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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
Thursday, July 2, 2026 Court #2 15:00

Match #17: Pool E

(5) Lexy Denaburg/Julia Donlin, United States
vs.
(17, Q1) Ally Batenhorst/Sara Hughes, United States

Lexy Denaburg
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 6, 2001 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Merritt Island, FL

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$50,579.53

Julia Scoles Donlin
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 14, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mooresville, NC

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$109,125.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	12	0	1	0	1	3	0	3	2	0	1	US$87,250.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Did not play	Betsi Flint - 9th
2024	Did not play	Betsi Flint - 13th
2025	Julia Donlin - 9th	Lexy Denaburg - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	16	5th	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	10	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	14	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	13	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	10	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	18, Q2	9th	600	US$7,500.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool E	Megan J. Rice / Geena Urango, United States (20, Q9)	Lost 17-21, 21-16, 10-15	0:45
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool E	Ally Batenhorst / Sara Hughes, United States (17, Q1)
Fri, 7/3/2026	Pool E	Svenja Muller / Cinja Tillmann, Germany (8)

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	$54,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,250.00
Total	12	0	1	0	1	3	0	3	2	0	1	0	$87,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Lexy Denaburg												Julia Donlin
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	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$14,500.00
9	0	1	0	1	1	4	0	1	0	$32,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	0	3	0	0	2	12	0	1	0	$73,500.00
4	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	$8,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	1	2	3	3	1	0	0	$21,125.00
3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
17	2	1	0	2	4	5	1	1	0	$50,275.00	Total	31	0	3	1	2	6	16	1	1	0	$109,125.00

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	11	0	1	0	1	3	0	3	2	0	1	0	$84,750.00	28	21	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	3	0	3	2	0	1	0	$84,750.00	28	21	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Lexy Denaburg													Julia Donlin
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2022	FIVB	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	$17,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2023	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	$35,750.00
4	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$6,150.00	2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$12,500.00
11	0	1	0	1	3	5	0	1	0	$42,375.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	3	5	0	1	0	$42,375.00
16	2	1	0	2	4	5	1	1	0	$49,025.00	Total	Total	30	0	3	1	2	6	16	1	1	0	$107,875.00

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	59.1%	6	27.3%	3	13.6%	19-3	86.4%	8	29.6%	6	22.2%	13	48.1%	8-19	29.6%	13-13	50.0%	14-9	60.9%	1	0	28-22	56.0%
2025-2026	13	59.1%	6	27.3%	3	13.6%	19-3	86.4%	8	29.6%	6	22.2%	13	48.1%	8-19	29.6%	13-13	50.0%	14-9	60.9%	1	0	28-22	56.0%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	4	26.7%	1	6.7%	10	66.7%	4-11	26.7%	4-18	18.2%	10-4	71.4%	1	0	8-11	42.1%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	1	8	7	0	0	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	15	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	5	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	6
Total	0	0	2	1	14	10	0	0	11	8	1	1	0	1	0	1	28	22

Ally Batenhorst
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 26, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Houston, TX

Height:

193 cm (6'5")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$20,350.00

Sara Hughes
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Long Beach, CA

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

58 kg (128 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$381,944.92

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	US$40,700.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Did not play	Kelly Cheng - 9th
2018	Did not play	Summer Ross - 9th
2019	Did not play	Summer Ross - Country Quota
2021	Did not play	Emily Capers - 25th
2023	Did not play	Kelly Cheng - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	17, Q1	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	12	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	3	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	1	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	12	13th	460	US$5,000.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Qualifier 1	Menia Bentele / Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland (Q16)	Won 21-18, 21-18	2:22
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool E	Svenja Muller / Cinja Tillmann, Germany (8)	Lost 16-21, 8-21	0:29
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool E	Lexy Denaburg / Julia Donlin, United States (5)
Fri, 7/3/2026	Pool E	Megan J. Rice / Geena Urango, United States (20, Q9)

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	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$22,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Total	6	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$40,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ally Batenhorst												Sara Hughes
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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$53,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$86,250.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$11,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	31	3	1	1	2	9	11	1	0	2	$155,350.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	3	0	5	1	4	7	4	2	6	$80,625.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,070.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	$20,350.00	Total	83	10	1	8	4	18	24	6	3	8	$381,795.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$33,200.00	14	9	60.9 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$38,200.00	15	11	57.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ally Batenhorst													Sara Hughes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	$24,750.00
											2018	FIVB	12	1	0	1	0	4	4	2	0	0	$50,000.00
											2019	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	1	$27,500.00
											2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,000.00
											2021	FIVB	9	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	$8,320.00
											2022	FIVB	9	4	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$121,750.00
											2023	FIVB	11	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$84,625.00
											2024	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$31,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$16,600.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$16,600.00
5	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	$19,100.00	Total	Total	82	10	1	8	4	18	24	6	3	8	$380,545.00

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	8	53.3%	3	20.0%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	4	36.4%	3	27.3%	4	36.4%	4-7	36.4%	8-4	66.7%	7-7	50.0%	0	0	15-11	57.7%
2025-2026	8	53.3%	3	20.0%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	4	36.4%	3	27.3%	4	36.4%	4-7	36.4%	8-4	66.7%	7-7	50.0%	0	0	15-11	57.7%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	2-5	28.6%	4-6	40.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	4-6	40.0%

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	2	0	4	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	8	3
Total	0	0	2	0	6	7	0	0	5	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	15	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 E