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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Brasília
Friday, May 3, 2024 Court #2 18:00

Match #22: Pool C

(3) Taryn Brasher/Kristen Cruz, United States
vs.
(14, Q3) Esmee Bobner/Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland

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$460,750.00

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$460,750.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	38	13	5	3	2	8	0	6	1	0	0	US$921,500.00

Previous Brasília Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	3	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	2	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	12/6-9/2023	BPT Finals Doha 2023	2	1st	0	US$150,000.00
FIVB	11/22-26/2023	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	2	4th	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	2	3rd	1280	US$35,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	2	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	3	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	3	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	5	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	8	5th	760	US$8,000.00

Elite16 Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/2/2024	Pool C	Louisa Lippmann / Laura Ludwig, Germany (11)	Won 21-16, 17-21, 15-11	0:47
Thu, 5/2/2024	Pool C	Carol Salgado / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (6)	Won 21-11, 21-19	0:33
Fri, 5/3/2024	Pool C	Esmee Bobner / Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland (14, Q3)	Won 25-23, 21-19	0:40
Sat, 5/4/2024	Winner 2	Xinyi Xia / Chen Xue, China (7)	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:30
Sun, 5/5/2024	Semi-Finals	Esmee Bobner / Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland (14, Q3)	Won 16-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:50
Sun, 5/5/2024	Gold Medal	Duda Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (1)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:33

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	28	8	4	2	2	7	0	4	1	0	0	0	$498,000.00
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	38	13	5	3	2	8	0	6	1	0	0	0	$921,500.00

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
28	8	4	2	2	7	5	0	0	0	$249,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	8	4	2	2	7	5	0	0	0	$249,000.00
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
38	13	5	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$460,750.00	Total	38	13	5	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$460,750.00

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	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$32,000.00	7	7	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	24	5	3	2	2	8	0	4	0	0	0	0	$424,500.00	98	40	71.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taryn Brasher													Kristen Cruz
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
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
3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$16,000.00	2024	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$16,000.00
24	5	3	2	2	8	4	0	0	0	$212,250.00	Total	Total	24	5	3	2	2	8	4	0	0	0	$212,250.00

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	124	81.0%	19	12.4%	10	6.5%	143-10	93.5%	24	36.9%	19	29.2%	22	33.8%	24-41	36.9%	124-22	84.9%	43-29	59.7%	3	0	170-51	76.9%
2023-2024	59	80.8%	9	12.3%	5	6.8%	68-5	93.2%	13	36.1%	8	22.2%	15	41.7%	13-23	36.1%	59-15	79.7%	22-13	62.9%	1	0	82-28	74.5%
Against the Field	48	76.2%	10	15.9%	5	7.9%	58-5	92.1%	13	31.7%	13	31.7%	15	36.6%	13-28	31.7%	96-26	78.7%	46-36	56.1%	2	0	73-31	70.2%

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	60	17	0	0	29	12	12	4	2	2	8	4	117	39
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	82	24	1	0	41	15	18	5	3	2	13	5	170	51

Esmée Böbner
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 3, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hasle

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

71 kg (156 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$81,877.55

Zoé Vergé-Dépré
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 23, 1998 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bern

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$139,991.53

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	41	Money
FIVB	58	2	3	1	3	8	0	6	6	13	1	2	5	8	US$162,362.67
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	59	2	3	1	3	8	0	7	6	13	1	2	5	8	US$162,362.67

Previous Brasília Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/25-28/2024	Challenge Xiamen	5	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2024	Challenge Guadalajara	12	1st	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	3/28-31/2024	Challenge Saquarema	8	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	10	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	15, Q5	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	11/2-5/2023	Challenge Haikou	2	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	17	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	Q2	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	13, Q2	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	9	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	11	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	11	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	Q8	17th	400	US$0.00

