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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Ostrava
Thursday, May 28, 2026 Stadium Court 13:00

Match #13: Pool A

(1) Taryn Brasher/Kristen Cruz, United States
vs.
(13) Piper Ferch/Teegan Van Gunst, United States

Taryn Kloth Brasher
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 10, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sioux Falls, SD

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$462,000.00

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$462,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	39	13	5	3	2	8	0	6	1	0	0	US$924,000.00

Previous Ostrava Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Kristen Cruz - 5th	Taryn Brasher - 5th
2025	Kristen Cruz - 13th	Taryn Brasher - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	2	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
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

BPT Elite Ostrava Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/27/2026	Pool A	Valerie Dvornikova / Veronika Kleiblova, Czechia (24, Q15)
Thu, 5/28/2026	Pool A	Piper Ferch / Teegan Van Gunst, United States (13)
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool A	Raisa Schoon / Katja Stam, Netherlands (12)

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	29	8	4	2	2	7	0	4	1	0	0	0	$500,500.00
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	39	13	5	3	2	8	0	6	1	0	0	0	$924,000.00

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
29	8	4	2	2	7	5	0	0	0	$250,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	8	4	2	2	7	5	0	0	0	$250,250.00
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
39	13	5	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$462,000.00	Total	39	13	5	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$462,000.00

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
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	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$80,000.00	14	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	38	13	5	3	2	8	0	6	1	0	0	0	$921,500.00	170	51	76.9 %

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
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00	2026	FIVB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
38	13	5	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$460,750.00	Total	Total	38	13	5	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$460,750.00

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	124	81.0%	19	12.4%	10	6.5%	143-10	93.5%	24	36.9%	19	29.2%	22	33.8%	24-41	36.9%	124-22	84.9%	43-29	59.7%	3	0	170-51	76.9%
2025-2026	38	86.4%	5	11.4%	1	2.3%	43-1	97.7%	8	53.3%	3	20.0%	4	26.7%	8-7	53.3%	38-4	90.5%	13-4	76.5%	1	0	52-8	86.7%
Against the Field	30	71.4%	9	21.4%	3	7.1%	39-3	92.9%	8	34.8%	7	30.4%	8	34.8%	8-15	34.8%	60-14	81.1%	34-20	63.0%	1	0	48-17	73.8%

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	60	17	0	0	29	12	12	4	2	2	8	4	117	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	82	24	1	0	41	15	18	5	3	2	13	5	170	51

Piper Ferch
United States

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 20, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Redmond, WA

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$18,275.00

Teegan Van Gunst
United States

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 17, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fayetteville, GA

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$46,463.98

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	US$31,750.00

Previous Ostrava Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Did not play	Kimberly Hildreth - 13th
2025	Did not play	Kimberly Hildreth - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	10	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	8	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	21, Q5	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	9	17th	340	US$2,250.00

BPT Elite Ostrava Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/27/2026	Pool A	Raisa Schoon / Katja Stam, Netherlands (12)
Thu, 5/28/2026	Pool A	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Cruz, United States (1)
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool A	Valerie Dvornikova / Veronika Kleiblova, Czechia (24, Q15)

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	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$29,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	$31,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Piper Ferch												Teegan Van Gunst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$14,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	1	0	3	3	5	1	0	$30,250.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$3,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	1	0	$15,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,050.00
10	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	1	0	$18,275.00	Total	29	0	3	1	1	5	5	11	2	0	$46,300.00

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
2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$20,250.00	6	7	46.2 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	$29,250.00	9	10	47.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Piper Ferch													Teegan Van Gunst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	6	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$5,425.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00	2024	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	1	0	$13,250.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	$10,875.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	3	1	4	1	0	$21,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
9	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	1	1	$17,025.00	Total	Total	28	0	3	1	1	5	5	11	2	0	$45,050.00

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	55.6%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	2	20.0%	2	20.0%	6	60.0%	2-8	20.0%	5-6	45.5%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	9-10	47.4%
2025-2026	5	55.6%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	2	20.0%	2	20.0%	6	60.0%	2-8	20.0%	5-6	45.5%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	9-10	47.4%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	2-4	33.3%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	2-5	28.6%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	4	3	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	1	0	5	4	1	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	10

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/28/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool A