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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
Saturday, July 4, 2026 Court #2 17:00

Match #47: Winner's Bracket Round 2

(1) Taryn Brasher/Kristen Cruz, United States
vs.
(22, Q11) Kylie Deberg/Betsi Flint, 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$471,250.00

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$471,250.00

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$942,500.00

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)	Won 17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:49
Fri, 7/3/2026	Pool A	Toni Rodriguez / Molly Shaw, United States (12)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:32
Sat, 7/4/2026	Winner 1	Savvy Cory / Devon Newberry, United States (10)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:40
Sat, 7/4/2026	Winner 2	Kylie Deberg / Betsi Flint, United States (22, Q11)	Won 21-12, 21-16	0:30
Sun, 7/5/2026	Semi-Finals	Lexy Denaburg / Julia Donlin, United States (5)

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	$519,000.00
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	$942,500.00

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	$259,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	8	4	2	2	8	5	0	0	0	$259,500.00
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	$471,250.00	Total	40	13	5	3	2	9	7	0	0	0	$471,250.00

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	23	1	95.8 %
Total	FIVB	39	13	5	3	2	9	0	6	1	0	0	0	$930,500.00	179	52	77.5 %

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	132	82.0%	19	11.8%	10	6.2%	151-10	93.8%	25	37.3%	20	29.9%	22	32.8%	25-42	37.3%	132-22	85.7%	44-30	59.5%	3	0	179-52	77.5%
2025-2026	46	88.5%	5	9.6%	1	1.9%	51-1	98.1%	9	52.9%	4	23.5%	4	23.5%	9-8	52.9%	46-4	92.0%	14-5	73.7%	1	0	61-9	87.1%
Against the Field	38	74.5%	9	17.6%	4	7.8%	47-4	92.2%	9	30.0%	9	30.0%	12	40.0%	9-21	30.0%	76-22	77.6%	36-26	58.1%	1	0	57-24	70.4%

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	66	17	0	0	32	13	12	4	2	2	8	4	126	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	88	24	1	0	44	16	18	5	3	2	13	5	179	52

Kylie Deberg
United States

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 30, 1999 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hudson, IA

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Xiamen 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$34,896.85

Betsi Metter Flint
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 13, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Phoenix, AZ

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$138,104.60

Team Career Summary

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

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Did not play	Emily Capers - Country Quota
2023	Did not play	Julia Donlin - 9th
2024	Hailey Harward - 21st	Julia Donlin - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q7	25th	300	US$0.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Qualifier 1	Giada Bianchi / Claudia Scampoli, Italy (Q6)	Won 17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:48
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool C	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (3)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:39
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool C	Savvy Cory / Devon Newberry, United States (10)	Won 21-15, 22-20	0:37
Fri, 7/3/2026	Pool C	Kelly Cheng / Megan Kraft, United States (15)	Lost 17-21, 10-21	0:33
Sat, 7/4/2026	Winner 1	Anouk Verge-Depre / Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland (16)	Won 19-21, 21-14, 22-20	0:57
Sat, 7/4/2026	Winner 2	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Cruz, United States (1)	Lost 12-21, 16-21	0:30

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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$9,000.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$9,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kylie Deberg												Betsi Flint
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	3	0	$10,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	1	2	0	2	2	9	0	2	5	$81,000.00
10	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	3	0	$24,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	0	4	5	2	3	3	$24,000.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	4	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$23,355.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
24	1	1	1	0	5	3	7	6	0	$34,850.00	Total	55	5	4	1	2	9	17	3	5	9	$137,355.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$9,000.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$9,000.00	3	4	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kylie Deberg													Betsi Flint
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00
											2017	FIVB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
											2018	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	3	2	$12,505.00
											2019	FIVB	11	0	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	4	$18,000.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											2021	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2022	FIVB	6	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	$41,500.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2023	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	$35,750.00
8	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	0	$8,250.00	2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$12,500.00
11	1	0	0	0	2	1	5	2	0	$21,000.00	2025	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	$5,250.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$4,500.00
24	1	1	1	0	5	3	7	6	0	$34,850.00	Total	Total	55	5	4	1	2	9	17	3	5	9	$137,355.00

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	1-3	25.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
2025-2026	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	1-3	25.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	2-6	25.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	3-4	42.9%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Total	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4

Head to Head Results
Brasher/Cruz lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/4/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 2	Brasher/Cruz	1	Deberg/Flint	22, Q11	21-12, 21-16	0:30

Overall Head to Head Results
Brasher/Cruz lead the series 2-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/7/26	AVP League	AVP League Week 8 - Dallas
7/4/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 2	Brasher/Cruz	1	Deberg/Flint	22, Q11	21-12, 21-16	0:30
6/13/26	AVP League	AVP League Week 3 - Miami		Brasher/Cruz		Deberg/Flint		15-10, 15-10	0:38