Team Canada avoided elimination in women’s 3×3 basketball and women’s beach volleyball on Saturday 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. There was not so good news for the Canadian men’s beach volleyball team (Dan Dearing of Toronto, Ontario withdrew from a lucky loser game against Chile early in the first set due to a back injury), the Canadian women’s soccer team (lost due to a penalty) . in the quarterfinals against Germany) and the Canadian men’s volleyball team (wasted a 2-0 set lead against Serbia, but was then eliminated from the quarterfinals by losing three sets to two).
In women’s 3×3 basketball, Canada reached the quarterfinals with a 21-19 win over Azerbaijan and finished the round with a record of four wins and three losses and fourth place out of eight. In Canada’s win over Azerbaijan, Michelle Plouffe of Edmonton, Alberta led Canada with eight points. Katherine Plouffe of Edmonton led Canada with eight rebounds and Paige Crozon of Humboldt, Saskatchewan, led Canada with two key assists.
Then in the quarterfinals. Canada defeated Australia 21-10. Kacie Bosch of Lethbridge, Alberta, led Canada with nine points. Michelle Plouffe led Canada with six rebounds and four key assists. Canada next faces Germany in the semifinals (Monday at 10:30 a.m. MT). Spain and the USA are in the other semi-final.
In women’s beach volleyball, Brandie Wilkerson and Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto, Ontario, finished third in Pool D after losing to Latvia 21-14, 22-20. This result meant Canada would advance to the Lucky Loser Round, where they faced and defeated the Czech Republic with a score of 21-15, 21-15. In Canada’s win over the Czech Republic, Humana-Paredes had 16 attack points and four aces, while Wilkerson had eight attack points, one ace and one block point. Canada now advances to the round of 16 and will face the USA on Monday at 10 a.m. MT.
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