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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Tlaxcala
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 Stadium Court 13:00

Match #19: Qualifier's Bracket Round 2

(Q5) Marine Kinna/Alex Merle, France
vs.
(Q12) Maria Castillo/Katie Lindstrom, United States

Marine Kinna
France

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 11, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Guethary, France

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Jurmala 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$3,307.28

Alex Merle
France

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 10, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Madrid 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$2,125.49

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$300.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/4-7/2025	Futures Pompano Beach	3	5th	240	US$300.00

BPT Challenge Tlaxcala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/18/2026	Qualifier 2	Maria Castillo / Katie Lindstrom, United States (Q12)

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	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Marine Kinna												Alex Merle
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	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
10	1	0	1	1	5	2	0	0	0	$2,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	1	2	0	3	2	3	0	0	$1,575.00
14	1	0	1	1	5	2	1	0	0	$2,300.00	Total	14	0	1	2	0	3	2	3	1	0	$1,575.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Marine Kinna													Alex Merle
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	$250.00	2022	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$300.00	2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$350.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	$225.00
3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,400.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
13	1	0	1	1	5	2	1	0	2	$2,300.00	Total	Total	13	0	1	2	0	3	2	3	1	1	$1,575.00

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	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
2025-2026	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2

Maria Belen Castillo
United States

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 22, 1998 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Argentina

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

First event

Career Winnings:

US$0.00

Katie Lindstrom
United States

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 21, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Daytona Beach, FL

Height:

163 cm (5'4")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Miguel Pereira 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$1,787.40

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$0.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Challenge Tlaxcala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/18/2026	Qualifier 2	Marine Kinna / Alex Merle, France (Q5)

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	$0.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Maria Castillo												Katie Lindstrom
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	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	13	0	1	1	0	1	9	1	0	0	$1,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Total	16	0	1	1	0	1	9	1	1	1	$1,600.00

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

Maria Castillo													Katie Lindstrom
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2023	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$400.00
											2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	$600.00
											2025	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	$600.00
											Total	Total	15	0	1	1	0	1	9	1	1	1	$1,600.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
2025-2026	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/18/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Qualifier 2