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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Joao Pessoa
Sunday, March 15, 2026

Match #52: Semi-Finals

(11) Giada Bianchi/Claudia Scampoli, Italy
vs.
(2) Taryn Brasher/Kristen Cruz, United States

Giada Bianchi
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 11, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Monza

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

77 kg (169 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Corigliano Rossano 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$44,562.00

Claudia Scampoli
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 5, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vasto

Height:

177 cm (5'10")

Weight:

71 kg (156 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$74,127.97

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	3	0	US$67,000.00

Previous Joao Pessoa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Reka Orsi Toth - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	7	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	20	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	12	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	15	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	10	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	7	4th	680	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	19, Q3	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	17, Q1	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	18, Q2	9th	600	US$7,500.00

BPT Elite Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/11/2026	Pool B	Thainara Feitosa / Verena Figueira, Brazil (14)	Won 22-20, 21-13
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool B	Sofia Bisgaard / Cirkeline Hog, Denmark (23, Q12)	Won 24-22, 22-20
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool B	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Cruz, United States (2)	Lost 18-21, 12-21
Fri, 3/13/2026	Winner 1	Raisa Schoon / Katja Stam, Netherlands (7)	Won 19-21, 23-21, 15-13
Fri, 3/13/2026	Winner 2	Devon Newberry / Savvy Simo, United States (22, Q9)	Won 21-15, 21-18
Sun, 3/15/2026	Semi-Finals	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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	$53,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Total	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	4	0	0	$67,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Giada Bianchi												Claudia Scampoli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$10,700.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	7	4	0	0	$32,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	0	0	$29,750.00
4	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	$6,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	1	0	0	1	1	4	2	1	0	$22,375.00
9	1	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$2,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	25	6	1	2	1	7	5	3	0	0	$6,670.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
27	1	2	2	1	3	8	9	0	0	$43,625.00	Total	60	7	2	2	2	9	15	15	2	1	$71,495.00

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	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
2025	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	4	0	0	$50,000.00	16	18	47.1 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	4	0	0	$55,000.00	18	21	46.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Giada Bianchi													Claudia Scampoli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$700.00
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	$2,400.00
											2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$750.00
											2021	FIVB	10	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	2	$2,970.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$11,150.00
5	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$1,150.00	2023	FIVB	11	2	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	1	$7,575.00
9	1	1	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	$7,600.00	2024	FIVB	8	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	$3,700.00
11	0	0	0	1	1	5	4	0	0	$28,875.00	2025	FIVB	11	1	0	0	1	1	3	5	0	0	$36,250.00
26	1	2	2	1	3	8	9	0	0	$37,625.00	Total	Total	59	7	2	2	2	9	15	15	2	5	$65,495.00

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	14	73.7%	3	15.8%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	5	20.8%	4	16.7%	15	62.5%	5-19	20.8%	14-15	48.3%	8-6	57.1%	0	1	22-22	50.0%
2025-2026	13	76.5%	2	11.8%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	5	23.8%	4	19.0%	12	57.1%	5-16	23.8%	13-12	52.0%	7-6	53.8%	0	1	20-19	51.3%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	7	70.0%	1-9	10.0%	8-12	40.0%	2-6	25.0%	0	1	5-10	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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	0	7	13	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	17
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	2
Total	0	0	4	0	10	15	1	0	7	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	22	22

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$426,750.00

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$426,750.00

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$853,500.00

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)	Won 21-19, 12-21, 15-10
Sun, 3/15/2026	Semi-Finals	Giada Bianchi / Claudia Scampoli, Italy (11)

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	$430,000.00
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	$853,500.00

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	$215,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	27	6	4	2	2	7	5	0	0	0	$215,000.00
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	$426,750.00	Total	37	11	5	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$426,750.00

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	80.8%	18	12.3%	10	6.8%	136-10	93.2%	22	34.9%	19	30.2%	22	34.9%	22-41	34.9%	118-22	84.3%	40-29	58.0%	3	0	161-51	75.9%
2025-2026	32	86.5%	4	10.8%	1	2.7%	36-1	97.3%	6	46.2%	3	23.1%	4	30.8%	6-7	46.2%	32-4	88.9%	10-4	71.4%	1	0	43-8	84.3%
Against the Field	22	75.9%	3	10.3%	4	13.8%	25-4	86.2%	2	12.5%	7	43.8%	7	43.8%	2-14	12.5%	44-12	78.6%	10-22	31.3%	1	0	28-17	62.2%

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	27	12	10	4	2	2	6	4	108	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	39	15	16	5	3	2	11	5	161	51

Head to Head Results
Brasher/Cruz lead the series 2-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/15/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Semi-Finals
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool B	Brasher/Cruz	2	Bianchi/Scampoli	11	21-18, 21-12
11/19/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Brasher/Cruz	3	Bianchi/Scampoli	20	21-14, 21-19	0:34