Canada's Bansley, Wilkerson earn silver at beach volleyball world tour event

Canada's Heather Bansley and Brandie Wilkerson earned a silver medal on Sunday on the FIVB beach volleyball world tour in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Canadian squad drops 3-set final in Czech Republic

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Canada's Heather Bansley, right, and Brandie Wilkerson earned silver at a FIVB beach volleyball world tour stop in Ostrava, Czech Republic. (Twitter/@VBallCanada)

Canada's Heather Bansley and Brandie Wilkerson earned a silver medal on Sunday on the FIVB beach volleyball world tour in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Bansley, from Waterdown, Ont., and Wilkerson, from Toronto, fell 2-1 to Barbora Hermannova and Marketa Slukova of the Czech Republic in the women's final.

The Canadians were in control early, winning the first set 21-17. But the Czechs took the momentum and tied the match with a 21-15 win in the second set.

Hermannova and Slukova held down a last-ditch comeback attempt from the Canadians to take the tiebreaker 15-13.

The silver medal for Bansley and Wilkerson was the team's second consecutive podium finish after a third-place result in Brazil last month.

Bansley has won eighth world tour medals, but has yet to win gold.

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