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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Tlaxcala
Sunday, March 22, 2026

Match #55: Bronze Medal Match

(3) Ally Batenhorst/Sara Hughes, United States
vs.
(22) Megan J. Rice/Geena Urango, United States

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$10,500.00

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$372,094.92

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$21,000.00

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)	Won 15-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:49
Sat, 3/21/2026	Winner 3	Mila Konink / Emi van Driel, Netherlands (19)	Won 21-17, 12-21, 15-11	0:43
Sat, 3/21/2026	Semi-Finals	Monika Paulikiene / Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania (13)	Lost 21-15, 14-21, 14-16	0:47
Sun, 3/22/2026	Bronze Medal	Megan J. Rice / Geena Urango, United States (22)

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	$16,000.00
Total	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$21,000.00

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	$8,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	3	0	4	1	4	7	4	2	0	$79,625.00
											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	$10,500.00	Total	80	10	1	7	4	17	23	6	3	0	$371,945.00

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	7	3	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$14,000.00	8	5	61.5 %

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	22.2%	3	33.3%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	2-0	100.0%	6-5	54.5%	0	0	8-5	61.5%
2025-2026	2	22.2%	3	33.3%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	2-0	100.0%	6-5	54.5%	0	0	8-5	61.5%
Against the Field	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	4-1	80.0%

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	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	7	3
Total	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	8	5

Megan J. Rice
United States

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 4, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hermosa Beach, CA

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$4,825.00

Geena Urango
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 2, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Los Alamitos, CA

Height:

179 cm (5'11")

Weight:

50 kg (110 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Chetumal 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$8,750.00

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$7,000.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Challenge Tlaxcala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool F	Giuliana Corrales / Michelle Valiente, Paraguay (11)	Won 21-16, 21-10	0:34
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool F	Xinyi Xia / Xu Yan, China (6)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:36
Fri, 3/20/2026	Winner 2	Francesca Alupei / Beata Vaida, Romania (18, Q1)	Won 21-18, 21-10	0:32
Sat, 3/21/2026	Winner 3	Molly Phillips / Abby Van Winkle, United States (4)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:32
Sat, 3/21/2026	Semi-Finals	Anna Pavelkova / Katerina Pavelkova, Czechia (17)	Lost 18-21, 23-25	0:40
Sun, 3/22/2026	Bronze Medal	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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Megan J. Rice												Geena Urango
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,250.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$4,825.00	Total	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$8,750.00

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

Individual Finishes by Season

Megan J. Rice													Geena Urango
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
											2019	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$1,325.00	2025	FIVB
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$1,325.00	Total	Total	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	$5,250.00

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	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	4-1	80.0%	0-0	0	0	4-1	80.0%
2025-2026	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	4-1	80.0%	0-0	0	0	4-1	80.0%
Against the Field	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	8-2	80.0%	0-0	0	0	4-1	80.0%

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	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
Total	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	1

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/22/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Bronze Medal