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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite Montréal
Saturday, August 22, 2026 Court #2 12:30

Match #28: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(6) Megan Kraft/Kelly Cheng, United States
vs.
(13, Q2) Molly Shaw/Molly Phillips, United States

Megan Kraft
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 27, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Diego, CA

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$207,563.42

Kelly Claes Cheng
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fullerton, CA

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$499,425.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	7	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	US$81,600.00

Previous Montréal Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Did not play	Sara Hughes - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2026	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	6	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	15	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	11	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	8	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	6	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	4	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00

BPT Elite Montréal Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/20/2026	Pool C	Thainara Feitosa / Verena Figueira, Brazil (11)	Won 21-12, 21-13	0:32
Fri, 8/21/2026	Pool C	Kylie Deberg / Hailey Harward, United States (14, Q3)	Won 21-23, 21-9, 15-10	0:45
Fri, 8/21/2026	Pool C	Rebecca Cavalcanti / Carol Salgado, Brazil (3)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:35
Sat, 8/22/2026	Winner 1	Molly Phillips / Molly Shaw, United States (13, Q2)

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	7	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$81,600.00
Total	7	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$81,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Megan Kraft												Kelly Cheng
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	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	World Championships	5	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$53,500.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00	World Tour Finals	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$92,750.00
29	0	5	4	1	5	8	5	0	0	$139,800.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	44	5	2	3	6	8	14	2	0	3	$250,800.00
11	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	1	1	$16,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	28	3	3	0	1	10	6	2	1	2	$97,375.00
4	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,520.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$5,000.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
49	3	6	4	4	8	15	6	1	1	$206,945.00	Total	89	10	5	6	7	21	26	7	1	5	$499,425.00

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	6	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$75,600.00	28	8	77.8 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$75,600.00	28	8	77.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Megan Kraft													Kelly Cheng
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	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	2	3	0	0	$23,750.00
											2018	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	$27,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
											2019	FIVB	15	0	2	1	0	3	7	0	0	2	$49,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$320.00	2021	FIVB	9	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$41,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
12	2	0	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	$26,375.00	2022	FIVB	8	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	$126,500.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	1	0	$14,250.00	2023	FIVB	11	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$84,625.00
6	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$67,000.00	2024	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$31,500.00
9	0	2	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	$58,000.00	2025	FIVB	9	1	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	$61,500.00
6	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	$37,800.00	2026	FIVB	6	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	$37,800.00
48	3	6	4	4	8	15	6	1	1	$203,945.00	Total	Total	88	10	5	6	7	21	26	7	1	5	$496,425.00

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	21	91.3%	2	8.7%	0	0.0%	23-0	100.0%	4	33.3%	1	8.3%	7	58.3%	4-8	33.3%	21-7	75.0%	6-1	85.7%	1	0	28-8	77.8%
2025-2026	21	91.3%	2	8.7%	0	0.0%	23-0	100.0%	4	33.3%	1	8.3%	7	58.3%	4-8	33.3%	21-7	75.0%	6-1	85.7%	1	0	28-8	77.8%
Against the Field	8	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	16-6	72.7%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	10-3	76.9%

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	0	0	19	2	0	0	6	3	1	2	2	0	0	1	28	8
Total	0	0	0	0	19	2	0	0	6	3	1	2	2	0	0	1	28	8

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$95,112.20

Molly Phillips
United States

Photo: FIVB

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$48,950.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	US$26,200.00

Previous Montréal Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Did not play	Hailey Harward - 21st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/5-9/2026	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	11	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2026	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	10	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	7/22-26/2026	BPT Challenge Shangluo	2	3rd	720	US$9,000.00

BPT Elite Montréal Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/19/2026	Qualifier 1	Kaylee Glagau / Abbey Thorup, Canada (Q15)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:33
Wed, 8/19/2026	Qualifier 2	Anna-Lena Grune / Janne Uhl, Germany (Q7)	Won 15-21, 21-18, 20-18	0:46
Thu, 8/20/2026	Pool D	Lexy Denaburg / Julia Donlin, United States (4)	Lost 13-21, 16-21	0:27
Fri, 8/21/2026	Pool D	Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (5)	Lost 21-23, 13-21	0:30
Fri, 8/21/2026	Pool D	Marie-Alex Belanger / Lea Monkhouse, Canada (12)	Won 22-20, 21-16	0:36
Sat, 8/22/2026	Winner 1	Kelly Cheng / Megan Kraft, United States (6)

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	1	1	0	0	0	$17,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
Total	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$26,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Molly Shaw												Molly Phillips
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
12	1	0	0	3	2	4	1	0	0	$62,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	1	7	4	3	0	$28,450.00
10	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	1	$21,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	1	0	4	2	2	3	0	$20,250.00
6	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00
29	4	3	3	3	3	5	2	3	2	$94,550.00	Total	30	0	0	1	0	6	10	6	6	0	$48,950.00

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	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$20,200.00	10	9	52.6 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$20,200.00	10	9	52.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Molly Shaw													Molly Phillips
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350.00	2021	FIVB
6	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	$5,350.00	2022	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB
4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	$1,250.00
9	1	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	$61,500.00	2025	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	3	5	3	4	0	$23,625.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	$11,350.00	2026	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	1	0	$21,075.00
28	4	3	3	3	3	5	2	3	2	$91,550.00	Total	Total	29	0	0	1	0	6	10	6	6	0	$45,950.00

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	7	87.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	7	63.6%	2-9	18.2%	7-7	50.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	10-9	52.6%
2025-2026	7	87.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	7	63.6%	2-9	18.2%	7-7	50.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	10-9	52.6%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	6-6	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-4	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	2	0	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7
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	2	0	4	7	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	10	9

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/22/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Winner 1