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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Tlaxcala
Friday, March 20, 2026

Match #44: Winner's Bracket Round 2

(3) Ally Batenhorst/Sara Hughes, United States
vs.
(5) Thainara Feitosa/Verena Figueira, Brazil

Ally Batenhorst
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 26, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Houston, TX

Height:

193 cm (6'5")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Bhubaneswar 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$8,625.00

Sara Hughes
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Long Beach, CA

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

58 kg (128 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$370,219.92

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$17,250.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Did not play	Kelley Kolinske - 9th
2023	Did not play	Kelly Cheng - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	1	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	12	13th	460	US$5,000.00

BPT Challenge Tlaxcala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool C	Giulia Gavio / Carolina Sallaberry, Brazil (30, Q11)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:33
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool C	Mila Konink / Emi van Driel, Netherlands (19)	Won 21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:44
Fri, 3/20/2026	Winner 2	Thainara Feitosa / Verena Figueira, 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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,250.00
Total	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$17,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ally Batenhorst												Sara Hughes
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$53,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$86,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	3	1	1	2	8	10	1	0	0	$146,500.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	3	0	4	1	4	7	4	2	0	$77,750.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,070.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$8,625.00	Total	80	10	1	7	4	17	23	6	3	0	$370,070.00

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	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$14,000.00	6	4	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ally Batenhorst													Sara Hughes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	$24,750.00
											2018	FIVB	12	1	0	1	0	4	4	2	0	0	$50,000.00
											2019	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	1	$27,500.00
											2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,000.00
											2021	FIVB	9	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	$8,320.00
											2022	FIVB	9	4	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$121,750.00
											2023	FIVB	11	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$84,625.00
											2024	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$31,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,000.00	Total	Total	79	10	1	7	4	17	23	6	3	8	$368,445.00

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	28.6%	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	4-3	57.1%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	2-0	100.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	6-4	60.0%
2025-2026	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	4-3	57.1%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	2-0	100.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	6-4	60.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		2-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	2-0	100.0%

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	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	2
Total	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	4

Thainara Mylena Feitosa de Oliveira
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 21, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Itapema 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$19,850.00

Verena Figueira de Oliveira
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 3, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Maricá 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$11,075.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$6,950.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	14	17th	460	US$3,700.00

BPT Challenge Tlaxcala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool E	Kate Reilly / Kamila Tan, United States (28, Q7)	Won 20-22, 21-18, 15-12	0:54
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool E	Elizabeth Alchin / Jasmine Fleming, Australia (12)	Lost 11-21, 19-21	0:35
Fri, 3/20/2026	Winner 1	Chenoa Christ / Sophia Neuss, Germany (26, Q4)	Won 18-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:53
Fri, 3/20/2026	Winner 2	Ally Batenhorst / Sara Hughes, United States (3)

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	$3,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Thainara Feitosa												Verena Figueira
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
8	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	0	$15,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$8,850.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$4,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,625.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
14	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	1	0	$19,850.00	Total	7	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$11,075.00

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
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,700.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,700.00	3	4	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Thainara Feitosa													Verena Figueira
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2022	FIVB
											2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$4,000.00	2024	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
6	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	$12,375.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,850.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,850.00
13	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	1	1	$18,225.00	Total	Total	6	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$9,450.00

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%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	3	50.0%	0	0.0%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	0-3	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
2025-2026	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	3	50.0%	0	0.0%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	0-3	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	2-2	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Total	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Winner 2