Canadians Pavan, McBain win bronze at Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Challenge

CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Canada’s Sarah Pavan and Molly McBain won the bronze medal at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Challenge with a 2-1 victory over China’s Jie Dong and Fan Wang on Sunday in the third-place game.

Set scores were 15-21, 21-16, 15-9 as Pavan, of Kitchener, Ont., and Toronto’s McBain picked up their first international medal as a team.

Pavan and McBain won their pool and then eliminated a team from Japan in the playoff round. 

They defeated a German team in the quarterfinals before losing to the eventual gold medallists from Brazil in the semifinals.