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2022 Athletes Unlimited Volleyball Season

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Tournament details
Host nation	United States
City	Dallas
Dates	March 16 – April 16
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament awards
MVP	Bethania de la Cruz
Best Setter	Natalia Valentín-Anderson
Best OH	Bethania de la Cruz Dani Drews
Best MB	Molly McCage Jenna Rosenthal
Best OPP	Sheilla Castro
Best Libero	Morgan Hentz
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
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The 2022 Athletes Unlimited Volleyball season was the Athletes Unlimited Volleyball's second season in existence. The season was played in Dallas, Texas and ran from March 16, 2022 to April 16, 2022.

Bethania de la Cruz was the overall season winner - finishing with 4,652 points.

2022 Roster

Name	Position	College	2021-2022 Club
Ali Bastianelli	Middle Blocker	Illinois	Atenienses De Manati
Amanda Benson	Libero	Oregon
Tina Boe	Middle Blocker	Denver	Denver Pioneers
Taylor Bruns Tegenrot	Setter	South Carolina	Goteborg Volleybollklubb
Sheilla Castro	Outside hitter/Opposite
Alisha Glass Childress	Setter	Penn State
Naya Crittenden	Opposite	Oregon/Illinois	Sarıyer Belediyespor
Aury Cruz	Outside hitter	Florida	Valencianas de Juncos
Bethania de la Cruz	Outside hitter		Altay VC
Tori Dilfer	Setter	Louisville	Louisville Cardinals
Dani Drews	Outside Hitter	Utah	KPS Chemik Police
Leah Edmond	Outside Hitter	Kentucky	Valencianas de Juncos
Erin Fairs	Outside Hitter	USF/Kentucky
Rachael Fara	Middle Blocker	Northwestern/Dayton/ Colorado
Falyn Fonoimoana	Opposite	USC
Taylor Fricano	Opposite	North Carolina	Olimpia Teodora Ravenna
Morgan Hentz	Libero	Stanford
Cassidy Lichtman	Outside hitter	Stanford	Athletes Unlimited
Hana Lishman	Libero	Pepperdine
Carli Lloyd	Setter	California	Athletes Unlimited
Karsta Lowe	Opposite	UCLA	Changas de Naranjito
Kalei Mau	Outside Hitter	Minnesota/Arizona	Athletes Unlimited
Molly McCage	Middle Blocker	Texas	Athletes Unlimited
Deja McClendon	Outside Hitter	Penn State	Athletes Unlimited
Sha'Dare McNeal	Opposite	Texas
Taylor Morgan	Middle Blocker	Minnesota	Athletes Unlimited
Valerie Nichol	Setter	Purdue	Athletes Unlimited
Jamie Peterson	Outside Hitter	Dayton	Dayton Flyers
Jenna Rosenthal	Middle Blocker	Marquette
Taylor Sandbothe	Middle Blocker	Ohio State	Valencianas de Juncos
Ray Santos	Setter	Arkansas	Pinkin de Corozal
Noami Santos-Lamb	Outside Hitter	Florida	Changas de Naranjito
Lindsay Stalzer	Outside Hitter	Bradley	Atenienses De Manati
Lauren Stivrins	Middle Blocker	Nebraska	Nebraska Cornhuskers
Ronika Stone	Middle Blocker	Oregon	Pinkin de Corozal
Lianna Sybeldon	Middle Blocker	Washington	Athletes Unlimited
Nootsara Tomkom	Setter		Diamond Food
Natalia Valentín-Anderson	Setter	FIU	Valencianas de Juncos
Madison Villines	Outside Hitter	Kansas	Changas de Naranjito
Nomaris Vélez Agosto	Libero		Changas de Naranjito
Emma Willis	Middle Blocker	Denver
Erica Wilson	Opposite Hitter	Arizona State	Athletes Unlimited
Niki Withers	Opposite	Cal State Fullerton/USC
Eri Xue	Middle Blocker	Long Beach State	Liaoning Huajun

Scoring system

Unlike traditional volleyball which is best-of-5 sets, matches in Athletes Unlimited always play three sets. A team does not necessarily have to win the majority or all of the sets as the winner is determined based on the final overall score. If the teams are tied after 3 sets, a tie breaking fourth set (referred to as the "Golden Set) is played. The Golden Set goes to 5 points and must win by two.

MVP Points

After each match, players and members of The Unlimited Club vote for three players who had standout performances. MVP points are awarded as follows:

• MVP 1: +60 points
• MVP 2: +40 points
• MVP 3: +20 points

Individual stats

In addition to team points and MVP points, players earn points based on their offensive and defensive performance.

The breakdown for individual points is as follows:

• Serving: Ace + 12, Error -8
• Service error (-8)
• Attack: Kill + 8, Error -12
• Set: Assist + 1, Error -12
• Dig: Dig + 5, No Errors
• Pass: Good pass + 2, Error -12
• Block: Stuff + 12, No Errors

Captains

At the conclusion of each week, the top four point scorers are named team captains. Each captain is assigned to a team color based on their standing. Captains then choose their team in a weekly draft.

• No. 1: Gold
• No. 2: Orange
• No. 3: Blue
• No. 4: Purple

• Week 1 Captains: Bethania de la Cruz, Aury Cruz, Karsta Lowe, and Deja McClendon
• Week 2 Captains: Dani Drews, Bethania de la Cruz, Natalia Valentín-Anderson, and Lauren Stivrins
• Week 3 Captains: Bethania de la Cruz, Karsta Lowe, Dani Drews, and Sheilla Castro
• