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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Jurmala Elite 16
June 1 - 5, 2022

(14, Q2) Taryn Brasher/Kristen Nuss, United States

Taryn Kloth Brasher
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 10, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sioux Falls, SD

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$420,750.00

Kristen Nuss
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 16, 1997 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

New Orleans, LA

Height:

167 cm (5'6")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$420,750.00

Awards

VolleyballMag.com BPT Best Defensive Player 2023

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	36	11	5	3	2	8	0	6	1	0	0	US$841,500.00

Previous Jurmala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/19-22/2022	Kusadasi Challenge	20, Q8	1st	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	24, Q20	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/30-4/3/2022	Coolangatta Futures	16, Q11	1st	400	US$1,000.00

Jurmala Elite 16 Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/1/2022	Qualifier 1	Varvara Brailko / Deniela Konstantinova, Latvia (Q15)	Won 21-14, 21-9	0:28
Wed, 6/1/2022	Qualifier 2	Atenas Gutierrez / Maria Quintero, Mexico (Q7)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:32
Thu, 6/2/2022	Pool C	Hegeile Almeida / Taiana Lima, Brazil (6)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:34
Thu, 6/2/2022	Pool C	Joana Mader / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (11)	Won 27-25, 21-14	0:40
Fri, 6/3/2022	Pool C	Kelly Cheng / Betsi Flint, United States (3)	Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-13	0:45
Sat, 6/4/2022	Winner 1	Carol Salgado / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (9)	Lost 11-21, 21-18, 12-15	0:50

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	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	36	11	5	3	2	8	0	6	1	0	0	0	$841,500.00

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
3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00
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
36	11	5	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$420,750.00	Total	36	11	5	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$420,750.00

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
2022	FIVB	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$21,500.00	23	4	85.2 %
Total	FIVB	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$21,500.00	23	4	85.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taryn Brasher													Kristen Nuss
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$10,750.00	2022	FIVB	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$10,750.00
4	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$10,750.00	Total	Total	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$10,750.00

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	116	81.1%	17	11.9%	10	7.0%	133-10	93.0%	21	33.9%	19	30.6%	22	35.5%	21-41	33.9%	116-22	84.1%	38-29	56.7%	2	0	156-51	75.4%
2021-2022	27	75.0%	5	13.9%	4	11.1%	32-4	88.9%	3	21.4%	8	57.1%	3	21.4%	3-11	21.4%	27-3	90.0%	8-12	40.0%	1	0	36-15	70.6%
Against the Field	31	88.6%	2	5.7%	2	5.7%	33-2	94.3%	4	16.0%	12	48.0%	9	36.0%	4-21	16.0%	62-18	77.5%	12-28	30.0%	0	0	37-23	61.7%

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	4	0	4	2	1	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	17	3
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
Total	0	0	12	0	76	24	1	0	37	15	16	5	3	2	11	5	156	51

Head to Head Results
Brasher/Nuss lead the series against the field 9-3 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Cheng/Flint, United States 1-0
6/3/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool C	Brasher/Nuss	14, Q2	Cheng/Flint	3	21-16, 19-21, 15-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 5 Antunes/Cavalcanti, Brazil 0-1
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool A	Antunes/Cavalcanti	1	Brasher/Nuss	24, Q20	21-13, 20-22, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 6 Almeida/Lima, Brazil 1-0
6/2/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool C	Brasher/Nuss	14, Q2	Almeida/Lima	6	21-14, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 9 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
6/4/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Winner 1	Salgado/Seixas	9	Brasher/Nuss	14, Q2	21-11, 18-21, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 10 Cavalcanti/De Souza, Brazil 0-1
4/16/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Winner 1	Cavalcanti/De Souza	11	Brasher/Nuss	24, Q20	21-14, 19-21, 19-17	0:53
Lead the series against # 11 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-0
6/2/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool C	Brasher/Nuss	14, Q2	Mader/Verge-Depre	11	27-25, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 13, Q1 Cannon/Marmelstein, United States 2-0
5/22/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Semi-Finals	Brasher/Nuss	20, Q8	Cannon/Marmelstein	7	21-18, 21-18	0:37
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Lucky Loser	Brasher/Nuss	24, Q20	Cannon/Marmelstein	7	21-16, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # Q7 Gutierrez/Quintero, Mexico 1-0
6/1/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Brasher/Nuss	14, Q2	Gutierrez/Quintero	Q7	21-19, 21-17	0:32
Lead the series against # Q12 Hasegawa/Sakaguchi, Japan 1-0
4/14/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Qualifier 2	Brasher/Nuss	24, Q20	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	Q4	12-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # Q13 Makhno/Makhno, Ukraine 1-0
5/19/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Qualifier 2	Brasher/Nuss	20, Q8	Makhno/Makhno	Q9	24-22, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # Q15 Brailko/Konstantinova, Latvia 1-0
6/1/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Brasher/Nuss	14, Q2	Brailko/Konstantinova	Q15	21-14, 21-9	0:28