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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite Montréal
Sunday, August 23, 2026 Stadium Court 18:00

Match #36: Gold Medal Match

(8) Thamela Coradello/Victoria Lopes, Brazil
vs.
(2) Kristen Cruz/Taryn Brasher, United States

Thâmela Coradello Galil
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 12, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Piúma

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$231,224.40

Victoria Lopes Pereira Tosta
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 16, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ivinhema, Mato Grosso

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$270,175.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	25	3	2	4	1	7	0	5	1	0	1	0	US$366,400.00

Previous Montréal Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Talita Antunes - 13th	Taina Silva - 21st
2025	Victoria Lopes - 5th	Thamela Coradello - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/5-9/2026	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	8	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2026	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	5	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	9	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	5	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	5	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	5	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	2	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	1	4th	1120	US$28,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	1	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	3	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	1	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	1	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	2	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00

BPT Elite Montréal Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/20/2026	Pool A	Monika Paulikiene / Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania (9)	Won 19-21, 21-10, 15-12	0:46
Thu, 8/20/2026	Pool A	Carolina Horta / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (16, Q8)	Won 21-13, 26-28, 15-9	0:48
Fri, 8/21/2026	Pool A	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (1)	Lost 13-21, 18-21	0:37
Sat, 8/22/2026	Winner 1	Kylie Deberg / Hailey Harward, United States (14, Q3)	Won 21-23, 21-17, 15-12	0:52
Sat, 8/22/2026	Winner 2	Lexy Denaburg / Julia Donlin, United States (4)	Won 21-17, 13-21, 18-16	0:52
Sun, 8/23/2026	Semi-Finals	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (1)	Won 19-21, 22-20, 15-7	0:56
Sun, 8/23/2026	Gold Medal	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Cruz, United States (2)

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$28,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	24	3	2	4	0	7	0	5	1	1	0	0	$338,400.00
Total	25	3	2	4	1	7	0	5	1	1	0	0	$366,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Thamela Coradello												Victoria Lopes
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	Youth Olympic Games
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$23,000.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
34	4	2	4	0	7	10	6	0	0	$195,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	41	3	2	4	0	8	14	9	0	0	$194,700.00
11	0	0	1	0	3	6	1	0	0	$18,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	1	3	2	1	7	3	5	4	$40,625.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,850.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
51	5	2	5	1	11	18	7	1	0	$230,100.00	Total	77	5	3	8	3	12	23	12	5	5	$270,175.00

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
2024	FIVB	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$64,000.00	17	7	70.8 %
2025	FIVB	13	2	2	1	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	$224,500.00	48	21	69.6 %
2026	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	$57,900.00	24	16	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	24	3	2	4	1	7	0	5	1	1	0	0	$346,400.00	89	44	66.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Thamela Coradello													Victoria Lopes
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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
											2019	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	$5,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,400.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	$8,000.00
7	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	$24,000.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	$11,250.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	0	$15,500.00	2023	FIVB	16	0	1	3	1	2	5	4	0	0	$45,750.00
7	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	$34,000.00	2024	FIVB	11	1	0	2	0	2	5	1	0	0	$47,625.00
13	2	2	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	$112,250.00	2025	FIVB	13	2	2	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	$112,250.00
7	0	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	$28,950.00	2026	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	$28,950.00
50	5	2	5	1	11	18	7	1	0	$220,100.00	Total	Total	76	5	3	8	3	12	23	12	5	5	$260,175.00

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	52	66.7%	16	20.5%	10	12.8%	68-10	87.2%	20	39.2%	8	15.7%	23	45.1%	20-31	39.2%	52-23	69.3%	36-18	66.7%	1	3	89-44	66.9%
2025-2026	39	66.1%	12	20.3%	8	13.6%	51-8	86.4%	20	43.5%	6	13.0%	20	43.5%	20-26	43.5%	39-20	66.1%	32-14	69.6%	1	3	72-37	66.1%
Against the Field	10	58.8%	5	29.4%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	7	29.2%	2	8.3%	15	62.5%	7-17	29.2%	20-26	43.5%	24-8	75.0%	0	2	22-19	53.7%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	41	21	1	0	28	15	6	4	4	0	3	2	83	42
Total	0	0	0	0	44	21	1	0	31	15	6	5	4	1	3	2	89	44

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$495,250.00

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$495,250.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	41	14	5	3	2	9	0	6	1	0	0	US$990,500.00

Previous Montréal Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Taryn Brasher - 5th	Kristen Cruz - 5th

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
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

BPT Elite Montréal Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/20/2026	Pool B	Chloe Loreen / Corinne Quiggle, United States (15, Q5)	Won 21-15, 23-21	0:35
Thu, 8/20/2026	Pool B	Svenja Muller / Cinja Tillmann, Germany (10)	Won 17-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:53
Fri, 8/21/2026	Pool B	Savvy Cory / Devon Newberry, United States (7)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:33
Sat, 8/22/2026	Winner 2	Kelly Cheng / Megan Kraft, United States (6)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:36
Sun, 8/23/2026	Semi-Finals	Svenja Muller / Cinja Tillmann, Germany (10)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:35
Sun, 8/23/2026	Gold Medal	Thamela Coradello / Victoria Lopes, Brazil (8)

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	31	9	4	2	2	8	0	4	1	0	0	0	$567,000.00
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	41	14	5	3	2	9	0	6	1	0	0	0	$990,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kristen Cruz												Taryn Brasher
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
31	9	4	2	2	8	5	0	0	0	$283,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	31	9	4	2	2	8	5	0	0	0	$283,500.00
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
41	14	5	3	2	9	7	0	0	0	$495,250.00	Total	41	14	5	3	2	9	7	0	0	0	$495,250.00

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	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$129,000.00	30	1	96.8 %
Total	FIVB	40	14	5	3	2	9	0	6	1	0	0	0	$970,500.00	186	52	78.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kristen Cruz													Taryn Brasher
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
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
40	14	5	3	2	9	7	0	0	0	$485,250.00	Total	Total	40	14	5	3	2	9	7	0	0	0	$485,250.00

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	138	82.6%	19	11.4%	10	6.0%	157-10	94.0%	26	38.2%	20	29.4%	22	32.4%	26-42	38.2%	138-22	86.3%	45-30	60.0%	3	0	186-52	78.2%
2025-2026	52	89.7%	5	8.6%	1	1.7%	57-1	98.3%	10	55.6%	4	22.2%	4	22.2%	10-8	55.6%	52-4	92.9%	15-5	75.0%	1	0	68-9	88.3%
Against the Field	29	82.9%	4	11.4%	2	5.7%	33-2	94.3%	5	33.3%	5	33.3%	5	33.3%	5-10	33.3%	58-10	85.3%	18-14	56.3%	0	0	38-12	76.0%

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
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	69	17	0	0	33	13	14	4	2	2	9	4	133	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	91	24	1	0	45	16	20	5	3	2	14	5	186	52

Head to Head Results
Series tied 2-2

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/23/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Gold Medal
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 2	Brasher/Cruz	2	Coradello/Lopes	5	21-19, 12-21, 15-10	0:45
5/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 1	Coradello/Lopes	5	Brasher/Cruz	1	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:47
4/13/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Gold Medal	Coradello/Lopes	1	Brasher/Cruz	2	21-19, 16-21, 15-10	0:51
3/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Winner 1	Brasher/Cruz	1	Coradello/Lopes	2	21-12, 21-17	0:32