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AVP Tour
$125,000 AVP Pro Series Austin Open
May 6 - 8, 2022

(6) 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 Austin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
AVP	9/1-5/2021	Chicago Open	9	3rd	756	$9,000.00
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

Austin Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/6/2022

Winner 1

Karissa Cook / Emily Hartong (11)

Won 21-15, 21-12

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Brasher	Total	21	14	1	0.619	1	3	1	2
	1	10	7	1	0.600	0	1	0	2
	2	11	7	0	0.636	1	2	1	0
Kristen Nuss	Total	23	17	1	0.696	0	14	1	0
	1	9	7	0	0.778	0	5	1	0
	2	14	10	1	0.643	0	9	0	0

Fri, 5/6/2022

Winner 2

Terese Cannon / Sarah Marmelstein (3)

Lost 19-21, 17-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Brasher	Total	37	19	3	0.432	1	2	0	1
	1	15	10	1	0.600	1	1	0	1
	2	22	9	2	0.318	0	1	0	0
Kristen Nuss	Total	20	7	5	0.100	0	20	0	0
	1	8	3	1	0.250	0	7	0	0
	2	12	4	4	0.000	0	13	0	0

Sat, 5/7/2022

Contender 2

Carly Skjodt / Geena Urango (16)

Won 21-15, 21-23, 15-6

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Brasher	Total	33	20	2	0.545	4	0	0	3
	1	15	9	1	0.533	2	0	0	1
	2	13	8	1	0.538	2	0	0	2
	3	5	3	0	0.600	0	0	0	0
Kristen Nuss	Total	38	16	6	0.263	0	31	0	0
	1	10	4	0	0.400	0	13	0	0
	2	14	3	6	-0.214	0	7	0	0
	3	14	9	0	0.643	0	11	0	0

Sat, 5/7/2022

Contender 3

Larissa Maestrini / Liliane Maestrini (7)

Won 21-17, 25-23

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Brasher	Total	26	15	0	0.577	3	1	2	2
	1	13	5	0	0.385	2	1	0	2
	2	13	10	0	0.769	1	0	2	0
Kristen Nuss	Total	18	12	2	0.556	0	10	0	3
	1	7	6	1	0.714	0	5	0	1
	2	11	6	1	0.455	0	5	0	2

Sun, 5/8/2022

Contender 4

Sara Hughes / Kelley Kolinske (4)

Won 29-27, 21-13

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Brasher	Total	22	12	0	0.545	3	1	2	5
	1	13	6	0	0.462	2	1	1	3
	2	9	6	0	0.667	1	0	1	2
Kristen Nuss	Total	36	23	2	0.583	0	19	1	2
	1	23	15	2	0.565	0	13	0	1
	2	13	8	0	0.615	0	6	1	1

Sun, 5/8/2022

Semi-Finals

Kelly Cheng / Betsi Flint (2)

Won 21-19, 21-13

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Brasher	Total	17	12	3	0.529	4	1	1	0
	1	11	7	3	0.364	1	0	0	0
	2	6	5	0	0.833	3	1	1	0
Kristen Nuss	Total	15	6	1	0.333	0	4	0	0
	1	10	3	1	0.200	0	4	0	0
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	0	0	0

Sun, 5/8/2022

Finals

Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan (1)

Won 21-18, 21-13

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Brasher	Total	21	7	1	0.286	4	2	4	1
	1	11	4	1	0.273	2	1	3	0
	2	10	3	0	0.300	2	1	1	1
Kristen Nuss	Total	22	15	3	0.545	0	15	0	0
	1	11	7	1	0.545	0	7	0	0
	2	11	8	2	0.545	0	8	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Taryn Brasher	177	99	10	0.503	20	10	10	14
Kristen Nuss	172	96	20	0.442	0	113	2	5

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 %
2022	AVP	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00	6	1	85.7 %
2022	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	11	2	84.6 %
Total	AVP	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$50,750.00	22	5	81.5 %
Total	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	11	2	84.6 %

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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	2022	AVP	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,750.00	2022	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,750.00
6	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$27,125.00	Total	Total	12	3	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	3	$27,700.00

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%
2021-2022	28	75.7%	8	21.6%	1	2.7%	36-1	97.3%	5	33.3%	2	13.3%	8	53.3%	5-10	33.3%	28-8	77.8%	13-3	81.3%	1	0	42-13	76.4%
Against the Field	11	84.6%	2	15.4%	0	0.0%	13-0	100.0%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	5	62.5%	2-6	25.0%	22-6	78.6%	8-2	80.0%	1	0	16-5	76.2%

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 7-1 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Humana-Paredes/Pavan 1-0
5/8/22	AVP	Austin Open	Finals	Brasher/Nuss	6	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	21-18, 21-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 2 Cheng/Flint 1-0
5/8/22	AVP	Austin Open	Semi-Finals	Brasher/Nuss	6	Cheng/Flint	2	21-19, 21-13	0:35
Series tied with # 3 Cannon/Marmelstein 1-1
5/6/22	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Cannon/Marmelstein	3	Brasher/Nuss	6	21-19, 21-17	0:41
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 # 4 Hughes/Kolinske 1-0
5/8/22	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 4	Brasher/Nuss	6	Hughes/Kolinske	4	29-27, 21-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 7 Maestrini/Maestrini 1-0
5/7/22	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 3	Brasher/Nuss	6	Maestrini/Maestrini	7	21-17, 25-23	0:45
Lead the series against # 11 Cook/Hartong 1-0
5/6/22	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 1	Brasher/Nuss	6	Cook/Hartong	11	21-15, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 16 Skjodt/Urango 1-0
5/7/22	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 2	Brasher/Nuss	6	Skjodt/Urango	16	21-15, 21-23, 15-6	0:58