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AVP Tour
$200,000 Gold Series Chicago Open
September 1 - 5, 2021

(9) 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 Chicago Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/18-22/2021	Manhattan Beach Open	9	5th	810	$7,750.00
AVP	8/11-15/2021	Atlanta Open	14, Q4	1st	1050	$20,000.00

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/3/2021

Winner 1

Terese Cannon / Molly Shaw (8)

Won 21-15, 18-21, 15-13

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Brasher	Total	27	20	1	0.704	5	5	2	2
	1	9	6	0	0.667	2	2	1	1
	2	15	11	1	0.667	1	3	0	1
	3	3	3	0	1.000	2	0	1	0
Kristen Nuss	Total	22	12	7	0.227	0	9	1	4
	1	7	5	2	0.429	0	3	1	2
	2	8	2	4	-0.250	0	3	0	2
	3	7	5	1	0.571	0	3	0	0

Fri, 9/3/2021

Winner 2

Alix Klineman / April Ross (1)

Lost 38-40, 17-21

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Brasher	Total	34	21	3	0.529	2	1	3	8
	1	20	13	2	0.550	2	1	3	4
	2	14	8	1	0.500	0	0	0	4
Kristen Nuss	Total	24	14	7	0.292	0	14	1	5
	1	15	8	5	0.200	0	7	1	2
	2	9	6	2	0.444	0	7	0	3

Sat, 9/4/2021

Contender 2

Carly Kan / Chelsea Rice (14, Q9)

Won 21-17, 21-15

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Brasher	Total	24	16	1	0.625	5	2	0	0
	1	13	7	1	0.462	1	1	0	0
	2	11	9	0	0.818	4	1	0	0
Kristen Nuss	Total	17	12	1	0.647	0	13	3	2
	1	9	8	1	0.778	0	6	2	0
	2	8	4	0	0.500	0	7	1	2

Sat, 9/4/2021

Contender 3

Kelly Cheng / Sarah Marmelstein (5)

Won 16-21, 21-18, 15-13

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Brasher	Total	43	25	2	0.535	4	2	2	3
	1	11	7	1	0.545	1	0	2	1
	2	18	12	0	0.667	3	0	0	2
	3	14	6	1	0.357	0	2	0	0
Kristen Nuss	Total	24	12	6	0.250	0	18	0	3
	1	8	2	3	-0.125	0	4	0	1
	2	7	4	1	0.429	0	8	0	1
	3	9	6	2	0.444	0	6	0	1

Sun, 9/5/2021

Contender 4

Sarah Murphy / Megan Rice (10)

Won 21-12, 21-13

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Brasher	Total	20	16	2	0.700	4	2	2	1
	1	12	8	2	0.500	2	2	2	0
	2	8	8	0	1.000	2	0	0	1
Kristen Nuss	Total	14	8	1	0.500	0	13	1	1
	1	7	4	0	0.571	0	8	1	0
	2	7	4	1	0.429	0	5	0	1

Sun, 9/5/2021

Semi-Finals

Alix Klineman / April Ross (1)

Lost 17-21, 11-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Brasher	Total	26	10	8	0.077	0	1	2	4
	1	12	5	3	0.167	0	1	2	4
	2	14	5	5	0.000	0	0	0	0
Kristen Nuss	Total	18	11	4	0.389	0	7	0	3
	1	5	4	1	0.600	0	3	0	2
	2	13	7	3	0.308	0	4	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Brasher	174	108	17	0.523	20	13	11	18
Kristen Nuss	119	69	26	0.361	0	74	6	18

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	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$36,750.00	16	4	80.0 %
Total	AVP	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$36,750.00	16	4	80.0 %

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
3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$18,375.00	2021	AVP	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$18,375.00
3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$18,375.00	Total	Total	9	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	3	$18,950.00

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	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	24-8	75.0%	14-0	100.0%	0	0	19-4	82.6%

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 12-4 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Klineman/Ross 0-3
9/5/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Brasher/Nuss	9	21-17, 21-11	0:42
9/3/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	1	Brasher/Nuss	9	40-38, 21-17	1:05
8/21/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	1	Brasher/Nuss	9	21-9, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 4 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 # 5 Cheng/Marmelstein 2-1
9/4/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 3	Brasher/Nuss	9	Cheng/Marmelstein	5	16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:57
8/22/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Cheng/Marmelstein	2	Brasher/Nuss	9	39-37, 21-15	0:51
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 # 8 Cannon/Shaw 3-0
9/3/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Brasher/Nuss	9	Cannon/Shaw	8	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	0:47
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 # 10 Murphy/Rice 2-0
9/5/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Brasher/Nuss	9	Murphy/Rice	10	21-12, 21-13	0:36
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 # 11 Hartong/Quiggle 1-0
8/21/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Brasher/Nuss	9	Hartong/Quiggle	12	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 14, Q9 Kan/Rice 1-0
9/4/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Brasher/Nuss	9	Kan/Rice	14, Q9	21-17, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 15, Q11 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 # Q3 Ponnet/Shaw 1-0
8/20/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Brasher/Nuss	9	Ponnet/Shaw	8	21-12, 21-15	0:35