Elite16 Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/1/2024	Qualifier 1	Molley McBain / Sarah Pavan, Canada (Q14)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:34
Wed, 5/1/2024	Qualifier 2	Dorina Klinger / Ronja Klinger, Austria (Q11)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:40
Thu, 5/2/2024	Pool C	Carol Salgado / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (6)	Lost 21-19, 16-21, 8-15	0:51
Thu, 5/2/2024	Pool C	Louisa Lippmann / Laura Ludwig, Germany (11)	Won 21-19, 15-21, 24-22	1:00
Fri, 5/3/2024	Pool C	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Cruz, United States (3)	Lost 23-25, 19-21	0:40
Sat, 5/4/2024	Winner 1	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (4)	Won 18-21, 25-23, 15-10	0:56
Sat, 5/4/2024	Winner 2	Agatha Bednarczuk / Rebecca Cavalcanti, Brazil (15, Q4)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:38
Sun, 5/5/2024	Semi-Finals	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Cruz, United States (3)	Lost 21-16, 19-21, 12-15	0:50
Sun, 5/5/2024	Bronze Medal	Raisa Schoon / Katja Stam, Netherlands (5)	Won 21-15, 13-21, 15-9	0:45

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$18,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	5	7	0	0	$66,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	1	1	0	2	4	0	4	0	6	2	0	$70,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	13	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	$7,600.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	59	2	3	1	3	8	0	7	6	16	5	0	$161,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Esmee Bobner												Zoe Verge-Depre
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	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$12,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
16	0	0	1	0	3	5	7	0	0	$33,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	0	0	3	0	6	9	7	0	0	$77,100.00
25	1	1	0	2	4	4	6	2	0	$35,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	2	1	0	2	4	4	6	2	0	$45,000.00
13	1	2	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	$3,800.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	1	3	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	$4,150.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
60	2	3	1	3	9	13	16	5	0	$80,800.00	Total	71	3	4	3	3	11	17	17	5	0	$138,750.00

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
2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
2018	FIVB	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$2,800.00	9	8	52.9 %
2019	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	$1,700.00	8	11	42.1 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2	2	50.0 %
2021	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	$14,000.00	13	11	54.2 %
2022	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	$34,500.00	19	21	47.5 %
2023	FIVB	13	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	3	3	1	0	$52,250.00	27	24	52.9 %
2024	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$37,750.00	20	11	64.5 %
Total	FIVB	52	2	3	1	3	5	0	5	6	14	5	8	$143,100.00	98	88	52.7 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Esmee Bobner													Zoe Verge-Depre
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	$1,400.00	2018	FIVB	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	$1,400.00
10	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	$850.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	$850.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
7	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	$7,000.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	$7,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	0	0	$17,250.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	0	0	$17,250.00
13	0	1	0	2	1	5	3	1	0	$26,125.00	2023	FIVB	13	0	1	0	2	1	5	3	1	0	$26,125.00
6	1	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	$18,875.00	2024	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	$18,875.00
54	2	3	1	3	6	12	14	5	8	$71,550.00	Total	Total	53	2	3	1	3	5	12	14	5	8	$71,550.00

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	68	59.1%	25	21.7%	22	19.1%	93-22	80.9%	17	19.5%	14	16.1%	56	64.4%	17-70	19.5%	68-56	54.8%	42-36	53.8%	2	2	112-94	54.4%
2023-2024	34	54.8%	16	25.8%	12	19.4%	50-12	80.6%	10	25.6%	9	23.1%	20	51.3%	10-29	25.6%	34-20	63.0%	26-21	55.3%	1	0	61-41	59.8%
Against the Field	25	54.3%	8	17.4%	13	28.3%	33-13	71.7%	7	20.6%	7	20.6%	20	58.8%	7-27	20.6%	50-36	58.1%	30-40	42.9%	1	1	41-39	51.3%

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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	17	6	11	18	0	0	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	31	29
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	11	6	22	16	1	2	12	11	2	2	0	2	1	1	49	40
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	6	5	8	8	0	0	5	1	3	1	0	1	1	2	23	18
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Total	0	0	34	18	48	47	2	2	22	20	5	4	1	3	2	3	114	97

Head to Head Results
Brasher/Cruz lead the series 4-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Semi-Finals	Brasher/Cruz	3	Bobner/Verge-Depre	14, Q3	16-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:50
5/3/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool C	Brasher/Cruz	3	Bobner/Verge-Depre	14, Q3	25-23, 21-19	0:40
3/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool B	Brasher/Cruz	2	Bobner/Verge-Depre	15, Q5	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:49
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool A	Brasher/Cruz	24, Q20	Bobner/Verge-Depre	13, Q1	21-17, 14-21, 15-10	0:47