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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
Friday, July 31, 2026 Court #2 11:00

Match #25: Pool A

(13) Piper Ferch/Teegan Van Gunst, United States
vs.
(24, Q11) Hailey Harward/Xolani Hodel, United States

Piper Ferch
United States

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 20, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Redmond, WA

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$20,775.00

Teegan Van Gunst
United States

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 17, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fayetteville, GA

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$48,963.98

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	US$36,750.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Did not play	Kimberly Hildreth - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	14	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	13	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	10	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	8	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	21, Q5	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	9	17th	340	US$2,250.00

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool A	Sofia Izuzquiza / Tania Moreno, Spain (12)
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool A	Rebecca Cavalcanti / Carol Salgado, Brazil (1)
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool A	Hailey Harward / Xolani Hodel, United States (24, Q11)

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	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	$34,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	$36,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Piper Ferch												Teegan Van Gunst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	$17,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	1	0	3	3	7	1	0	$32,750.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	$3,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	1	0	$15,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,050.00
12	0	0	0	0	5	0	4	1	1	$20,775.00	Total	31	0	3	1	1	5	5	13	2	0	$48,800.00

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	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$20,250.00	6	7	46.2 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$14,000.00	3	9	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	$34,250.00	9	16	36.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Piper Ferch													Teegan Van Gunst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	6	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$5,425.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00	2024	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	1	0	$13,250.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	$10,875.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	3	1	4	1	0	$21,875.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00
11	0	0	0	0	5	0	4	1	1	$19,525.00	Total	Total	30	0	3	1	1	5	5	13	2	0	$47,550.00

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	5	50.0%	2	20.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	2	13.3%	5	33.3%	8	53.3%	2-13	13.3%	5-8	38.5%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	9-16	36.0%
2025-2026	5	50.0%	2	20.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	2	13.3%	5	33.3%	8	53.3%	2-13	13.3%	5-8	38.5%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	9-16	36.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%

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	0	4	9	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	1	0	5	10	1	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	16

Hailey Harward
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 19, 1998 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Phoenix, AZ

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Chennai 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$48,446.85

Xolani Hodel
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 15, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Huntington Beach, CA

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Pompano Beach 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$22,500.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	1	2	US$22,250.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Molly Phillips - 25th	Kylie Deberg - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/22-26/2026	BPT Challenge Shangluo	20	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	29	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q13	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	17	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	10	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	16	19th	380	US$2,500.00

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/29/2026	Qualifier 1	Carolina Horta / Elize Maia, Brazil (Q6)	Won 21-12, 21-16	0:35
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool A	Rebecca Cavalcanti / Carol Salgado, Brazil (1)
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool A	Sofia Izuzquiza / Tania Moreno, Spain (12)
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool A	Piper Ferch / Teegan Van Gunst, United States (13)

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	1	0	$17,250.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	3	2	0	$22,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Hailey Harward												Xolani Hodel
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	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00	World Championships
18	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	3	0	$18,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	$6,000.00
24	0	1	0	0	4	9	4	5	1	$28,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	1	0	$15,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
45	0	1	0	0	5	15	13	8	2	$48,400.00	Total	24	1	1	0	1	3	6	7	4	0	$22,500.00

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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$5,250.00	8	5	61.5 %
2026	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	$14,500.00	8	10	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	3	2	0	$19,750.00	16	15	51.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Hailey Harward													Xolani Hodel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$2,725.00	2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$2,625.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	2	$7,700.00	2023	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350.00
9	0	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	$8,350.00	2024	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$650.00
14	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	4	0	$21,125.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	2	0	$10,375.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	$7,250.00	2026	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	$7,250.00
44	0	1	0	0	5	15	13	8	2	$47,150.00	Total	Total	23	1	1	0	1	3	6	7	4	0	$21,250.00

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	12	70.6%	3	17.6%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	1	7.1%	2	14.3%	11	78.6%	1-13	7.1%	12-11	52.2%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	16-15	51.6%
2025-2026	6	60.0%	2	20.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6	75.0%	0-8	0.0%	6-6	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	8-10	44.4%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%

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	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	1	8	4	1	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	11
Total	0	0	5	2	8	7	1	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	15

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/31/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool A