The Hague, The Netherlands, July 2, 2015 - After upsetting the No. 1-seeded team in the 2015 FIVB "senior" Beach Volleyball World Championships here Thursday afternoon, 17th-seeded Louise Bawden and Taliqua Clancy of Australia will have to recover quickly for their second match of the day against ninth-seeded Fernanda Alves and Taiana Lima of Brazil.
Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy (AUS), 2nd Place Pool H, The Hague
• Louise Bawden and Taliqua Clancy have been playing together since 2013. They are playing in their 27th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together.
• Louise has played in 3 FIVB World Tour final fours with one silver medal, one bronze medal and one 4th place finish.
• Taliqua has played in 1 FIVB World Tour final fours with one bronze medal.
• Louise and Taliqua have played in 1 Final Four in 2015 (Bronze Porec Major Series).
• Louise finished 19th in the Olympic Games with Becchara Palmer in 2012 (London).
• Louise and Taliqua are currently ranked 5th in FIVB World Tour points in 2015 with 2620 points and 6th in winnings with $88,375.
• Louise and Taliqua won the gold medal at the AVC Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2014.
• Taliqua won the bronze medal at the U19 World Championships with Eliza Hynes in 2010 (Porto, Portugal).
• Taliqua won the bronze medal at the U21 World Championships with Mariafe Artacho in 2012 (Halifax, Canada).
• Louise was named the FIVB World Tour Top Rookie in 2009.
Fernanda Alves / Taiana Lima (BRA), 1st Place Pool I, The Hague
• Fernanda Alves and Taiana Lima have been playing together since 2014. They are playing in their 11th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together.
• Fernanda has played in 3 FIVB World Tour final fours with one gold medal, one bronze medal and one 4th place finish.
• Taiana has played in 15 FIVB World Tour final fours with six gold, three silver, three bronze medals and three 4th place finishes.
• Fernanda and Taiana have played in 1 Final Four in 2015 (Bronze St. Petersburg Grand Slam).
• Fernanda and Taiana are currently ranked 26th in FIVB World Tour points in 2015 with 1480 points and 14th in winnings with $57,000.
• Fernanda ($102,525) ranks 152nd and Taiana ($340,450) ranks 41st in all-time FIVB World Tour individual earnings.
• Taiana won the gold medal at the U21 World Championships with Juliana Felisberta in 2002 (Catania, Italy).
• Taiana won the gold medal at the U21 World Championships with Carolina Salgado in 2004 (Porto Santo, Portugal).
• Taiana was named the FIVB World Tour Most Improved Player in 2010, Sportsperson in 2013, and was Team of the Year and Tour Champion with Talita Antunes in 2013.
Alves/Lima lead the head-to-head 1-0
• St. Petersburg Grand Slam, 06/20/2015, Pool E , Alves/Lima won 2-0 (21-19, 21-12) (0:38)