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Brazilian pairs upset high seeds in women and qualifiers in Joao Pessoa

September 18, 2025February 20, 2026 source: Volleyball Worldaine Raupelyte, hailey_harward, monika_paulikiene, taina_silva

Elite16 – Joao Pessoa, BRA – 2025 Four home teams, two from USA and one each from Lithuania and France qualify for the Elite main draw Brazilian teams grabbed half of the eight main draw vacancies available through Wednesday’s women’s qualifications at the Joao Pessoa Elite on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. Three of them upset higher seeds in the bracket to delight the home fans. Two pairs from the United States, one from Lithuania and one from France also pushed through to the 24-team main draw, serving off…

Hladun and Lazarenko shut out Carol and Rebecca to win pool in Yucatan

March 22, 2025February 20, 2026 BumpSpike.comaine Raupelyte, carol_solberg, hailey_harward, julia_scoles, monika_paulikiene, tanja_huberli, xinyi_xia

Ukraine’s Maryna Hladun and Tetiana Lazarenko stunned top-seeded Brazilians Carol Solberg and Rebecca Cavalcanti in the Pool A final at the Yucatan Challenge on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour and became the lowest seeded team to advance directly to the women’s eighthfinals in Mexico, as main draw action got underway on Thursday in Puerto Progreso. Watch the Yucatan Challenge on VBTV. 16th-seeded Hladun and Lazarenko hammered out an emphatic 2-0 (21-13, 21-15) shutout of the Brazilian favorites. The Ukrainians dominated in attack, with nine successful spikes from Lazarenko and…