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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Tlaxcala
March 18 - 22, 2026

(3) Ally Batenhorst/Sara Hughes, United States

Ally Batenhorst
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 26, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Houston, TX

Height:

193 cm (6'5")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$20,350.00

Sara Hughes
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Long Beach, CA

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

58 kg (128 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$381,944.92

Awards

Top Rookie 2017

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	US$40,700.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Did not play	Kelley Kolinske - 9th
2023	Did not play	Kelly Cheng - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	1	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	12	13th	460	US$5,000.00

BPT Challenge Tlaxcala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool C	Giulia Gavio / Carolina Sallaberry, Brazil (30, Q11)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:33
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool C	Mila Konink / Emi van Driel, Netherlands (19)	Won 21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:44
Fri, 3/20/2026	Winner 2	Thainara Feitosa / Verena Figueira, Brazil (5)	Won 15-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:49
Sat, 3/21/2026	Winner 3	Mila Konink / Emi van Driel, Netherlands (19)	Won 21-17, 12-21, 15-11	0:43
Sat, 3/21/2026	Semi-Finals	Monika Paulikiene / Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania (13)	Lost 21-15, 14-21, 14-16	0:47
Sun, 3/22/2026	Bronze Medal	Megan J. Rice / Geena Urango, United States (22)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:36

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$22,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Total	6	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$40,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ally Batenhorst												Sara Hughes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$53,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$86,250.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$11,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	31	3	1	1	2	9	11	2	0	2	$155,350.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	3	0	5	1	4	7	4	2	6	$80,625.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,070.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	$20,350.00	Total	83	10	1	8	4	18	24	7	3	8	$381,795.00

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
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00	8	3	72.7 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$23,000.00	9	5	64.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ally Batenhorst													Sara Hughes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	$24,750.00
											2018	FIVB	12	1	0	1	0	4	4	2	0	0	$50,000.00
											2019	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	1	$27,500.00
											2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,000.00
											2021	FIVB	9	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	$8,320.00
											2022	FIVB	9	4	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$121,750.00
											2023	FIVB	11	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$84,625.00
											2024	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$31,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,500.00	Total	Total	80	10	1	8	4	17	23	6	3	8	$372,945.00

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	8	50.0%	3	18.8%	5	31.3%	11-5	68.8%	4	33.3%	3	25.0%	5	41.7%	4-8	33.3%	8-5	61.5%	7-8	46.7%	0	0	15-13	53.6%
2025-2026	8	50.0%	3	18.8%	5	31.3%	11-5	68.8%	4	33.3%	3	25.0%	5	41.7%	4-8	33.3%	8-5	61.5%	7-8	46.7%	0	0	15-13	53.6%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	6-2	75.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	6-2	75.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	4	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	8	3
Total	0	0	2	0	6	9	0	0	5	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	15	13

Head to Head Results
Batenhorst/Hughes lead the series against the field 5-1 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 5 Feitosa/Figueira, Brazil 1-0
3/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Winner 2	Batenhorst/Hughes	3	Feitosa/Figueira	5	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 13 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 0-1
3/21/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Semi-Finals	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	13	Batenhorst/Hughes	3	15-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:47
Lead the series against # 19 Konink/van Driel, Netherlands 2-0
3/21/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Winner 3	Batenhorst/Hughes	3	Konink/van Driel	19	21-17, 12-21, 15-11	0:43
3/19/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Pool C	Batenhorst/Hughes	3	Konink/van Driel	19	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 22 Rice/Urango, United States 1-0
3/22/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Bronze Medal	Batenhorst/Hughes	3	Rice/Urango	22	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 30, Q11 Gavio/Sallaberry, Brazil 1-0
3/19/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Pool C	Batenhorst/Hughes	3	Gavio/Sallaberry	30, Q11	21-18, 21-18	0:33