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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Mount Maunganui
Saturday, February 7, 2026

Match #19: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(8) Tory Paranagua/Avery Poppinga, United States
vs.
(5) Kayla Mears/Tara Phillips, Australia

Victoria McCauley Miller Paranagua
United States

Photo: Han Duong

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 28, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Austin, TX

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$200.00

Avery Poppinga
United States

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 22, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Austin, TX

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Pompano Beach 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$2,160.83

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$200.00

Previous Maunganui Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Did not play	Madison Shields - 4th

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Futures Mount Maunganui Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 2/6/2026	Pool A	Adela Simickova / Anna Simickova, Czech Republic (9)	Won 21-8, 21-13	0:30
Fri, 2/6/2026	Pool A	Olivia MacDonald / Shaunna Polley, New Zealand (1)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:34
Sat, 2/7/2026	Winner 1	Kayla Mears / Tara Phillips, Australia (5)	Lost 21-12, 17-21, 10-15	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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tory Paranagua												Avery Poppinga
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	1	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	$1,200.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$200.00	Total	12	0	1	0	1	1	5	1	1	1	$1,950.00

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
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tory Paranagua													Avery Poppinga
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$900.00
											2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	$950.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$200.00	Total	Total	12	0	1	0	1	1	5	1	1	2	$1,950.00

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	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
2025-2026	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%

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	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

Kayla Mears
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 2, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

South Brisbane

Height:

168 cm (5'6")

Weight:

46 kg (101 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Qidong 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$4,500.00

Tara Phillips
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 3, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (6 times)

Career Winnings:

US$4,934.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	US$7,200.00

Previous Maunganui Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Did not play	Elizabeth Alchin - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	43	33rd	320	US$4,800.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	16	25th	220	US$1,500.00

BPT Futures Mount Maunganui Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 2/6/2026	Pool D	Kelly Belardi / Charlotta Bell, United States (12, Q2)	Lost 21-23, 15-21	0:39
Fri, 2/6/2026	Pool D	Maya Dickson / Katie Sadlier, New Zealand (13)	Won 21-7, 21-14	0:29
Sat, 2/7/2026	Winner 1	Tory Paranagua / Avery Poppinga, United States (8)	Won 12-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:45
Sat, 2/7/2026	Winner 2	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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	$900.00
Total	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	$7,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kayla Mears												Tara Phillips
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	$2,400.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$750.00
11	0	0	1	1	4	2	2	0	0	$1,350.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	19	0	0	0	0	6	7	5	0	0	$1,550.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
18	0	0	1	1	5	2	4	3	0	$4,500.00	Total	24	0	0	0	0	6	7	6	3	0	$4,700.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00	4	4	50.0 %
2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$6,300.00	1	5	16.7 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	$6,900.00	6	11	35.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kayla Mears													Tara Phillips
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$0.00
6	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	$900.00	2023	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	$800.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$250.00	2024	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	0	$500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$3,200.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$3,250.00
18	0	0	1	1	5	2	4	3	2	$4,350.00	Total	Total	23	0	0	0	0	6	7	6	3	1	$4,550.00

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	7	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	1	7.7%	3	23.1%	9	69.2%	1-12	7.7%	7-9	43.8%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	8-12	40.0%
2025-2026	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	2-6	25.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-6	33.3%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	2-1	66.7%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Total	0	0	1	3	5	6	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12

Head to Head Results
Mears/Phillips lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
2/7/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	Winner 1	Mears/Phillips	5	Paranagua/Poppinga	8	12-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:45