara stormed into the semifinals of the FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships on Sunday. The 18-year olds booked a solid 2-0 (21-19, 21-18) win over Paraguay’s Erika Mongelos Bobadilla and Michelle Valiente Amarilla. In the semifinals on Monday the 18-year old McNamara’s are up against fourth seeded Russians Nadezda Makroguzova and Svetlana Kholomina. In the other semi youth olympic champions Eduarda ‘Duda’ Lisboa Santos and Ana Patricia Silva Ramos from Brazil take on USA’s Sarah Sponcil and Torrey Van Winden. “It felt good, a good win”, Megan McNamara said about their quarterfinal against Paraguay. The Canadian team was leading throughout the match and reached their first match point at 20-16. They grabbed victory with a clever dink over Erika on their third match point. What really made the difference in the match against Paraguay was the serving pressure the jump-serving twins are know for, but that also means taking risks. “The strongest part of our game is probably our serving”, Megan said. “So we like to take that risk, get some aces and accept a few errors. And even if it’s not an ace, put the other team in trouble and get an easier ball back. It definitely paid back in this game.” The twins finished 17th at the 2014 U21, but won bronze at the U19 that year and silver at the Youth Olympic Games. In Lucerne they have only …

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