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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Brasília
Thursday, April 30, 2026

Match #18: Pool F

(6) Nina Brunner/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland
vs.
(18, Q4) Megan J. Rice/Geena Urango, United States

Nina Betschart Brunner
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 14, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Steinhausen

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$341,334.25

Tanja Hüberli
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 27, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Thalwil

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

121

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$433,768.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	79	3	4	8	3	15	1	24	4	14	1	1	US$670,780.20

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Tanja Huberli - 13th	Nina Brunner - 13th
2025	Did not play	Leona Kernen - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	8	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool F	Devon Newberry / Savvy Simo, United States (19, Q5)
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool F	Megan J. Rice / Geena Urango, United States (18, Q4)
Fri, 5/1/2026	Pool F	Raisa Schoon / Katja Stam, Netherlands (7)

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	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$68,000.00
World Tour Finals	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	$70,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	2	3	4	2	8	0	3	3	5	1	0	$386,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	0	1	3	0	4	0	14	1	9	0	0	$140,600.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	79	3	4	8	3	15	1	24	4	14	1	0	$670,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nina Brunner												Tanja Huberli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$34,000.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	$39,900.00
5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	$35,250.00	World Tour Finals	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	$35,250.00
35	2	3	4	2	8	6	5	1	0	$193,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	63	2	3	4	3	10	13	10	7	0	$273,000.00
37	0	1	3	0	4	18	9	2	0	$76,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	39	0	2	3	0	4	18	10	1	0	$82,150.00
3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
93	5	4	8	4	20	31	14	3	0	$341,100.00	Total	121	4	5	8	4	18	40	21	8	0	$433,300.00

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
2016	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	5	0	1	$87,600.00	28	23	54.9 %
2017	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	2	1	0	$72,000.00	20	17	54.1 %
2018	FIVB	10	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	$57,000.00	22	19	53.7 %
2019	FIVB	12	0	0	0	2	2	0	5	0	3	0	0	$95,000.00	28	21	57.1 %
2020	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
2021	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	$61,000.00	25	11	69.4 %
2022	FIVB	9	0	1	2	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	$91,500.00	28	14	66.7 %
2023	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	$82,500.00	22	19	53.7 %
2024	FIVB	8	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$103,500.00	31	10	75.6 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	78	3	4	8	3	15	1	24	4	14	1	1	$668,100.00	214	136	61.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nina Brunner													Tanja Huberli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
											2013	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	7	$12,150.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	3	$38,600.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$1,800.00	2015	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	$23,000.00
12	0	0	1	0	2	3	5	0	1	$44,800.00	2016	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	2	5	0	1	$43,800.00
9	0	0	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	$36,000.00	2017	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	$36,000.00
10	0	0	2	0	0	4	4	0	0	$28,500.00	2018	FIVB	10	0	0	2	0	0	4	4	0	0	$28,500.00
12	0	0	0	2	2	5	3	0	0	$47,500.00	2019	FIVB	12	0	0	0	2	2	5	3	0	0	$47,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2020	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
9	0	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	$30,500.00	2021	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	$30,500.00
9	0	1	2	0	2	4	0	0	0	$45,750.00	2022	FIVB	9	0	1	2	0	2	4	0	0	0	$45,750.00
8	0	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	$41,250.00	2023	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	$41,250.00
8	2	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$51,750.00	2024	FIVB	8	2	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$51,750.00
											2025	FIVB	7	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	$24,250.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00
92	5	4	8	4	20	31	14	3	3	$339,850.00	Total	Total	120	4	5	8	4	18	40	21	8	12	$432,050.00

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	138	72.6%	28	14.7%	24	12.6%	166-24	87.4%	41	27.5%	32	21.5%	76	51.0%	41-108	27.5%	138-76	64.5%	69-56	55.2%	7	4	214-136	61.1%
2025-2026	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	3-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%
Against the Field	5	41.7%	3	25.0%	4	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	5	35.7%	2	14.3%	7	50.0%	5-9	35.7%	10-12	45.5%	16-12	57.1%	0	1	13-13	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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	7	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	18	6
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	7	9	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	1	57	30	0	0	27	16	5	6	4	2	2	3	97	58
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	45	22	0	0	22	28	1	3	3	0	0	1	73	55
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	3
Total	0	0	3	1	131	63	0	0	61	53	7	11	8	3	3	4	214	136

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 (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$6,075.00

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$10,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$9,500.00

Previous Brasília Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	22	4th	680	US$7,000.00

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/29/2026	Qualifier 1	Urszula Lunio / Natalia Okla, Poland (Q13)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:32
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool F	Raisa Schoon / Katja Stam, Netherlands (7)
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool F	Nina Brunner / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (6)
Fri, 5/1/2026	Pool F	Devon Newberry / Savvy Simo, United States (19, Q5)

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	0	0	$2,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Total	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,500.00

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$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$4,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	1	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
4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	$6,075.00	Total	7	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	$10,000.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	5	2	71.4 %

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
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	$4,825.00	Total	Total	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	$8,750.00

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	5	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	5-2	71.4%	0-0	0	0	5-2	71.4%
2025-2026	5	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	5-2	71.4%	0-0	0	0	5-2	71.4%
Against the Field	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		8-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	4-0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	2
Total	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	2

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
4/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool F