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

Match #55: Bronze Medal Match

(13) Carly Kan/Natalie Myszkowski, United States
vs.
(1) Ally Batenhorst/Sara Hughes, United States

Carly Kan
United States

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 16, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$8,351.38

Natalie Myszkowski
United States

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 30, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Pompano Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$4,073.43

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$7,000.00

Previous Bhubaneswar Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/5/2026	Pool D	Deepika Kandasamy / Pavithra Sudalaikasi, India (20)	Won 21-7, 21-7
Thu, 3/5/2026	Pool D	Sofia Gonzalez / Ana Vergara, Spain (4)	Won 21-18, 26-24
Fri, 3/6/2026	Winner 2	Kadeliye Halaiti / Mingli Zhou, China (18)	Won 21-13, 15-21, 15-12
Sat, 3/7/2026	Winner 3	Non Matsumoto / Ren Matsumoto, Japan (6)	Won 22-20, 21-16
Sat, 3/7/2026	Semi-Finals	Reika Murakami / Asami Shiba, Japan (2)	Lost 20-22, 12-21
Sun, 3/8/2026	Bronze Medal	Ally Batenhorst / Sara Hughes, United States (1)

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	$7,000.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Carly Kan												Natalie Myszkowski
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	$2,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$4,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
7	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$1,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$550.00
15	2	0	1	0	2	3	1	1	1	$8,000.00	Total	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,050.00

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

Carly Kan													Natalie Myszkowski
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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	2023	FIVB
5	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$1,350.00	2024	FIVB
7	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	$2,650.00	2025	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$550.00
14	2	0	1	0	2	3	1	1	4	$4,500.00	Total	Total	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$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	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	4-1	80.0%
2025-2026	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	4-1	80.0%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
Total	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	1

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:

13th (FIVB Newport Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$6,000.00

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$367,594.92

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$12,000.00

Previous Bhubaneswar Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	12	13th	460	US$5,000.00

BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/5/2026	Pool A	Sofiia Kurnikova / Yeva Serdiuk, Ukraine (17)	Lost 21-13, 14-21, 10-15
Fri, 3/6/2026	Winner 2	Sakura Ito / Mayu Sawame, Japan (12)	Won 21-12, 21-19
Sat, 3/7/2026	Winner 3	Sofiia Kurnikova / Yeva Serdiuk, Ukraine (17)	Won 21-16, 18-21, 15-12
Sat, 3/7/2026	Semi-Finals	Alexis Durish / Audrey Koenig, United States (9)	Lost 17-21, 21-13, 14-16
Sun, 3/8/2026	Bronze Medal	Carly Kan / Natalie Myszkowski, United States (13)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,000.00

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	3	1	1	2	8	10	1	0	0	$146,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	3	0	3	1	4	7	4	2	0	$75,125.00
											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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,000.00	Total	79	10	1	6	4	17	23	6	3	0	$367,445.00

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 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	1	2	33.3 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Total	Total	78	10	1	6	4	17	23	6	3	8	$363,945.00

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	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-0	100.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
2025-2026	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-0	100.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	2-2	50.0%

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	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	4

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	Bronze Medal