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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Ostrava
Friday, May 29, 2026 Stadium Court 11:40

Match #31: Pool A

(1) Taryn Brasher/Kristen Cruz, United States
vs.
(12) Raisa Schoon/Katja Stam, Netherlands

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

Raïsa Schoon
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 3, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Gorichem

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$265,417.75

Katja Stam
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 3, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Emmen

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$243,737.89

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	49	4	4	3	2	13	1	10	0	3	1	4	2	1	US$479,950.00

Previous Ostrava Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2021	Katja Stam - 5th	Raisa Schoon - 5th
2022	Katja Stam - 5th	Raisa Schoon - 5th
2023	Katja Stam - 9th	Raisa Schoon - 9th
2024	Katja Stam - 9th	Raisa Schoon - 9th
2025	Mila Konink - 19th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	7	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	7	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	7	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	34	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	17, Q1	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	26, Q4	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	23, Q12	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q11	25th	300	US$0.00

BPT Elite Ostrava Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/27/2026	Pool A	Piper Ferch / Teegan Van Gunst, United States (13)
Thu, 5/28/2026	Pool A	Valerie Dvornikova / Veronika Kleiblova, Czechia (24, Q15)
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool A	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Cruz, United States (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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
World Tour Finals	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$85,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	3	2	2	2	9	0	6	0	2	2	0	$298,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	$56,750.00
Total	49	4	4	3	2	13	1	10	0	4	4	0	$479,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Raisa Schoon												Katja Stam
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	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$20,000.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$20,000.00
3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$42,500.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$42,500.00
34	3	2	2	2	9	10	3	2	0	$161,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	3	2	2	2	9	6	2	2	0	$149,100.00
18	1	3	0	0	2	3	1	3	0	$39,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	1	2	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	$28,375.00
7	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,990.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	13	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	$3,025.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
71	6	6	5	2	14	19	5	5	0	$264,715.00	Total	64	4	6	5	4	16	12	7	4	0	$243,000.00

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
2021	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	3	$17,000.00	16	15	51.6 %
2022	FIVB	11	2	2	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	$166,750.00	40	16	71.4 %
2023	FIVB	11	1	0	1	1	3	1	3	0	1	0	0	$121,000.00	30	22	57.7 %
2024	FIVB	9	0	1	1	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	$92,000.00	28	16	63.6 %
2025	FIVB	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$56,500.00	16	7	69.6 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$24,200.00	9	5	64.3 %
Total	FIVB	48	4	4	3	2	13	1	10	0	4	4	3	$477,450.00	139	81	63.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Raisa Schoon													Katja Stam
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
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$90.00	2018	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	$1,600.00
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	7	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	$1,425.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	$8,500.00	2021	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	$8,500.00
11	2	2	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	$83,375.00	2022	FIVB	11	2	2	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	$83,375.00
11	1	0	1	1	4	3	1	0	0	$60,500.00	2023	FIVB	11	1	0	1	1	4	3	1	0	0	$60,500.00
9	0	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	$46,000.00	2024	FIVB	9	0	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	$46,000.00
13	1	2	0	0	0	7	2	1	0	$50,000.00	2025	FIVB	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$28,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$12,100.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$12,100.00
70	6	6	5	2	14	19	5	5	8	$263,465.00	Total	Total	63	4	6	5	4	16	12	7	4	5	$241,750.00

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	93	69.9%	21	15.8%	19	14.3%	114-19	85.7%	23	27.4%	18	21.4%	43	51.2%	23-61	27.4%	93-43	68.4%	44-37	54.3%	2	1	139-81	63.2%
2025-2026	17	68.0%	5	20.0%	3	12.0%	22-3	88.0%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	7	70.0%	2-8	20.0%	17-7	70.8%	7-4	63.6%	1	1	25-12	67.6%
Against the Field	20	69.0%	3	10.3%	6	20.7%	23-6	79.3%	4	18.2%	5	22.7%	13	59.1%	4-18	18.2%	40-20	66.7%	14-22	38.9%	2	1	29-22	56.9%

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	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	5
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	8	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	2	52	23	0	0	16	15	5	4	2	2	3	2	82	48
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	3	11	8	0	0	9	4	3	0	0	0	1	2	34	17
Total	0	0	14	5	81	40	0	1	29	24	8	5	3	2	4	4	139	81

Head to Head Results
Brasher/Cruz lead the series 5-2

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/29/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool A
11/20/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2	Brasher/Cruz	3	Schoon/Stam	34	20-22, 21-19, 15-6	0:50
12/4/24	FIVB	Finals Doha 2024	Pool B	Brasher/Cruz	6	Schoon/Stam	3	21-18, 21-16	0:37
7/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Winner 2	Brasher/Cruz	3	Schoon/Stam	1	22-20, 16-21, 15-13	0:55
5/26/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Semi-Finals	Brasher/Cruz	5	Schoon/Stam	4	22-20, 21-13	0:36
5/23/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool D	Schoon/Stam	4	Brasher/Cruz	5	17-21, 23-21, 15-9	0:47
4/18/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool C	Schoon/Stam	6	Brasher/Cruz	3	21-15, 21-13	0:35
12/7/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Pool B	Brasher/Cruz	2	Schoon/Stam	6	21-15, 21-15	0:34