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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Tepic
March 22 - 26, 2023

(13, Q1) 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 Tepic Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	2	1st	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	2/1-5/2023	Doha Elite16	14, Q2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	1/26-29/2023	Beach Pro Tour Finals	8	5th	0	US$20,000.00
FIVB	11/29-12/3/2022	Torquay Elite 16	3	4th	900	US$10,000.00
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

Elite16 Tepic Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/22/2023	Qualifier 1	Esperanza Albarran / Yeray Vidaurrazaga, Mexico (Q16)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:34
Wed, 3/22/2023	Qualifier 2	Miki Ishii / Sayaka Mizoe, Japan (Q9)	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:29
Thu, 3/23/2023	Pool D	Kelly Cheng / Sara Hughes, United States (5)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:33
Thu, 3/23/2023	Pool D	Abril Flores / Atenas Gutierrez, Mexico (12)	Won 21-19, 21-11	0:31
Fri, 3/24/2023	Pool D	Mariafe Artacho / Taliqua Clancy, Australia (4)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:34
Fri, 3/24/2023	Winner 1	Duda Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (1)	Lost 22-24, 24-22, 10-15	0:53

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	9	2	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	$73,500.00	36	15	70.6 %
2023	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$24,000.00	13	5	72.2 %
Total	FIVB	12	3	0	0	1	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	$97,500.00	49	20	71.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taryn Brasher													Kristen Nuss
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
9	2	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	$36,750.00	2022	FIVB	9	2	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	$36,750.00
3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$12,000.00	2023	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$12,000.00
12	3	0	0	1	6	2	0	0	0	$48,750.00	Total	Total	12	3	0	0	1	6	2	0	0	0	$48,750.00

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%
2022-2023	67	79.8%	11	13.1%	6	7.1%	78-6	92.9%	11	28.9%	14	36.8%	13	34.2%	11-27	28.9%	67-13	83.8%	22-20	52.4%	2	0	91-33	73.4%
Against the Field	47	78.3%	5	8.3%	8	13.3%	52-8	86.7%	7	20.0%	12	34.3%	16	45.7%	7-28	20.0%	94-32	74.6%	24-40	37.5%	0	0	59-36	62.1%

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 17-15 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 0-3
3/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Winner 1	Lisboa/Silva	1	Brasher/Nuss	13, Q1	24-22, 22-24, 15-10	0:53
1/26/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Brasher/Nuss	8	23-21, 18-21, 15-13	0:50
10/1/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Winner 1	Lisboa/Silva	1	Brasher/Nuss	11	21-17, 22-24, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 3 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 2-0
2/3/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool C	Brasher/Nuss	14, Q2	Muller/Tillmann	3	21-18, 21-14	0:33
5/21/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Winner 2	Brasher/Nuss	20, Q8	Muller/Tillmann	4	21-16, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 4 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 1-3
3/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool D	Artacho/Clancy	4	Brasher/Nuss	13, Q1	21-16, 21-18	0:34
1/27/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool A	Artacho/Clancy	4	Brasher/Nuss	8	21-16, 21-18	0:36
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 # 5 Cheng/Hughes, United States 0-3
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool D	Cheng/Hughes	5	Brasher/Nuss	13, Q1	21-18, 21-17	0:33
1/28/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	9	Brasher/Nuss	8	19-21, 21-14, 24-22	0:56
12/2/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	2	Brasher/Nuss	3	21-18, 21-15	0:32
Series tied with # 7 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 1-1
1/26/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool A	Brasher/Nuss	8	Graudina/Samoilova	5	21-18, 21-15	0:34
7/9/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Winner 3	Graudina/Samoilova	6	Brasher/Nuss	11	21-19, 18-21, 20-18	0:56
Trail the series against # 8 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
Lead the series against # 10 Bukovec/Pavan, Canada 2-0
2/2/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool C	Brasher/Nuss	14, Q2	Bukovec/Pavan	6	21-16, 21-18	0:34
1/28/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool A	Brasher/Nuss	8	Bukovec/Pavan	10	17-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:49
Lead the series against # 11 Cannon/Marmelstein, United States 3-1
2/3/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool C	Cannon/Marmelstein	11	Brasher/Nuss	14, Q2	23-21, 21-18	0:36
11/4/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Pool C	Brasher/Nuss	3	Cannon/Marmelstein	6	21-17, 21-19	0:36
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 # 12 Flores/Gutierrez, Mexico 1-0
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool D	Brasher/Nuss	13, Q1	Flores/Gutierrez	12	21-19, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # 14, Q4 Placette/Richard, France 1-0
3/18/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Winner 2	Brasher/Nuss	2	Placette/Richard	8	25-27, 21-18, 15-9	1:07
Trail the series against # Q2 Antunes/Coradello, Brazil 0-1
11/5/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Winner 1	Antunes/Coradello	7	Brasher/Nuss	3	11-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:44
Trail the series against # Q3 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 # Q5 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
Lead the series against # Q6 Ahtiainen/Lahti, Finland 1-0
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool C	Brasher/Nuss	11	Ahtiainen/Lahti	14, Q7	21-14, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # Q9 Ishii/Mizoe, Japan 1-0
3/22/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 2	Brasher/Nuss	13, Q1	Ishii/Mizoe	Q9	21-13, 21-13	0:29
Trail the series against # Q13 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 # Q15 Kraft/Stockman, United States 2-0
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool B	Brasher/Nuss	2	Kraft/Stockman	14	22-20, 15-21, 15-10	0:51
2/1/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Qualifier 2	Brasher/Nuss	14, Q2	Kraft/Stockman	Q7	22-20, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # Q16 Albarran/Vidaurrazaga, Mexico 1-0
3/22/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 1	Brasher/Nuss	13, Q1	Albarran/Vidaurrazaga	Q16	21-19, 21-14	0:34