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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Torquay Elite 16
November 29 - December 3, 2022

(3) 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 (28 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 Torquay Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/3-6/2022	Cape Town Elite 16	3	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/28-10/2/2022	Paris Elite 16	11	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2022	Gstaad Elite 16	11	5th	760	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	14, Q2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
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

Torquay Elite 16 Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 11/30/2022	Pool C	Shaunna Polley / Alice Zeimann, New Zealand (11)	Lost 18-21, 21-18, 17-19	0:55
Thu, 12/1/2022	Pool C	Worapeerachayakorn Kongphopsarutawadee / Taravadee Naraphornrapat, Thailand (6)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:37
Thu, 12/1/2022	Pool C	Jie Dong / Lvwen Yuan, China (14, Q2)	Won By Forfeit
Fri, 12/2/2022	Winner 1	Meimei Lin / Xinyi Xia, China (7)	Won 25-23, 21-16	0:38
Fri, 12/2/2022	Semi-Finals	Kelly Cheng / Sara Hughes, United States (2)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:32
Sat, 12/3/2022	Bronze Medal	Mariafe Artacho / Taliqua Clancy, Australia (1)	Lost 21-14, 19-21, 13-15	0:54

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	8	2	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$53,500.00	34	12	73.9 %
Total	FIVB	8	2	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$53,500.00	34	12	73.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taryn Brasher													Kristen Nuss
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
8	2	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	$26,750.00	2022	FIVB	8	2	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	$26,750.00
8	2	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	$26,750.00	Total	Total	8	2	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	$26,750.00

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	11	64.7%	3	17.6%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	3	30.0%	1	10.0%	6	60.0%	3-7	30.0%	22-10	68.8%	12-8	60.0%	1	0	18-9	66.7%

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 5-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 1-1
12/3/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Bronze Medal	Artacho/Clancy	1	Brasher/Nuss	3	14-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:54
5/22/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Gold Medal	Brasher/Nuss	20, Q8	Artacho/Clancy	3	21-12, 17-21, 17-15	0:45
Trail the series against # 2 Cheng/Hughes, United States 0-1
12/2/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	2	Brasher/Nuss	3	21-18, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 6 Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat, Thailand 1-0
12/1/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Pool C	Brasher/Nuss	3	Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat	6	21-17, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 7 Lin/Xia, China 1-0
12/2/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Winner 1	Brasher/Nuss	3	Lin/Xia	7	25-23, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 9 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
Trail the series against # 11 Polley/Zeimann, New Zealand 0-1
11/30/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Pool C	Polley/Zeimann	11	Brasher/Nuss	3	21-18, 18-21, 19-17	0:55
Lead the series against # 14, Q2 Dong/Yuan, China 1-0
12/1/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Pool C	Brasher/Nuss	3	Dong/Yuan	14, Q2	By Forfeit