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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
Friday, July 3, 2026 Court #2 10:00

Match #31: Pool A

(1) Taryn Brasher/Kristen Cruz, United States
vs.
(12) Toni Rodriguez/Molly Shaw, 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$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

Toni Rodriguez
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 13, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

St. Amant, LA

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$35,500.00

Molly Turner Shaw
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 23, 1996 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Naperville, IL

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

55 kg (121 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$82,012.20

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$27,500.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Did not play	Kelly Cheng - 9th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool A	Leona Kernen / Joana Mader, Switzerland (13)	Won 21-18, 16-21, 15-9	0:53
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool A	Dorina Klinger / Ronja Klinger, Austria (24, Q15)
Fri, 7/3/2026	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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$25,000.00
Total	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Toni Rodriguez												Molly Shaw
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	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	$5,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	1	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	$53,750.00
15	2	2	1	0	1	0	2	3	4	$30,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	$17,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,700.00
22	2	2	2	0	1	0	7	3	4	$35,500.00	Total	25	4	3	2	3	3	3	1	3	2	$81,450.00

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	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$25,000.00	17	2	89.5 %
Total	FIVB	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$25,000.00	17	2	89.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Toni Rodriguez													Molly Shaw
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2021	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2022	FIVB	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	$5,350.00
9	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	$5,250.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$0.00
5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	$12,500.00	2024	FIVB	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
5	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$16,250.00	2025	FIVB	9	1	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	$61,500.00
21	2	2	2	0	1	0	7	3	4	$34,250.00	Total	Total	24	4	3	2	3	3	3	1	3	2	$80,200.00

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	13	76.5%	4	23.5%	0	0.0%	17-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	13-2	86.7%	4-0	100.0%	1	0	18-2	90.0%
2025-2026	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		0-0		1-0	100.0%	0	0	1-0	100.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		2-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	2-0	100.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	0	6	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	17	2
Total	0	0	4	0	7	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	18	2

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/3/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool A

Overall Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/18/26	AVP League	AVP League Week 6 - Central Park
7/3/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool A