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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Kusadasi Challenge
May 19 - 22, 2022

(20, Q8) 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 Kusadasi 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

Kusadasi Challenge Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/19/2022	Qualifier 1	Darby Dunn / Katharine Wuttunee, Canada (Q25)	Won 21-13, 21-10	0:29
Thu, 5/19/2022	Qualifier 2	Inna Makhno / Iryna Makhno, Ukraine (Q9)	Won 24-22, 21-16	0:37
Fri, 5/20/2022	Pool E	Karla Borger / Julia Sude, Germany (5)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:24
Fri, 5/20/2022	Pool E	Sandra Ittlinger / Isabel Schneider, Germany (8)	Lost 22-24, 19-21	0:41
Sat, 5/21/2022	Winner 1	Thamela Coradello / Elize Maia, Brazil (1)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:36
Sat, 5/21/2022	Winner 2	Svenja Muller / Cinja Tillmann, Germany (4)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:32
Sun, 5/22/2022	Semi-Finals	Terese Cannon / Sarah Marmelstein, United States (7)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:37
Sun, 5/22/2022	Gold Medal	Mariafe Artacho / Taliqua Clancy, Australia (3)	Won 21-12, 17-21, 17-15	0:45

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	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,500.00	18	3	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,500.00	18	3	85.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taryn Brasher													Kristen Nuss
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,750.00	2022	FIVB	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,750.00
3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,750.00	Total	Total	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,750.00

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	77.5%	6	15.0%	3	7.5%	37-3	92.5%	6	42.9%	0	0.0%	8	57.1%	6-8	42.9%	62-16	79.5%	24-6	80.0%	0	0	43-11	79.6%

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	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 12-1 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Coradello/Maia, Brazil 1-0
5/21/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Winner 1	Brasher/Nuss	20, Q8	Coradello/Maia	1	21-17, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 3 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 1-0
5/22/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Gold Medal	Brasher/Nuss	20, Q8	Artacho/Clancy	3	21-12, 17-21, 17-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 4 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 1-0
5/21/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Winner 2	Brasher/Nuss	20, Q8	Muller/Tillmann	4	21-16, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 5 Borger/Sude, Germany 1-0
5/20/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Pool E	Brasher/Nuss	20, Q8	Borger/Sude	5	21-16, 21-16	0:24
Lead the series against # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 Ittlinger/Schneider, Germany 0-1
5/20/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Pool E	Ittlinger/Schneider	8	Brasher/Nuss	20, Q8	24-22, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 12 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-0
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool A	Brasher/Nuss	24, Q20	Bobner/Verge-Depre	13, Q1	21-17, 14-21, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # Q4 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 # Q9 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 # Q12 Bisgaard/Windeleff, Denmark 1-0
4/14/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Qualifier 1	Brasher/Nuss	24, Q20	Bisgaard/Windeleff	Q13	21-15, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # Q17 Hashimoto/Murakami, Japan 1-0
4/3/22	FIVB	Coolangatta Futures	Semi-Finals	Brasher/Nuss	16, Q11	Hashimoto/Murakami	7, Q1	21-17, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # Q25 Dunn/Wuttunee, Canada 1-0
5/19/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Qualifier 1	Brasher/Nuss	20, Q8	Dunn/Wuttunee	Q25	21-13, 21-10	0:29