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AVP Tour
$300,000 AVP Heritage Manhattan Beach Open
Friday, August 14, 2026 Court #1 8:00 AM

Match #1: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(1) Taryn Brasher/Kristen Cruz
vs.
(32, Q21) Maddy Byrne/Quinn Perry

Taryn Kloth Brasher

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 10, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sioux Falls, SD

Height:

6'4"

College(s):

Creighton
Louisiana State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$642,300.00

Kristen Nuss Cruz

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 16, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

New Orlean, LA

Height:

5'6"

College(s):

Louisiana State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$642,875.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	21	9	3	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	$314,100.00
FIVB	40	14	5	3	2	9	0	6	1	0	0	US$970,500.00
Overall	61	23	8	7	2	13	0	6	1	0	0	US$1,284,600.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Katie Dickens - 41st
2019	Did not play	Claire Coppola - 25th
2021	Kristen Cruz - 5th	Taryn Brasher - 5th
2022	Kristen Cruz - 5th	Taryn Brasher - 5th
2024	Kristen Cruz - 1st	Taryn Brasher - 1st
2025	Kristen Cruz - 1st	Taryn Brasher - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	1	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	1	5th	760	US$9,000.00
AVP	5/14-17/2026	Huntington Beach Open	1	3rd	2572	$7,000.00
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
AVP	8/14-17/2025	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	1	1st	2572	$30,000.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/14/2026	Winner 1	Maddy Byrne / Quinn Perry (32, Q21)

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	9	4	2	2	8	0	4	1	0	0	0	$547,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$51,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,750.00
Tour Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
Gold Series	5	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$109,000.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	12	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$153,350.00
Total	61	23	8	7	2	13	0	6	1	0	0	0	$1,284,600.00

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	9	4	2	2	8	5	0	0	0	$273,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	9	4	2	2	8	5	0	0	0	$273,500.00
5	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$25,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	$26,000.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,875.00	Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$4,200.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	Tour Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
5	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$54,500.00	Gold Series	5	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$54,500.00
12	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$76,675.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	12	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$76,675.00
61	23	8	7	2	13	7	0	0	0	$642,300.00	Total	66	23	8	7	2	13	7	1	1	3	$642,875.00

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
2021	AVP	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$36,750.00	16	4	80.0 %
2022	AVP	7	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$90,700.00	26	9	74.3 %
2022	FIVB	9	2	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	$73,500.00	36	15	70.6 %
2023	AVP	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$72,000.00	16	4	80.0 %
2023	FIVB	12	3	2	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$319,000.00	55	18	75.3 %
2024	AVP	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$62,000.00	14	2	87.5 %
2024	FIVB	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$242,000.00	27	10	73.0 %
2025	AVP	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,000.00	10	0	100.0 %
2025	FIVB	8	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$207,000.00	38	8	82.6 %
2026	AVP	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
2026	FIVB	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$129,000.00	25	1	96.2 %
Total	AVP	20	9	3	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	$313,450.00	85	20	81.0 %
Total	FIVB	40	14	5	3	2	9	0	6	1	0	0	0	$970,500.00	181	52	77.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taryn Brasher													Kristen Cruz
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2017	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2018	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$250.00
											2018	Other	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2019	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$325.00
3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$18,375.00	2021	AVP	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$18,375.00
7	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$45,350.00	2022	AVP	7	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$45,350.00
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
4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$36,000.00	2023	AVP	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$36,000.00
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
3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$31,000.00	2024	AVP	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$31,000.00
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
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00	2025	AVP	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2026	AVP	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$64,500.00	2026	FIVB	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$64,500.00
60	23	8	7	2	13	7	0	0	0	$641,975.00	Total	Total	66	23	8	7	2	14	7	1	1	3	$642,550.00

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	54	74.0%	14	19.2%	5	6.8%	68-5	93.2%	15	53.6%	5	17.9%	8	28.6%	15-13	53.6%	54-8	87.1%	29-10	74.4%	2	0	85-20	81.0%
2025-2026	7	77.8%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	4	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4-1	80.0%	7-0	100.0%	6-1	85.7%	0	0	13-1	92.9%
Against the Field	6	60.0%	3	30.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	2	40.0%	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	12-0	100.0%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	11-4	73.3%

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
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	13	4	2	2	9	4	128	40
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	0	4	2	1	0	8	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	29	5
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
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
Gold Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	4	3	0	0	0	3	0	21	6
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	3	6	3	0	0	4	3	45	10
Total	0	0	15	0	88	24	1	0	93	25	30	9	3	2	23	8	266	72

Maddy Byrne

Photo not available

Personal Info

Height:

5'9"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

29th (AVP Laguna Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

$325.00

Quinn Perry

Photo: Han Duong

Personal Info

Height:

5'11"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (AVP Laguna Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

$325.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$650.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Quinn Perry - 33rd	Maddy Byrne - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/14-17/2025	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Q34	33rd	1022	$0.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/13/2026	Qualifier 1	Ellis Hay / Brooke Woolley (Q44)	Won 21-10, 21-12	0:35
Thu, 8/13/2026	Qualifier 2	Rafaela Biegelmeyer / Adrianna Nora (Q12)	Won 21-17, 21-14
Thu, 8/13/2026	Qualifier 3	Savanna Lau / Amelia Vugrincic (Q28)	Won 21-19, 21-11
Fri, 8/14/2026	Winner 1	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Cruz (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$)
Heritage Series/Pro Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$650.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Maddy Byrne												Quinn Perry
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$325.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$325.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$325.00	Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$325.00

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	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Maddy Byrne													Quinn Perry
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2025	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$0.00
											2026	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	Total	Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$0.00

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	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	4-0	100.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	5-1	83.3%
2025-2026	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	4-0	100.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	5-1	83.3%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		6-0	100.0%	0-0		0	0	3-0	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
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Total	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/14/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1