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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Joao Pessoa
November 22 - 26, 2023

(2) 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 Joao Pessoa Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	2	3rd	1280	US$35,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	2	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	3	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	3	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	5	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	8	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/26-30/2023	Elite16 Uberlândia	9	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	13, Q1	9th	600	US$6,000.00
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

Elite16 Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/23/2023	Pool B	Victoria Lopes / Taina Silva, Brazil (10)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:33
Fri, 11/24/2023	Pool B	Louisa Lippmann / Laura Ludwig, Germany (7)	Won 21-10, 21-14	0:30
Fri, 11/24/2023	Pool B	Andressa Cavalcanti / Vitoria De Souza, Brazil (15, Q3)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:32
Sat, 11/25/2023	Winner 2	Lezana Placette / Alexia Richard, France (13, Q1)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:40
Sun, 11/26/2023	Semi-Finals	Carol Salgado / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (5)	Lost 16-21, 21-18, 11-15	0:52
Sun, 11/26/2023	Bronze Medal	Xinyi Xia / Chen Xue, China (4)	Lost 20-22, 22-20, 12-15	0:52

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	11	2	2	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$169,000.00	50	16	75.8 %
Total	FIVB	20	4	2	2	2	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	$242,500.00	86	31	73.5 %

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
11	2	2	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	$84,500.00	2023	FIVB	11	2	2	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	$84,500.00
20	4	2	2	2	8	2	0	0	0	$121,250.00	Total	Total	20	4	2	2	2	8	2	0	0	0	$121,250.00

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	33	82.5%	3	7.5%	4	10.0%	36-4	90.0%	7	26.9%	11	42.3%	8	30.8%	7-19	26.9%	66-16	80.5%	20-30	40.0%	0	0	43-23	65.2%

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	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 21-14 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 0-8
10/1/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Gold Medal	Lisboa/Silva	1	Brasher/Nuss	2	21-10, 18-21, 15-13	0:44
8/20/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Gold Medal	Lisboa/Silva	1	Brasher/Nuss	3	21-16, 21-17	0:34
7/9/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Semi-Finals	Lisboa/Silva	1	Brasher/Nuss	5	21-18, 23-21	0:36
6/1/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Brasher/Nuss	8	18-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:45
4/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Brasher/Nuss	9	21-18, 21-17	0:33
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
Trail the series against # 4 Xia/Xue, China 0-1
11/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Bronze Medal	Xia/Xue	4	Brasher/Nuss	2	22-20, 20-22, 15-12	0:52
Series tied with # 5 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 2-2
11/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Semi-Finals	Salgado/Seixas	5	Brasher/Nuss	2	21-16, 18-21, 15-11	0:52
7/7/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool D	Brasher/Nuss	5	Salgado/Seixas	12	19-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:58
4/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Winner 2	Brasher/Nuss	9	Salgado/Seixas	10	21-18, 21-17	0:41
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 # 6 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 4-0
8/20/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Semi-Finals	Brasher/Nuss	3	Muller/Tillmann	4	21-18, 21-16	0:37
7/9/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Bronze Medal	Brasher/Nuss	5	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q4	21-19, 21-16	0:39
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
Lead the series against # 7 Lippmann/Ludwig, Germany 3-0
11/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool B	Brasher/Nuss	2	Lippmann/Ludwig	7	21-10, 21-14	0:30
9/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Winner 2	Brasher/Nuss	2	Lippmann/Ludwig	13, Q1	18-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:50
8/19/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Winner 2	Brasher/Nuss	3	Lippmann/Ludwig	15, Q6	13-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:42
Lead the series against # 8 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 # 9 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 2-1
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool A	Brasher/Nuss	8	Graudina/Samoilova	9	23-21, 21-9	0:34
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
Lead the series against # 10 Lopes/Silva, Brazil 2-0
11/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool B	Brasher/Nuss	2	Lopes/Silva	10	21-15, 21-17	0:33
3/19/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Semi-Finals	Brasher/Nuss	2	Lopes/Silva	18, Q6	15-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:42
Lead the series against # 11 Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti, Brazil 1-0
10/12/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2	Brasher/Nuss	2	Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti	22	24-22, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 13, Q1 Placette/Richard, France 3-0
11/25/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Winner 2	Brasher/Nuss	2	Placette/Richard	13, Q1	21-12, 21-15	0:40
8/18/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool C	Brasher/Nuss	3	Placette/Richard	14, Q10	21-13, 21-18	0:36
3/18/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Winner 2	Brasher/Nuss	2	Placette/Richard	8	25-27, 21-18, 15-9	1:07
Lead the series against # 15, Q3 Cavalcanti/De Souza, Brazil 2-1
11/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool B	Brasher/Nuss	2	Cavalcanti/De Souza	15, Q3	21-17, 21-13	0:32
10/9/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool B	Brasher/Nuss	2	Cavalcanti/De Souza	23	21-13, 21-14	0:33
4/16/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Winner 1	Cavalcanti/De Souza	11	Brasher/Nuss	24, Q20	21-14, 19-21, 19-17	0:53
Trail the series against # 16, Q4 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
Lead the series against # Q6 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