Different Name, Same GOLDEN Result for Kristen Cruz, Taryn Brasher | Joao Pessoa Recap
3/16/202618 min
Welcome back to Beach Access, presented by Slunks, where Travis Mewhirter chats all things from the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Joao Pessoa Elite, including:
- Kristen Cruz and Taryn Brasher might have new names, but they have the same result: GOLD medals for USA Volleyball
- Taylor Crabb and Andy Benesh medaling in their first tournament as partners
- Kelly Cheng and Megan Kraft medaling in their first tournament as partners
- USA Volleyball's big showing early in 2026 thus far And more!
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Travis Mewhirter· Host1:01
What's up, everyone? Welcome back to Sandcast, our beach access version of the pod. So beach access is kind of what we dubbed the name of these little recap episodes that we do. We're going to try to do one after Elites and AVPs this season. And every now and then when something significant happens, like a week ago in Bhubaneswar, where two of our players at Florida State, Audra Koenig, also known as AK, and Alexis Durish, they won a gold