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

Match #20: Pool B

(31, Q12) Maria Castillo/Katie Lindstrom, United States
vs.
(15) Anniina Parkkinen/Valma Prihti, Finland

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$750.00

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$2,537.40

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$1,500.00

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)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:38
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool B	Lea Kunst / Melanie Paul, Germany (2)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:36
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool B	Anniina Parkkinen / Valma Prihti, Finland (15)

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	$1,500.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00

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	$750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$750.00
											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	$750.00	Total	16	0	1	1	0	1	9	1	1	1	$2,350.00

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-0	0	0	1-1	50.0%
2025-2026	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-0	0	0	1-1	50.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0	0	0	1-1	50.0%

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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Anniina Parkkinen
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 30, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pieksamdki

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$67,844.68

Valma Vilhelmiina Prihti
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 26, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sastamala

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Nuvali 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$14,635.63

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	20	1	0	0	0	4	0	6	0	0	1	1	3	3	US$28,184.45

Previous Tlaxcala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Niina Ahtiainen - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	16	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	25, Q4	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2025	Futures Bondues Lille Metropole	9	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	9/11-14/2025	Futures Warsaw	10, Q2	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Budapest	10, Q2	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	32, Q29	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/18-21/2025	Futures Leuven	12, Q7	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Q20	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	Q16	41st	100	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Tlaxcala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool B	Francesca Alupei / Beata Vaida, Romania (18, Q1)	Lost 16-21, 13-21	0:33
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool B	Maria Castillo / Katie Lindstrom, United States (31, 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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$23,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	6	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
Total	20	1	0	0	0	4	0	6	0	1	1	0	$27,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Anniina Parkkinen												Valma Prihti
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	$0.00	World Tour Finals
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	$12,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
34	1	0	2	0	1	5	7	4	0	$42,850.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$11,500.00
20	1	1	0	0	7	9	0	2	0	$9,150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	0	0	0	0	4	8	6	0	0	$1,300.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
63	2	1	2	1	8	14	11	7	0	$66,650.00	Total	31	1	0	0	0	4	8	7	1	0	$14,050.00

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
2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	$500.00	5	4	55.6 %
2024	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	$900.00	7	8	46.7 %
2025	FIVB	9	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	2	$25,000.00	21	14	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	19	1	0	0	0	4	0	6	0	1	1	6	$26,400.00	33	28	54.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Anniina Parkkinen													Valma Prihti
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	1	0	0	$600.00	2014	FIVB
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$4,550.00	2017	FIVB
11	0	1	0	0	0	2	6	1	1	$20,550.00	2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	3	$18,900.00	2019	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	$500.00	2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
7	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	$6,250.00	2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$250.00
8	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	2	$1,600.00	2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$100.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	$450.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	$450.00
9	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	$12,500.00	2025	FIVB	9	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	$12,500.00
62	2	1	2	1	8	14	11	7	16	$65,900.00	Total	Total	30	1	0	0	0	4	8	7	1	9	$13,300.00

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	22	64.7%	4	11.8%	8	23.5%	26-8	76.5%	7	25.0%	6	21.4%	15	53.6%	7-21	25.0%	22-15	59.5%	11-14	44.0%	0	0	33-29	53.2%
2025-2026	13	61.9%	3	14.3%	5	23.8%	16-5	76.2%	5	33.3%	4	26.7%	6	40.0%	5-10	33.3%	13-6	68.4%	8-9	47.1%	0	0	21-15	58.3%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	4-0	100.0%	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	6	2	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	9
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	10	0	12	8	0	0	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	18
Total	0	0	13	6	14	13	0	0	4	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	33	29

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 B