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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Nuvali
Sunday, May 24, 2026

Match #54: Semi-Finals

(26) Emi van Driel/Mila Konink, Netherlands
vs.
(1) Monika Paulikiene/Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania

Emi van Driel
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 11, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Breda

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$40,322.08

Mila Konink
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zutphen

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Baden 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$30,924.80

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	US$14,250.00

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Wies Bekhuis - 19th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	Q11	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/26-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	6	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	19	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q3	25th	300	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/21/2026	Pool G	Lezana Placette / Alexia Richard, France (7)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:36
Thu, 5/21/2026	Pool G	Maddie Anderson / Alaina Chacon, United States (10)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:38
Sat, 5/23/2026	Winner 2	Heleene Hollas / Liisa Remmelg, Estonia (20)	Won 18-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:53
Sat, 5/23/2026	Winner 3	Floor Hogenhout / Nigella Negenman, Netherlands (31, Q12)	Won 21-9, 21-14	0:28
Sun, 5/24/2026	Semi-Finals	Monika Paulikiene / Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania (1)

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$14,250.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	$14,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Emi van Driel												Mila Konink
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	Youth Olympic Games
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
13	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	5	0	$14,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	$8,250.00
29	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	9	0	$17,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	$18,000.00
13	3	1	2	0	4	2	0	0	0	$3,440.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	0	0	0	4	2	5	0	0	$800.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
60	3	2	2	1	6	8	11	14	0	$38,940.00	Total	27	0	1	0	0	5	7	10	2	1	$30,550.00

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	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	$7,250.00	8	6	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	$7,250.00	8	6	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Emi van Driel													Mila Konink
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	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2017	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$90.00	2018	FIVB
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
7	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	$2,900.00	2019	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
9	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	$1,500.00	2021	FIVB
9	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	0	$2,400.00	2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	$2,375.00	2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$250.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$1,800.00	2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$100.00
13	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	3	1	$20,750.00	2025	FIVB	13	0	1	0	0	2	5	4	0	1	$22,925.00
											2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$3,625.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$3,625.00
59	3	2	2	1	6	8	11	14	12	$35,440.00	Total	Total	27	0	1	0	0	5	8	10	2	1	$27,050.00

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	5	62.5%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1-5	16.7%	5-2	71.4%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	8-6	57.1%
2025-2026	5	62.5%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1-5	16.7%	5-2	71.4%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	8-6	57.1%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	8-2	80.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	4
Total	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6

Monika Povilaityte Paulikiene
Lithuania

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 30, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tytuvenai

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Klaipeda 2022)

Career Winnings:

US$108,990.35

Aine Raupelyte
Lithuania

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 28, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vilnius

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$91,865.55

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	Money
FIVB	52	0	2	2	4	4	0	11	7	7	3	2	7	1	1	US$182,382.25

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Aine Raupelyte - 9th	Monika Paulikiene - 9th
2025	Aine Raupelyte - 5th	Monika Paulikiene - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	4	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	17, Q4	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	3/26-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	7	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	13	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	10	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	31	37th	160	US$3,400.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	13	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	2	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	5	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Q3	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	18, Q4	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	27, Q6	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q15	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	24	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	21	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q11	25th	300	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/21/2026	Pool A	Marie-Alex Belanger / Amy Ozee, Canada (32, Q13)	Won 21-18, 20-22, 15-12	1:08
Thu, 5/21/2026	Pool A	Carly Kan / Natalie Myszkowski, United States (16)	Won 22-20, 21-16	0:38
Sat, 5/23/2026	Winner 2	Molley McBain / Ruby Sorra, Canada (19)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:31
Sat, 5/23/2026	Winner 3	Sofiia Kurnikova / Tetiana Lazarenko, Ukraine (18)	Won 21-7, 21-17	0:33
Sun, 5/24/2026	Semi-Finals	Mila Konink / Emi van Driel, Netherlands (26)

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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$10,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	9	3	0	$66,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	0	2	1	4	3	0	8	0	1	4	0	$105,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
Total	52	0	2	2	4	4	0	11	7	12	7	1	$182,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Monika Paulikiene												Aine Raupelyte
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	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$6,900.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$5,200.00
30	0	0	0	0	1	10	9	3	0	$33,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	0	1	10	9	3	0	$33,100.00
39	0	2	1	4	3	11	4	10	0	$62,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	2	1	4	3	8	2	4	0	$53,125.00
7	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	$5,850.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	$300.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
86	2	3	4	5	6	25	15	13	1	$108,475.00	Total	58	0	2	2	4	4	19	17	7	1	$91,725.00

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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	4	1	80.0 %
2023	FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	4	0	1	$34,000.00	25	23	52.1 %
2024	FIVB	17	0	0	1	2	2	0	2	4	5	1	0	$59,250.00	31	34	47.7 %
2025	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	3	6	1	$46,150.00	15	29	34.1 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$35,450.00	19	7	73.1 %
Total	FIVB	51	0	2	2	4	4	0	11	7	12	7	2	$175,350.00	94	94	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Monika Paulikiene													Aine Raupelyte
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	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$3,600.00	2013	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,600.00	2014	FIVB
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$1,000.00	2015	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2016	FIVB
4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	$4,700.00	2017	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$3,050.00	2018	FIVB
7	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	$3,600.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	$800.00
13	0	0	0	2	0	6	4	0	1	$17,000.00	2023	FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	0	6	4	0	1	$17,000.00
17	0	0	1	2	2	6	5	1	0	$29,625.00	2024	FIVB	17	0	0	1	2	2	6	5	1	0	$29,625.00
16	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	6	1	$23,075.00	2025	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	6	1	$23,075.00
4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$17,725.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$17,725.00
85	2	3	4	5	6	25	15	13	12	$104,975.00	Total	Total	57	0	2	2	4	4	19	17	7	2	$88,225.00

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	54	66.7%	15	18.5%	12	14.8%	69-12	85.2%	21	20.4%	29	28.2%	53	51.5%	21-82	20.4%	54-53	50.5%	36-41	46.8%	4	0	94-94	50.0%
2025-2026	24	68.6%	6	17.1%	5	14.3%	30-5	85.7%	4	11.4%	12	34.3%	19	54.3%	4-31	11.4%	24-19	55.8%	10-17	37.0%	0	0	34-36	48.6%
Against the Field	16	88.9%	1	5.6%	1	5.6%	17-1	94.4%	2	22.2%	3	33.3%	4	44.4%	2-7	22.2%	32-8	80.0%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	19-8	70.4%

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	14	10	9	24	1	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	41
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	2	28	18	2	0	20	12	2	5	1	4	0	2	62	43
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
Total	0	0	23	12	40	50	4	0	23	20	2	6	2	4	0	2	94	94

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/24/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Semi-Finals