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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
Thursday, July 2, 2026 Stadium Court 13:00

Match #13: Pool A

(1) Taryn Brasher/Kristen Cruz, United States
vs.
(13) Leona Kernen/Joana Mader, Switzerland

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$466,500.00

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$466,500.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	40	13	5	3	2	9	0	6	1	0	0	US$933,000.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Kristen Cruz - 5th	Taryn Brasher - 5th
2023	Kristen Cruz - 3rd	Taryn Brasher - 3rd
2024	Kristen Cruz - 1st	Taryn Brasher - 1st
2025	Kristen Cruz - 1st	Taryn Brasher - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	1	5th	760	US$9,000.00
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

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool A	Dorina Klinger / Ronja Klinger, Austria (24, Q15)	Won 24-22, 21-17	0:40
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool A	Leona Kernen / Joana Mader, Switzerland (13)
Fri, 7/3/2026	Pool A	Toni Rodriguez / Molly Shaw, United States (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	30	8	4	2	2	8	0	4	1	0	0	0	$509,500.00
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	40	13	5	3	2	9	0	6	1	0	0	0	$933,000.00

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
30	8	4	2	2	8	5	0	0	0	$254,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	8	4	2	2	8	5	0	0	0	$254,750.00
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
40	13	5	3	2	9	7	0	0	0	$466,500.00	Total	40	13	5	3	2	9	7	0	0	0	$466,500.00

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	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$89,000.00	19	1	95.0 %
Total	FIVB	39	13	5	3	2	9	0	6	1	0	0	0	$930,500.00	175	52	77.1 %

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
3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$44,500.00	2026	FIVB	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$44,500.00
39	13	5	3	2	9	7	0	0	0	$465,250.00	Total	Total	39	13	5	3	2	9	7	0	0	0	$465,250.00

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	129	81.6%	19	12.0%	10	6.3%	148-10	93.7%	24	36.4%	20	30.3%	22	33.3%	24-42	36.4%	129-22	85.4%	43-30	58.9%	3	0	175-52	77.1%
2025-2026	43	87.8%	5	10.2%	1	2.0%	48-1	98.0%	8	50.0%	4	25.0%	4	25.0%	8-8	50.0%	43-4	91.5%	13-5	72.2%	1	0	57-9	86.4%
Against the Field	35	72.9%	9	18.8%	4	8.3%	44-4	91.7%	8	27.6%	9	31.0%	12	41.4%	8-21	27.6%	70-22	76.1%	34-26	56.7%	1	0	53-24	68.8%

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	64	17	0	0	30	13	12	4	2	2	8	4	122	40
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	86	24	1	0	42	16	18	5	3	2	13	5	175	52

Leona Kernen
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 25, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Home Town:

Spiez

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Spiez 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$51,418.10

Joana Heidrich Mäder
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 2, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zürich

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

147

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$493,004.60

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	US$38,700.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Did not play	Marlen Brunner - 41st
2011	Did not play	Marlen Brunner - 41st
2012	Did not play	Romana Kayser - 9th
2013	Did not play	Nadine Zumkehr - 9th
2014	Did not play	Nadine Zumkehr - 5th
2015	Did not play	Nadine Zumkehr - 17th
2016	Did not play	Nadine Zumkehr - 25th
2017	Did not play	Anouk Verge-Depre - 4th
2018	Did not play	Anouk Verge-Depre - 17th
2019	Did not play	Anouk Verge-Depre - 17th
2021	Did not play	Anouk Verge-Depre - 9th
2022	Annique Niederhauser - 25th	Did not play
2023	Did not play	Anouk Verge-Depre - 13th
2024	Annique Niederhauser - 17th	Anouk Verge-Depre - 9th
2025	Tanja Huberli - 4th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	1	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	7	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	13	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	10	9th	600	US$6,200.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool A	Toni Rodriguez / Molly Shaw, United States (12)	Lost 18-21, 21-16, 9-15	0:53
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool A	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Cruz, United States (1)
Fri, 7/3/2026	Pool A	Dorina Klinger / Ronja Klinger, Austria (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	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$29,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
Total	5	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$38,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Leona Kernen												Joana Mader
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	$34,400.00
											World Tour Finals	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$50,500.00
11	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	1	0	$32,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	67	0	2	0	3	10	19	21	4	7	$246,325.00
4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	$11,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	49	4	3	3	0	5	17	11	3	3	$111,375.00
13	1	1	0	2	5	1	3	0	0	$2,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,350.00
3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	Confederation Championship	9	1	0	0	2	1	4	0	1	0	$24,250.00
35	1	3	2	4	7	6	8	3	0	$50,200.00	Total	142	6	8	4	7	20	43	34	8	11	$471,200.00

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	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$36,200.00	14	11	56.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$36,200.00	14	11	56.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Leona Kernen													Joana Mader
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2010	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,400.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,750.00
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	5	$10,950.00
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00
											2013	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	0	$25,675.00
											2013	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,250.00
											2014	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$46,000.00
											2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00
											2015	FIVB	12	1	0	1	0	0	5	4	0	1	$47,900.00
											2015	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,250.00
											2016	FIVB	14	1	2	1	0	4	0	5	1	0	$80,575.00
											2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2017	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	$41,000.00
											2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2018	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	$19,500.00
											2019	FIVB	12	1	0	0	1	0	4	4	2	0	$40,500.00
											2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350.00
											2020	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
											2021	FIVB	7	0	1	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	$23,000.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,150.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	$29,125.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	$850.00	2023	FIVB	12	1	0	0	0	2	5	4	0	0	$26,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
											2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
6	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	$600.00	2024	FIVB	12	0	2	0	0	2	6	1	1	0	$33,875.00
											2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
9	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	$27,750.00	2025	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2025	CEV
4	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$18,100.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$18,100.00
34	1	3	2	4	7	6	8	3	0	$48,950.00	Total	Total	146	7	9	4	7	22	43	35	8	11	$476,950.00

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	12	70.6%	1	5.9%	4	23.5%	13-4	76.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	5	62.5%	1-7	12.5%	12-5	70.6%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	14-11	56.0%
2025-2026	12	70.6%	1	5.9%	4	23.5%	13-4	76.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	5	62.5%	1-7	12.5%	12-5	70.6%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	14-11	56.0%
Against the Field	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	4-3	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4	57.1%	1-6	14.3%	6-8	42.9%	4-10	28.6%	0	0	5-9	35.7%

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	0	5	5	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	2
Total	0	0	0	0	6	6	1	0	6	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	14	11

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool A