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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Nuvali
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 Court #2 19:30

Match #22: Qualifier's Bracket Round 2

(Q11) Joshua Howat/Luke Ryan, Australia
vs.
(Q6) Gage Basey/Thomas Hurst, United States

Joshua Howat
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 31, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Qingdao 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$4,334.25

Luke Ryan
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 10, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

South Brisbane

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Qingdao 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$5,350.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	US$3,350.00

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Luke Ryan - 17th	Joshua Howat - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q9	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Futures Coolangatta	4	4th	280	US$400.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	17	17th	340	US$2,250.00

BPT Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/20/2026	Qualifier 1	Juan Bello / Niko Gleed, England (Q22)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:35
Wed, 5/20/2026	Qualifier 2	Gage Basey / Thomas Hurst, United States (Q6)

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,100.00
Total	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$3,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Joshua Howat												Luke Ryan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$2,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$3,000.00
18	0	1	0	1	3	11	2	0	0	$1,850.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	1	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	$650.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
29	0	1	0	1	3	11	5	4	0	$4,100.00	Total	16	0	1	0	1	0	1	6	2	1	$5,350.00

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
2024	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$700.00	7	3	70.0 %
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	1	2	33.3 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$400.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$3,350.00	13	8	61.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Joshua Howat													Luke Ryan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	$50.00	2022	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$450.00	2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
11	0	1	0	0	2	6	1	1	0	$1,150.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$350.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,250.00	2025	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	$4,800.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$200.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$200.00
28	0	1	0	1	3	11	5	4	3	$4,100.00	Total	Total	15	0	1	0	1	0	1	6	2	4	$5,350.00

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	11	78.6%	0	0.0%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	11-4	73.3%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	13-8	61.9%
2025-2026	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	4-3	57.1%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	6-5	54.5%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2-2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	3-3	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	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	9	4
Total	0	0	5	3	5	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	13	8

Gage Basey
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 18, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lyons, CO

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Pirae Tahiti 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$2,425.00

Thomas Hurst
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 1, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Plano, TX

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Pirae Tahiti 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$1,975.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$3,950.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
Overall	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	US$3,950.00

Previous Nuvali Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/30-4/2/2026	BPT Futures Tahiti	1	1st	400	US$1,000.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	17	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	2/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	5	2nd	360	US$700.00

BPT Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/20/2026	Qualifier 1	Ruiji Ideguchi / Toshiharu Kojima, Japan (Q27)	Won 21-7, 21-14	0:25
Wed, 5/20/2026	Qualifier 2	Joshua Howat / Luke Ryan, Australia (Q11)

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Total	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$3,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Gage Basey												Thomas Hurst
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	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00
4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
7	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$2,425.00	Total	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,975.00

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 Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
2026	FIVB	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,950.00	10	3	76.9 %
Total	FIVB	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,950.00	10	3	76.9 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$0.00	3	3	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Gage Basey													Thomas Hurst
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	0	0	1	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350.00	2024	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2025	FIVB
3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,975.00	2026	FIVB	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,975.00
7	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$2,425.00	Total	Total	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$1,975.00

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	9	75.0%	1	8.3%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	10-3	76.9%
2025-2026	9	75.0%	1	8.3%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	10-3	76.9%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	0	0	1-3	25.0%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	9	1
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	10	4

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Qualifier 2