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AVP Tour
$200,000 Gold Series Atlanta Open
August 11 - 15, 2021

(14, Q4) Taryn Brasher/Kristen Nuss

Taryn Kloth Brasher

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 10, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sioux Falls, SD

Height:

6'4"

College(s):

Creighton
Louisiana State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$573,975.00

Kristen Nuss

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 16, 1997 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

New Orleans, LA

Height:

5'6"

College(s):

Louisiana State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$574,550.00

Awards

VolleyballMag.com BPT Best Defensive Player 2023

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	19	9	3	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	$306,450.00
FIVB	36	11	5	3	2	8	0	6	1	0	0	US$841,500.00
Overall	55	20	8	6	2	12	0	6	1	0	0	US$1,147,950.00

Previous Atlanta Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Atlanta Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/12/2021

Qualifier 1

Rorianna Chartier / Lisa Dietrich (Q29)

Won 21-9, 21-10

Thu, 8/12/2021

Qualifier 2

Heather Friesen / Laurel Reale Borzani (Q20)

Won 21-10, 21-14

Thu, 8/12/2021

Qualifier 3

Annika Rowland / Teegan Van Gunst (Q5)

Won 21-10, 21-13

Fri, 8/13/2021

Winner 1

Sara Hughes / Brandie Wilkerson (3)

Won 21-19, 21-12

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Brasher	Total	18	11	2	0.500	3	2	1	2
	1	8	5	2	0.375	2	0	1	0
	2	10	6	0	0.600	1	2	0	2
Kristen Nuss	Total	30	16	2	0.467	0	17	2	1
	1	14	5	1	0.286	0	6	0	1
	2	16	11	1	0.625	0	11	2	0

Fri, 8/13/2021

Winner 2

Terese Cannon / Molly Shaw (6)

Won 21-15, 19-21, 15-13

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Brasher	Total	42	23	4	0.452	2	9	0	0
	1	17	10	2	0.471	1	2	0	0
	2	10	5	1	0.400	0	2	0	0
	3	15	8	1	0.467	1	5	0	0
Kristen Nuss	Total	46	21	5	0.348	1	29	0	2
	1	5	3	0	0.600	0	8	0	2
	2	16	7	2	0.313	1	7	0	0
	3	25	11	3	0.320	0	14	0	0

Sat, 8/14/2021

Winner 3

Sarah Murphy / Megan Rice (7)

Won 21-16, 21-11

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Brasher	Total	18	13	1	0.667	3	3	1	0
	1	4	4	0	1.000	1	1	1	0
	2	14	9	1	0.571	2	2	0	0
Kristen Nuss	Total	24	16	3	0.542	0	17	1	1
	1	14	10	1	0.643	0	4	0	1
	2	10	6	2	0.400	0	13	1	0

Sun, 8/15/2021

Semi-Finals

Terese Cannon / Molly Shaw (6)

Won 21-13, 19-21, 15-5

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Brasher	Total	25	21	1	0.800	6	9	1	4
	1	12	10	1	0.750	3	2	0	2
	2	9	7	0	0.778	2	5	0	2
	3	4	4	0	1.000	1	2	1	0
Kristen Nuss	Total	29	15	6	0.310	0	13	0	0
	1	7	3	2	0.143	0	4	0	0
	2	15	5	4	0.067	0	5	0	0
	3	7	7	0	1.000	0	4	0	0

Sun, 8/15/2021

Finals

Kelly Cheng / Sarah Marmelstein (2)

Won 21-12, 19-21, 16-14

1:13

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Brasher	Total	25	13	1	0.480	2	1	0	1
	1	12	8	1	0.583	1	0	0	0
	2	6	1	0	0.167	1	0	0	1
	3	7	4	0	0.571	0	1	0	0
Kristen Nuss	Total	46	31	7	0.522	0	19	2	0
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	5	2	0
	2	20	13	4	0.450	0	7	0	0
	3	18	13	2	0.611	0	7	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Brasher	128	81	9	0.563	16	24	3	7
Kristen Nuss	175	99	23	0.434	1	95	5	4

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$80,000.00
World Tour Finals	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$320,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	6	4	2	2	7	0	4	1	0	0	0	$418,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$51,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,750.00
Tour Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
Gold Series	5	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$109,000.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	10	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$145,700.00
Total	55	20	8	6	2	12	0	6	1	0	0	0	$1,147,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Taryn Brasher												Kristen Nuss
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00	World Championships	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$160,000.00	World Tour Finals	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$160,000.00
26	6	4	2	2	7	5	0	0	0	$209,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	6	4	2	2	7	5	0	0	0	$209,000.00
5	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$25,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$26,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,875.00	Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$4,200.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	Tour Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
5	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$54,500.00	Gold Series	5	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$54,500.00
10	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$72,850.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	10	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$72,850.00
55	20	8	6	2	12	7	0	0	0	$573,975.00	Total	60	20	8	6	2	12	7	1	1	0	$574,550.00

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
2021	AVP	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	8	0	100.0 %
Total	AVP	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	8	0	100.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taryn Brasher													Kristen Nuss
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2017	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2018	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$250.00
											2018	Other	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2019	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$325.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2021	AVP	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	Total	Total	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	$10,575.00

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	53	74.6%	13	18.3%	5	7.0%	66-5	93.0%	14	53.8%	4	15.4%	8	30.8%	14-12	53.8%	53-8	86.9%	27-9	75.0%	2	0	82-19	81.2%
2020-2021	10	71.4%	4	28.6%	0	0.0%	14-0	100.0%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	10-4	71.4%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	16-4	80.0%
Against the Field	12	70.6%	5	29.4%	0	0.0%	17-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	24-2	92.3%	14-0	100.0%	0	0	19-1	95.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	14	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	7	5	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	12	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	0	54	17	0	0	25	12	10	4	2	2	6	4	103	39
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	0	4	2	1	0	8	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	29	5
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Gold Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	21	6
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	3	6	2	0	0	0	0	42	9
Total	0	0	15	0	76	24	1	0	83	24	27	8	3	2	11	5	238	70

Head to Head Results
Brasher/Nuss lead the series against the field 8-0 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Cheng/Marmelstein 1-0
8/15/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Finals	Brasher/Nuss	14, Q4	Cheng/Marmelstein	2	21-12, 19-21, 16-14	1:13
Lead the series against # 3 Hughes/Wilkerson 1-0
8/13/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Brasher/Nuss	14, Q4	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	21-19, 21-12	0:40
Lead the series against # 6 Cannon/Shaw 2-0
8/15/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Brasher/Nuss	14, Q4	Cannon/Shaw	6	21-13, 19-21, 15-5	0:52
8/13/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Brasher/Nuss	14, Q4	Cannon/Shaw	6	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	1:08
Lead the series against # 7 Murphy/Rice 1-0
8/14/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	Brasher/Nuss	14, Q4	Murphy/Rice	7	21-16, 21-11	0:39
Lead the series against # Q5 Rowland/Van Gunst 1-0
8/12/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Qualifier 3	Brasher/Nuss	14, Q4	Rowland/Van Gunst	Q5	21-10, 21-13
Lead the series against # Q20 Friesen/Reale Borzani 1-0
8/12/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Qualifier 2	Brasher/Nuss	14, Q4	Friesen/Reale Borzani	Q20	21-10, 21-14
Lead the series against # Q29 Chartier/Dietrich 1-0
8/12/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Qualifier 1	Brasher/Nuss	14, Q4	Chartier/Dietrich	Q29	21-9, 21-10