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Canada and Switzerland finish off day four with a pool E match
- Updated: August 9, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, August 9, 2016 – Canada’s Heather Bansley/Sarah Pavan and Switzerland’s Joana Heidrich/Nadine Zumkehr wrap up day four with a battle for control over pool E. Both teams won their opening matches, and a win will almost guarantee advancing to the elimination stage.
Head to Head
Heather Bansley/Sarah Pavan have won two of the three meetings on the FIVB World Tour. The Swiss won the first match, a three-set pool play win at the Long Beach Grand Slam in July, 2013 and the Canadians have won the last two, a round of 16 straight-set victory at the Stavanger Major in June, 2015 and a three-set win at the Gstaad Major in July, 2015.
Historically the #5 seed has won all three meetings against the #17 seed in the Olympic Games, all in pool play, and all in three sets.
Heather Bansley/Sarah Pavan, Canada, Seed #5, Pool E, 1-0, MAX Set Ratio, 1.3125 Point Ratio, Qualified 5th with 6,150 Points in the 2015-16 Olympic qualification period
• Heather: September 13, 1987 (28y10m24d), 170 cm (5’7″), 64 kg (142 lbs.), Hometown London, 68th FIVB World Tour event, $273,375 career winnings (ranks 60th)
• Sarah: August 16, 1986 (29y11m21d), 196 cm (6’5″), 75 kg (167 lbs.), Hometown Kitchener, 38th FIVB World Tour event, $228,225 career winnings (ranks 74th)
• Heather and Sarah have been playing together since 2013. They are playing in their 38th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together (ranks 88th), $456,450 career winnings (ranks 29th).
• Heather has played in seven FIVB World Tour final fours with three silver medals, three bronze medals and one 4th place finish.
• Sarah has played in seven FIVB World Tour final fours with three silver medals, three bronze medals and one 4th place finish.
• Heather and Sarah have played in seven Final Fours in 2015-2016 (Silver Prague Open 2015, Silver Porec Major 2015, Bronze Gstaad Major 2015, Bronze Yokohama Grand Slam 2015, 4th World Tour Finals 2015, Bronze Moscow Grand Slam 2016, Silver Porec Major Series 2016).
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