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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Coolangatta
Thursday, March 12, 2026

Match #5: Pool C

(3) Kayla Mears/Tara Phillips, Australia
vs.
(14, Q3) Mireille Smith/Lavinia Tyrrel, Australia

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$5,675.00

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 (7 times)

Career Winnings:

US$6,109.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	2	1	US$9,550.00

Previous Coolangatta Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Tara Phillips - 17th	Kayla Mears - 17th
2023	Elizabeth Alchin - 5th	Caitlin Bettenay - 5th
2025	Lara Maric - 13th	Cameron Zajer - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	16	17th	360	US$2,250.00
FIVB	2/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	5	5th	240	US$300.00
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 Coolangatta Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool C	Mireille Smith / Lavinia Tyrrel, Australia (14, Q3)

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$3,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	2	0	$9,550.00

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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$1,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$1,875.00
12	0	0	1	1	5	2	2	0	0	$1,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	0	0	0	0	7	7	5	0	0	$1,600.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
20	0	0	1	1	6	2	5	3	0	$5,675.00	Total	26	0	0	0	0	7	7	7	3	0	$5,875.00

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 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,550.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	2	1	$9,450.00	8	15	34.8 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,275.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,275.00
20	0	0	1	1	6	2	5	3	2	$5,625.00	Total	Total	25	0	0	0	0	7	7	7	3	1	$5,825.00

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	87.5%	0	0.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	1	6.7%	3	20.0%	11	73.3%	1-14	6.7%	7-11	38.9%	1-4	20.0%	0	0	8-15	34.8%
2025-2026	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	11.1%	0	0.0%	8	88.9%	1-8	11.1%	2-8	20.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	3-9	25.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-1	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
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	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7
Total	0	0	1	3	5	7	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	15

Mireille Smith
Australia

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 11, 2007 (18 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$100.00

Lavinia Tyrrel
Australia

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 29, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$100.00

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$200.00

Previous Coolangatta Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Chelsea Cocks - 21st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	2/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	15, Q9	13th	140	US$100.00

BPT Futures Coolangatta Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/11/2026	Qualifier 2	Lydia Amstutz / Chelsea Cocks, Australia (Q6)	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:32
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool C	Kayla Mears / Tara Phillips, Australia (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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$200.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mireille Smith												Lavinia Tyrrel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$100.00	Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00

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	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mireille Smith													Lavinia Tyrrel
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	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$50.00	Total	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00

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	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-2	60.0%	0-0	0	0	3-2	60.0%
2025-2026	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-2	60.0%	0-0	0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	0-0	0	0	3-1	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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/12/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Pool C