Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson continue to prove they are one of the best beach volleyball duos in the world with a Pan American Games silver now added to their list of accolades. The 2023 Santiago Pan American Games beach volleyball tournament finished on Friday, October 27 with the women’s team locking second place and the men’s team of Jake MacNeil and Alex Russell securing fifth in their bracket.
The Toronto pair had a flawless run in the tournament up until their gold medal match against Ana Patricia Silva and Eduarda ‘Duda’ Santos Lisboa of Brazil. An exciting back-and-forth finals, the Canadians were just on the cusp of gold with the sets tallying 20-22 and 18-21. The team was coming off the heels of a fifth place finish at the World Championships in Mexico where Ana Patricia and Duda earned a silver medal, having fell to the United States’ Sarah Hughes and Kelly Cheng.
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