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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
Saturday, August 1, 2026 Court #3 11:00

Match #40: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(12) Sofia Izuzquiza/Tania Moreno, Spain
vs.
(10) Molly Phillips/Molly Shaw, United States

Sofia Izuzquiza Corulla
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 10, 2006 (20 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$25,605.50

Tania Moreno Matveeva
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 29, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madrid

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$116,003.68

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	US$36,643.60

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Did not play	Daniela Alvarez - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/22-26/2026	BPT Challenge Shangluo	3	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	17	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	21, Q6	17th	460	US$3,700.00
FIVB	5/14-17/2026	BPT Futures Madrid	1	1st	400	€ 1,500.00

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool A	Piper Ferch / Teegan Van Gunst, United States (13)	Won 21-13, 21-11	0:27
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool A	Hailey Harward / Xolani Hodel, United States (24, Q11)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:35
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool A	Rebecca Cavalcanti / Carol Salgado, Brazil (1)	Lost 12-21, 14-21	0:31
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 1	Molly Phillips / Molly Shaw, United States (10)

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	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$9,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$25,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$36,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sofia Izuzquiza												Tania Moreno
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
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$8,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	1	2	3	11	0	0	$31,450.00
4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$12,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	1	1	2	0	7	6	2	2	2	$46,500.00
9	2	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	$2,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	$2,300.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	$15,000.00
21	3	1	2	0	4	3	3	0	4	$23,950.00	Total	61	2	2	4	4	11	15	16	2	4	$108,000.00

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	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$30,200.00	18	5	78.3 %
Total	FIVB	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$30,200.00	18	5	78.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sofia Izuzquiza													Tania Moreno
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2021	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$2,100.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
											2022	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	$5,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC
											2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$300.00	2023	FIVB	13	0	1	1	0	2	3	6	0	0	$18,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
											2023	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$150.00	2024	FIVB	11	0	0	1	1	3	3	3	0	0	$22,750.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB Age Group WC
											2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
7	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	$4,800.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	3	3	4	0	0	$24,950.00
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	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
4	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$15,100.00	2026	FIVB	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$15,100.00
20	3	1	2	0	4	3	3	0	4	$20,850.00	Total	Total	60	2	2	4	4	11	15	16	2	4	$104,900.00

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	80.0%	2	13.3%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	4	50.0%	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	4-4	50.0%	12-3	80.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	18-5	78.3%
2025-2026	12	80.0%	2	13.3%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	4	50.0%	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	4-4	50.0%	12-3	80.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	18-5	78.3%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	6-4	60.0%	0-0		0	0	3-2	60.0%

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	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	1
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Total	0	0	1	0	9	3	0	1	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	18	5

Molly Phillips
United States

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 2001 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mansfield, TX

Height:

188 cm (6'5")

Weight:

77 kg (169 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Shangluo 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$43,450.00

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$89,612.20

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$15,200.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Hailey Harward - 25th	Kelly Cheng - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/22-26/2026	BPT Challenge Shangluo	2	3rd	720	US$9,000.00

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool C	Reika Murakami / Asami Shiba, Japan (15)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:26
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool C	Anna-Lena Grune / Janne Uhl, Germany (22, Q7)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:32
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool C	Raisa Schoon / Katja Stam, Netherlands (3)	Lost 21-23, 19-21	0:38
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 1	Sofia Izuzquiza / Tania Moreno, Spain (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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
Total	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Molly Phillips												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
14	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	3	0	$22,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	1	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	0	$56,850.00
12	0	0	1	0	4	2	2	3	0	$20,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	1	$21,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	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
28	0	0	1	0	6	8	6	6	0	$43,450.00	Total	27	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	$89,050.00

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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	7	3	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	7	3	70.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Molly Phillips													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
											2022	FIVB	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	$5,350.00
											2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	$1,250.00	2024	FIVB	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
15	0	0	0	0	3	5	3	4	0	$23,625.00	2025	FIVB	9	1	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	$61,500.00
7	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	$15,475.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,750.00
27	0	0	1	0	6	8	6	6	0	$40,350.00	Total	Total	26	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	$85,950.00

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	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	5-3	62.5%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	7-3	70.0%
2025-2026	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	5-3	62.5%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	7-3	70.0%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	0-0		0	0	3-1	75.0%

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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
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	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	3

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 1