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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Joao Pessoa
Friday, March 13, 2026

Match #50: Winner's Bracket Round 2

(5) Thamela Coradello/Victoria Lopes, Brazil
vs.
(2) Taryn Brasher/Kristen Cruz, United States

Thâmela Coradello Galil
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 12, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Piúma

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$196,774.40

Victoria Lopes Pereira Tosta
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 16, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ivinhema, Mato Grosso

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$235,725.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	18	3	2	3	1	4	0	3	1	0	0	US$297,500.00

Previous Joao Pessoa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Talita Antunes - 9th	Taina Silva - 9th
2024	Victoria Lopes - 1st	Thamela Coradello - 1st
2025	Victoria Lopes - 5th	Thamela Coradello - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	2	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	1	4th	1120	US$28,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	1	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	3	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	1	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	1	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	2	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	1	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	2	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	5	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	1	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	1	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	2	13th	460	US$4,500.00

BPT Elite Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/11/2026	Pool E	Sophie Bukovec / Lea Monkhouse, Canada (20, Q6)	Won 19-21, 21-15, 15-13
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool E	Aline Chamereau / Clemence Vieira, France (17, Q1)	Lost 21-9, 11-21, 10-15
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool E	Martina Maixnerova / Kylie Neuschaeferova, Czechia (8)	Won 21-19, 21-15
Fri, 3/13/2026	Winner 1	Erika Kliokmanaite / Ieva Vasiliauskaite, Lithuania (18, Q2)	Won 21-13, 23-21
Fri, 3/13/2026	Winner 2	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Cruz, United States (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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$28,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	3	2	3	0	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	$269,500.00
Total	18	3	2	3	1	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	$297,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Thamela Coradello												Victoria Lopes
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	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$23,000.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
27	4	2	3	0	4	8	5	0	0	$160,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	34	3	2	3	0	5	12	8	0	0	$160,250.00
11	0	0	1	0	3	6	1	0	0	$18,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	1	3	2	1	7	3	5	0	$40,625.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,850.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
44	5	2	4	1	8	16	6	1	0	$195,650.00	Total	70	5	3	7	3	9	21	11	5	0	$235,725.00

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	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$64,000.00	17	7	70.8 %
2025	FIVB	13	2	2	1	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	$224,500.00	48	21	69.6 %
Total	FIVB	17	3	2	3	1	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	$288,500.00	65	28	69.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Thamela Coradello													Victoria Lopes
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 Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
											2019	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	$5,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,400.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	$8,000.00
7	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	$24,000.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	$11,250.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	0	$15,500.00	2023	FIVB	16	0	1	3	1	2	5	4	0	0	$45,750.00
7	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	$34,000.00	2024	FIVB	11	1	0	2	0	2	5	1	0	0	$47,625.00
13	2	2	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	$112,250.00	2025	FIVB	13	2	2	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	$112,250.00
43	5	2	4	1	8	16	6	1	0	$191,150.00	Total	Total	69	5	3	7	3	9	21	11	5	5	$231,225.00

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	42	68.9%	12	19.7%	7	11.5%	54-7	88.5%	13	38.2%	6	17.6%	15	44.1%	13-21	38.2%	42-15	73.7%	25-13	65.8%	1	1	68-29	70.1%
2025-2026	29	69.0%	8	19.0%	5	11.9%	37-5	88.1%	13	44.8%	4	13.8%	12	41.4%	13-16	44.8%	29-12	70.7%	21-9	70.0%	1	1	51-22	69.9%
Against the Field	11	68.8%	3	18.8%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	5	31.3%	3	18.8%	8	50.0%	5-11	31.3%	22-14	61.1%	16-10	61.5%	0	1	19-13	59.4%

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	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	29	12	0	0	22	10	5	3	3	0	3	2	62	27
Total	0	0	0	0	32	12	0	0	25	10	5	4	3	1	3	2	68	29

Taryn Kloth Brasher
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 10, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sioux Falls, SD

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$425,250.00

Kristen Nuss Cruz
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 16, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

New Orlean, LA

Height:

167 cm (5'6")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$425,250.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	37	11	5	3	2	8	0	6	1	0	0	US$850,500.00

Previous Joao Pessoa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Kristen Cruz - 4th	Taryn Brasher - 4th
2025	Kristen Cruz - 9th	Taryn Brasher - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	3	2nd	1440	US$45,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	1	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	2	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	1	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	1	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	2	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	2	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	1	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00

BPT Elite Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/11/2026	Pool B	Sofia Bisgaard / Cirkeline Hog, Denmark (23, Q12)	Won 21-18, 21-18
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool B	Thainara Feitosa / Verena Figueira, Brazil (14)	Won 19-21, 22-20, 15-11
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool B	Giada Bianchi / Claudia Scampoli, Italy (11)	Won 21-18, 21-12
Fri, 3/13/2026	Winner 1	Talita Antunes / Taiana Lima, Brazil (9)	Won 19-21, 21-15, 9-1 Retired
Fri, 3/13/2026	Winner 2	Thamela Coradello / Victoria Lopes, Brazil (5)

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$80,000.00
World Tour Finals	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$320,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	27	6	4	2	2	7	0	4	1	0	0	0	$427,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	37	11	5	3	2	8	0	6	1	0	0	0	$850,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Taryn Brasher												Kristen Cruz
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	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00	World Championships	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$160,000.00	World Tour Finals	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$160,000.00
27	6	4	2	2	7	5	0	0	0	$213,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	27	6	4	2	2	7	5	0	0	0	$213,500.00
3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
37	11	5	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$425,250.00	Total	37	11	5	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$425,250.00

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
2022	FIVB	9	2	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	$73,500.00	36	15	70.6 %
2023	FIVB	12	3	2	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$319,000.00	55	18	75.3 %
2024	FIVB	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$242,000.00	27	10	73.0 %
2025	FIVB	8	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$207,000.00	38	8	82.6 %
Total	FIVB	36	11	5	3	2	8	0	6	1	0	0	0	$841,500.00	156	51	75.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taryn Brasher													Kristen Cruz
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
9	2	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	$36,750.00	2022	FIVB	9	2	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	$36,750.00
12	3	2	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	$159,500.00	2023	FIVB	12	3	2	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	$159,500.00
7	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$121,000.00	2024	FIVB	7	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$121,000.00
8	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$103,500.00	2025	FIVB	8	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$103,500.00
36	11	5	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$420,750.00	Total	Total	36	11	5	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$420,750.00

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	118	81.4%	17	11.7%	10	6.9%	135-10	93.1%	22	34.9%	19	30.2%	22	34.9%	22-41	34.9%	118-22	84.3%	39-29	57.4%	3	0	160-51	75.8%
2025-2026	32	88.9%	3	8.3%	1	2.8%	35-1	97.2%	6	46.2%	3	23.1%	4	30.8%	6-7	46.2%	32-4	88.9%	9-4	69.2%	1	0	42-8	84.0%
Against the Field	22	78.6%	2	7.1%	4	14.3%	24-4	85.7%	2	12.5%	7	43.8%	7	43.8%	2-14	12.5%	44-12	78.6%	8-22	26.7%	1	0	27-17	61.4%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	14	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	7	5	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	12	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	0	57	17	0	0	26	12	10	4	2	2	6	4	107	39
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	0	4	2	1	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	17	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
Total	0	0	12	0	79	24	1	0	38	15	16	5	3	2	11	5	160	51

Head to Head Results
Coradello/Lopes lead the series 2-1

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 2
5/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 1	Coradello/Lopes	5	Brasher/Cruz	1	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:47
4/13/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Gold Medal	Coradello/Lopes	1	Brasher/Cruz	2	21-19, 16-21, 15-10	0:51
3/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Winner 1	Brasher/Cruz	1	Coradello/Lopes	2	21-12, 21-17	0:32