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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Tlaxcala
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Match #15: Pool H

(8) Carlos Andres/Ines Lares, Mexico
vs.
(25) Laurenc Grossig/Julian Horl, Austria

Carlos Andres Ayala Herrera
Mexico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 28, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd ( Puebla 2025)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Veracruz 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$2,375.00

Ines Antonio Vargas Lares
Mexico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 24, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd ( Puebla 2025)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Veracruz 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$2,375.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	US$4,750.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	US$4,750.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB Age Group WC	10/15-19/2025	U21 World Championships	1	3rd	256	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	29, Q7	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Q16	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Q32	41st	100	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Tlaxcala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool H	Laurenc Grossig / Julian Horl, Austria (25)

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	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$4,750.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$4,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Carlos Andres												Ines Lares
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	1	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$2,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$2,375.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	$2,375.00	Total	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	$2,375.00

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	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2024	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	2	71.4 %
2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$3,250.00	3	3	50.0 %
2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	$3,250.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	11	3	78.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Carlos Andres													Ines Lares
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$1,625.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$1,625.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	$1,625.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	$1,625.00

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%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2-3	40.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	1	3-4	42.9%
2025-2026	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	1	3-3	50.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	2
Total	0	0	1	3	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	8	6

Laurenc Grössig
Austria

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 13, 2001 (25 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$9,179.13

Julian Hörl
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 4, 1992 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Saalfelden

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$86,305.84

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$4,750.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Did not play	Alexander Horst - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	22	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Challenge Tlaxcala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool H	Carlos Andres / Ines Lares, Mexico (8)

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Laurenc Grossig												Julian Horl
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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	1	2	6	5	1	0	$32,750.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$5,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	46	0	1	1	0	2	9	7	10	0	$36,975.00
13	2	1	0	1	3	3	3	0	0	$2,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	2	1	0	3	1	7	2	2	0	$12,015.00
28	2	1	0	1	4	5	8	2	0	$8,125.00	Total	92	2	2	1	4	5	22	16	13	0	$85,240.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Laurenc Grossig													Julian Horl
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
											2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$1,600.00
											2015	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$400.00
											2016	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	$800.00
											2017	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	$2,900.00
											2018	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	3	$8,265.00
											2019	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	4	$7,100.00
											2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$650.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	$200.00
5	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$650.00	2022	FIVB	9	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	$11,200.00
5	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$2,650.00	2023	FIVB	13	0	1	1	1	1	5	4	0	0	$28,375.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	$1,650.00	2024	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	$11,125.00
9	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	3	$2,425.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	$11,125.00
27	2	1	0	1	4	5	8	2	4	$7,375.00	Total	Total	91	2	2	1	4	5	22	16	13	26	$84,490.00

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%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	0-1	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
2025-2026	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	0-1	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	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	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

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/19/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Pool H