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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Mount Maunganui
Friday, February 6, 2026

Match #5: Pool C

(3) Francesca Alupei/Beata Vaida, Romania
vs.
(14, Q6) Lara Limbrick/Lina Mueller, Australia

Francesca Ioana Alupei
Romania

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 3, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bucuresti

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Warsaw 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$2,209.25

Beata Vaida
Romania

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 28, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Satu-Mare

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Miguel Pereira 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$7,143.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	US$4,123.21

Previous Maunganui Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	24, Q3	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2025	Futures Bondues Lille Metropole	6	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	9/11-14/2025	Futures Warsaw	9	3rd	320	€ 500.00
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Budapest	8	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q17	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-4/2025	Futures Nuvali	11, Q2	4th	280	US$400.00
FIVB	4/8-11/2025	BPT Futures Songkhla	16, Q15	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Q14	21st	60	US$0.00

BPT Futures Mount Maunganui Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 2/6/2026	Pool C	Lara Limbrick / Lina Mueller, Australia (14, Q6)

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$1,700.00
Total	9	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	$3,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Francesca Alupei												Beata Vaida
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,625.00
7	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	$850.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	22	1	1	1	2	4	4	4	1	0	$4,050.00
											U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	$1,975.00	Total	34	1	1	1	2	5	5	5	2	0	$6,675.00

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	8	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	$3,850.00	17	14	54.8 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	$3,850.00	17	14	54.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Francesca Alupei													Beata Vaida
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$150.00
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	6	$3,200.00
											2019	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	$1,350.00
8	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	$1,925.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	$1,925.00
8	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	$1,925.00	Total	Total	33	1	1	1	2	5	5	5	2	11	$6,625.00

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	11	73.3%	1	6.7%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	5	31.3%	3	18.8%	8	50.0%	5-11	31.3%	11-8	57.9%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	17-14	54.8%
2025-2026	11	73.3%	1	6.7%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	5	31.3%	3	18.8%	8	50.0%	5-11	31.3%	11-8	57.9%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	17-14	54.8%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-2	0.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	3	1	6	4	0	0	4	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	14	11
Total	0	0	5	2	7	5	0	0	4	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	17	14

Lara Limbrick
Australia

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 22, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

First event

Career Winnings:

US$50.00

Lina Mueller
Australia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 25, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Home Town:

Randwick

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

21st (7 times)

Career Winnings:

US$50.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$100.00

Previous Maunganui Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Futures Mount Maunganui Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 2/5/2026	Qualifier 1	Daniela Goffi / Susan Imhasly, New Zealand (Q11)	Won 21-18, 11-21, 15-12	0:45
Thu, 2/5/2026	Qualifier 2	Mollie Allison / Sydney Clough, New Zealand (Q3)	Won 21-16, 15-21, 15-11	0:41
Fri, 2/6/2026	Pool C	Francesca Alupei / Beata Vaida, Romania (3)

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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$100.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Lara Limbrick												Lina Mueller
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	0	0	0	0	$50.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	$50.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$50.00	Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	$50.00

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

Individual Finishes by Season

Lara Limbrick													Lina Mueller
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2025	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	$0.00
											Total	Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	$0.00

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	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-0	100.0%	0	0	2-0	100.0%
2025-2026	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-0	100.0%	0	0	2-0	100.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	4-0	100.0%	0	0	2-0	100.0%

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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Total	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
2/6/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	Pool C