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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar
Sunday, March 8, 2026

Match #56: Gold Medal Match

(2) Reika Murakami/Asami Shiba, Japan
vs.
(9) Alexis Durish/Audrey Koenig, United States

Reika Murakami
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 10, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hyogo

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$40,046.45

Asami Shiba
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kanagawa

Height:

165 cm (5'5")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$34,963.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	2	2	4	2	US$38,750.00

Previous Bhubaneswar Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	17, Q1	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	29	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	Q6	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	15	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q14	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Q3	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	24, Q9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q12	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	23	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	30, Q13	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	31	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q14	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	9	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Q6	33rd	180	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/5/2026	Pool B	Kadeliye Halaiti / Mingli Zhou, China (18)	Won 21-15, 24-22
Fri, 3/6/2026	Winner 2	Deepika Kandasamy / Pavithra Sudalaikasi, India (20)	Won 21-10, 21-7
Sat, 3/7/2026	Winner 3	Francesca Alupei / Beata Vaida, Romania (7)	Won 18-21, 21-19, 15-11
Sat, 3/7/2026	Semi-Finals	Carly Kan / Natalie Myszkowski, United States (13)	Won 22-20, 21-12
Sun, 3/8/2026	Gold Medal	Alexis Durish / Audrey Koenig, United States (9)

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	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	$26,750.00
Total	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	4	0	$38,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Reika Murakami												Asami Shiba
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	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	$8,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	$8,000.00
34	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	10	0	$16,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	8	2	$17,625.00
29	2	3	3	2	7	5	2	3	0	$11,375.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	25	2	0	5	0	4	6	2	3	0	$5,300.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
75	2	3	3	2	8	9	14	15	0	$39,250.00	Total	65	2	0	5	0	5	10	13	13	2	$34,425.00

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
2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	4	2	$22,750.00	9	23	28.1 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	4	2	$25,750.00	11	25	30.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Reika Murakami													Asami Shiba
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	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
9	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	2	0	$6,225.00	2018	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$650.00
16	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	2	8	$3,800.00	2019	FIVB	14	1	0	2	0	3	1	1	2	4	$2,600.00
4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	$900.00	2020	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2021	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
12	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	2	1	$7,550.00	2022	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	3	$6,600.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	2	$800.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	2	$2,600.00
6	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	$2,100.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	2	$2,100.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	4	2	$11,375.00	2025	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	4	2	$11,375.00
74	2	3	3	2	8	9	14	15	18	$32,750.00	Total	Total	64	2	0	5	0	5	10	13	13	16	$27,925.00

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	57.9%	3	15.8%	5	26.3%	14-5	73.7%	1	4.8%	3	14.3%	17	81.0%	1-20	4.8%	11-17	39.3%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	15-25	37.5%
2025-2026	10	62.5%	2	12.5%	4	25.0%	12-4	75.0%	1	5.0%	3	15.0%	16	80.0%	1-19	5.0%	10-16	38.5%	3-7	30.0%	0	0	13-23	36.1%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	6-2	75.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	4-1	80.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	2	5	8	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	14
Total	0	0	3	7	7	13	0	0	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	25

Alexis Durish
United States

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 23, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Venice, FL

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Geneva 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$7,601.38

Audrey Koenig
United States

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 30, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wesley Chapel, FL

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Geneva 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$7,601.38

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$14,760.00

Previous Bhubaneswar Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/3-6/2025	Futures Montpellier	7, Q3	3rd	320	€ 500.00
FIVB	6/26-29/2025	BPT Futures Geneva	14, Q4	1st	400	€ 1,000.00

BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/5/2026	Pool H	Kanimozhi Lakshmanan / Sasikala Veerapathiran, India (8)	Won 21-10, 21-3
Fri, 3/6/2026	Winner 2	Stefania Kun / Lilla Villam, Hungary (10)	Won 21-13, 21-9
Sat, 3/7/2026	Winner 3	Xinyi Xia / Xu Yan, China (3)	Won 21-14, 21-15
Sat, 3/7/2026	Semi-Finals	Ally Batenhorst / Sara Hughes, United States (1)	Won 21-17, 13-21, 16-14
Sun, 3/8/2026	Gold Medal	Reika Murakami / Asami Shiba, Japan (2)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$14,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Alexis Durish												Audrey Koenig
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	$6,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,250.00	Total	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,250.00

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	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	13	1	92.9 %
Total	FIVB	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	13	1	92.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Alexis Durish													Audrey Koenig
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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2025	FIVB	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	Total	Total	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$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	12	75.0%	4	25.0%	0	0.0%	16-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	12-1	92.3%	5-0	100.0%	0	0	17-1	94.4%
2025-2026	12	75.0%	4	25.0%	0	0.0%	16-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	12-1	92.3%	5-0	100.0%	0	0	17-1	94.4%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		6-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	4-0	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	13	1
Total	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	17	1

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/8/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Gold Medal