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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Saquarema
Thursday, April 9, 2026

Match #14: Pool B

(2) Taryn Brasher/Kristen Cruz, United States
vs.
(14) Talita Antunes/Taiana Lima, Brazil

Taryn Kloth Brasher
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 10, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sioux Falls, SD

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$440,750.00

Kristen Nuss Cruz
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 16, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

New Orlean, LA

Height:

167 cm (5'6")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$440,750.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	38	12	5	3	2	8	0	6	1	0	0	US$881,500.00

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Kristen Cruz - 2nd	Taryn Brasher - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	2	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	3	2nd	1440	US$45,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	1	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	2	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	1	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	1	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	2	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	2	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool B	Julhia Futado / Ana Bia Sanches, Brazil (23, Q14)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool B	Talita Antunes / Taiana Lima, Brazil (14)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool B	Aline Chamereau / Clemence Vieira, France (11, Q2)

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$80,000.00
World Tour Finals	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$320,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	7	4	2	2	7	0	4	1	0	0	0	$458,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	38	12	5	3	2	8	0	6	1	0	0	0	$881,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Taryn Brasher												Kristen Cruz
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00	World Championships	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$160,000.00	World Tour Finals	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$160,000.00
28	7	4	2	2	7	5	0	0	0	$229,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	7	4	2	2	7	5	0	0	0	$229,000.00
3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
38	12	5	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$440,750.00	Total	38	12	5	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$440,750.00

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
2022	FIVB	9	2	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	$73,500.00	36	15	70.6 %
2023	FIVB	12	3	2	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$319,000.00	55	18	75.3 %
2024	FIVB	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$242,000.00	27	10	73.0 %
2025	FIVB	8	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$207,000.00	38	8	82.6 %
2026	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00	7	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	37	12	5	3	2	8	0	6	1	0	0	0	$881,500.00	163	51	76.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taryn Brasher													Kristen Cruz
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
9	2	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	$36,750.00	2022	FIVB	9	2	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	$36,750.00
12	3	2	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	$159,500.00	2023	FIVB	12	3	2	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	$159,500.00
7	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$121,000.00	2024	FIVB	7	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$121,000.00
8	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$103,500.00	2025	FIVB	8	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$103,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	2026	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00
37	12	5	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$440,750.00	Total	Total	37	12	5	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$440,750.00

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	120	81.1%	18	12.2%	10	6.8%	138-10	93.2%	22	34.9%	19	30.2%	22	34.9%	22-41	34.9%	120-22	84.5%	40-29	58.0%	3	0	163-51	76.2%
2025-2026	34	87.2%	4	10.3%	1	2.6%	38-1	97.4%	6	46.2%	3	23.1%	4	30.8%	6-7	46.2%	34-4	89.5%	10-4	71.4%	1	0	45-8	84.9%
Against the Field	15	57.7%	8	30.8%	3	11.5%	23-3	88.5%	6	23.1%	8	30.8%	12	46.2%	6-20	23.1%	30-20	60.0%	28-22	56.0%	2	0	31-21	59.6%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	14	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	7	5	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	12	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	0	57	17	0	0	27	12	11	4	2	2	7	4	110	39
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	0	4	2	1	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	17	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
Total	0	0	12	0	79	24	1	0	39	15	17	5	3	2	12	5	163	51

Talita Da Rocha Antunes
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 29, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aquidauana

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

219

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,681,575.00

Taiana de Souza Lima
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 27, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza - CE

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

145

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$619,650.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	CQ	Money
FIVB	49	6	5	2	3	7	0	11	3	4	2	2	1	1	1	US$521,950.00

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Thamela Coradello - 5th	Hegeile Almeida - 9th
2024	Taiana Lima - 3rd	Talita Antunes - 3rd
2025	Taiana Lima - 19th	Talita Antunes - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	9	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	6	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	11	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	7	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	7	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	11	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	10	19th	380	US$2,500.00

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool B	Aline Chamereau / Clemence Vieira, France (11, Q2)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool B	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Cruz, United States (2)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool B	Julhia Futado / Ana Bia Sanches, Brazil (23, Q14)

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	27	5	4	1	2	2	0	6	3	3	0	0	$409,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	1	1	1	1	5	0	5	0	4	1	0	$105,750.00
Total	49	6	5	2	3	7	0	11	3	8	1	0	$521,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Talita Antunes												Taiana Lima
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
7	0	0	2	0	1	3	1	0	0	$64,000.00	World Championships	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$38,500.00
4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$82,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
99	17	10	7	9	18	27	7	1	0	$938,425.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	80	6	7	2	5	6	21	19	2	0	$455,250.00
102	17	11	9	8	26	19	6	3	0	$588,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	1	3	2	3	8	17	12	2	0	$123,550.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,050.00	Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
219	36	22	20	20	46	50	14	4	0	$1,681,575.00	Total	144	9	12	4	8	15	39	34	4	0	$619,250.00

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
2013	FIVB	12	5	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	$231,000.00	61	10	85.9 %
2014	FIVB	5	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$90,750.00	23	7	76.7 %
2019	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	0	2	0	2	$68,000.00	38	20	65.5 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
2021	FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$35,000.00	13	5	72.2 %
2024	FIVB	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	$36,000.00	14	11	56.0 %
2025	FIVB	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$47,000.00	9	13	40.9 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	48	6	5	2	3	7	0	11	3	8	1	2	$521,950.00	164	71	69.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Talita Antunes													Taiana Lima
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	$1,950.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,050.00	2004	FIVB C&S
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
15	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	1	3	$83,375.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
14	0	2	0	1	7	4	0	0	0	$78,050.00	2006	FIVB
16	2	0	2	1	7	2	1	1	0	$104,000.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
13	1	2	0	3	4	3	0	0	0	$78,900.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
14	4	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	$154,475.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
13	2	1	4	3	1	0	2	0	0	$116,150.00	2010	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	$25,475.00
14	1	0	3	3	6	1	0	0	0	$105,350.00	2011	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	3	$31,350.00
											2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
10	1	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	$79,550.00	2012	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	$23,750.00
12	5	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	$115,500.00	2013	FIVB	12	5	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	$115,500.00
11	4	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	$150,375.00	2014	FIVB	11	1	1	0	2	3	3	0	1	0	$112,375.00
10	7	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$217,500.00	2015	FIVB	10	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	0	3	$76,500.00
11	2	2	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	$120,500.00	2016	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	1	4	2	1	0	$46,500.00
9	3	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$104,000.00	2017	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	$21,500.00
											2018	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	$27,500.00
11	0	1	0	1	3	2	2	0	2	$34,000.00	2019	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	3	2	2	0	2	$34,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
7	1	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$22,500.00	2021	FIVB	6	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$25,500.00
8	1	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	$48,250.00	2022	FIVB	9	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	0	0	$22,750.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	0	$15,500.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	$2,500.00
7	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	$18,000.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	$18,000.00
6	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$23,500.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$23,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00
218	36	22	20	20	46	50	14	4	6	$1,681,575.00	Total	Total	144	9	12	5	8	15	39	34	4	18	$619,650.00

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	116	72.5%	27	16.9%	17	10.6%	143-17	89.4%	21	28.8%	18	24.7%	34	46.6%	21-52	28.8%	116-34	77.3%	48-35	57.8%	0	2	164-71	69.8%
2025-2026	9	64.3%	2	14.3%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	0	0.0%	1	8.3%	11	91.7%	0-12	0.0%	9-11	45.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	1	11-16	40.7%
Against the Field	4	50.0%	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	5-3	62.5%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	9	81.8%	1-10	9.1%	8-16	33.3%	4-8	33.3%	0	1	6-13	31.6%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Tour Finals	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	2	49	16	1	0	30	10	9	3	1	2	5	4	99	37
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	12	2	28	12	0	0	18	13	2	2	1	1	1	1	63	31
Total	1	1	16	4	79	29	1	0	48	24	11	5	2	3	6	5	164	71

Head to Head Results
Brasher/Cruz lead the series 2-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool B
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 1	Brasher/Cruz	2	Antunes/Lima	9	19-21, 21-15, 9-1 Retired	0:43
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool B	Brasher/Cruz	2	Antunes/Lima	11	21-14, 22-20	0:34