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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
October 6 - 15, 2023

(32) Molley McBain/Sarah Pavan, Canada

Molley McBain
Canada

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 1, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toronto, Ontario

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Chiang Mai 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$22,400.00

Sarah Pavan
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kitchener, ON

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

103

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$603,225.00

Awards

Best Blocker 2015, 2017, 2019
Team of the Year 2019 (with Melissa Humana-Paredes)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	17	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	0	3	2	3	1	US$44,500.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	Q11	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	11	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	6, Q16	17th	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	22, Q18	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	Q15	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	Q3	25th	220	US$0.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 10/7/2023	Pool H	Esmee Bobner / Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland (17)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:41
Sun, 10/8/2023	Pool H	Raisa Schoon / Katja Stam, Netherlands (8)	Lost 15-21, 21-17, 7-15	0:42
Mon, 10/9/2023	Pool H	Maria Gonzalez / Allanis Navas, Puerto Rico (41)	Won 21-19, 21-12	0:35
Tue, 10/10/2023	Lucky Loser	Karelys Simisterra / Ariana Vilela, Ecuador (42)	Won 21-13, 21-10	0:30
Wed, 10/11/2023	Winner 1	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Nuss, United States (2)	Lost 21-23, 12-21	0:37

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Heather Bansley - 17th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Heather Bansley - 5th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 4th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 1st
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 5th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Sarah Pavan - 17th	Molley McBain - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	32	17th	640	US$7,000.00

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	$12,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	3	1	0	$25,500.00
Total	17	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	0	8	1	0	$44,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Molley McBain												Sarah Pavan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	6	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	$69,000.00
											World Tour Finals	7	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	$82,250.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	$6,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	49	4	2	4	0	10	11	12	4	0	$321,850.00
13	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	2	0	$12,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	1	7	2	4	7	9	5	1	0	$122,125.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,000.00
22	0	0	1	0	3	5	8	2	0	$22,400.00	Total	103	7	10	6	8	23	22	19	5	0	$603,225.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	1	0	$17,000.00	12	13	48.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	1	0	$17,000.00	12	13	48.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Molley McBain													Sarah Pavan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	$15,850.00
											2014	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	1	0	$45,187.50
											2015	FIVB	12	0	2	2	1	4	1	1	1	0	$103,687.50
											2016	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	2	4	0	0	1	$63,500.00
											2017	FIVB	8	1	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	$80,500.00
											2018	FIVB	10	2	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	$58,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$150.00	2019	FIVB	12	3	2	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	$97,500.00
											2021	FIVB	9	0	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	$72,500.00
											2022	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	$37,750.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	$8,500.00	2023	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	0	$14,500.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	3	$8,650.00	Total	Total	93	7	10	5	8	21	19	15	5	3	$589,475.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	21	75.0%	3	10.7%	4	14.3%	24-4	85.7%	4	13.8%	7	24.1%	18	62.1%	4-25	13.8%	21-18	53.8%	7-11	38.9%	0	0	28-29	49.1%
2022-2023	19	90.5%	1	4.8%	1	4.8%	20-1	95.2%	3	16.7%	5	27.8%	10	55.6%	3-15	16.7%	19-10	65.5%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	23-16	59.0%
Against the Field	11	73.3%	1	6.7%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	2	8.3%	6	25.0%	16	66.7%	2-22	8.3%	22-32	40.7%	6-18	25.0%	0	0	14-25	35.9%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	5	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	1	11	7	1	1	4	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	23	15
Total	0	0	7	6	14	13	2	1	4	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	28	29

Head to Head Results
McBain/Pavan trail the series against the field 6-12 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Brasher/Nuss, United States 0-2
10/11/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Brasher/Nuss	2	McBain/Pavan	32	23-21, 21-12	0:37
7/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool C	Brasher/Nuss	3	McBain/Pavan	11	21-13, 21-12	0:32
Trail the series against # 6 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
7/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Winner 1	Salgado/Seixas	1	McBain/Pavan	22, Q18	21-16, 20-22, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 8 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 0-1
10/8/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool H	Schoon/Stam	8	McBain/Pavan	32	21-15, 17-21, 15-7	0:42
Trail the series against # 10 Gottardi/Menegatti, Italy 0-1
7/5/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Qualifier 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q2	McBain/Pavan	Q15	21-17, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 12 Flores/Gutierrez, Mexico 1-0
7/20/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Qualifier 1	McBain/Pavan	6, Q16	Flores/Gutierrez	Q17	21-11, 21-12	0:30
Trail the series against # 15 Donlin/Flint, United States 0-1
7/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool C	Donlin/Flint	14, Q6	McBain/Pavan	11	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 17 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool H	Bobner/Verge-Depre	17	McBain/Pavan	32	21-19, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 21 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool F	Hermannova/Stochlova	19, Q11	McBain/Pavan	6, Q16	25-23, 16-21, 15-9	0:50
Trail the series against # 22 Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti, Brazil 0-4
9/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Qualifier 2	Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti	14, Q3	McBain/Pavan	Q11	21-15, 21-19	0:35
7/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Winner 1	Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti	9	McBain/Pavan	11	21-13, 26-24	0:39
7/22/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Lucky Loser	Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti	4	McBain/Pavan	6, Q16	21-12, 21-14	0:35
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool C	Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti	3	McBain/Pavan	22, Q18	13-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:44
Lead the series against # 29 Fernandez/Soria, Spain 2-0
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool F	McBain/Pavan	6, Q16	Fernandez/Soria	18, Q8	21-16, 21-19	0:36
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool C	McBain/Pavan	22, Q18	Fernandez/Soria	15, Q4	21-19, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 33 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 1-0
9/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Qualifier 1	McBain/Pavan	Q11	Alvarez/Moreno	Q6	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 41 Gonzalez/Navas, Puerto Rico 1-0
10/9/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool H	McBain/Pavan	32	Gonzalez/Navas	41	21-19, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 42 Simisterra/Vilela, Ecuador 1-0
10/10/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Lucky Loser	McBain/Pavan	32	Simisterra/Vilela	42	21-13, 21-10	0:30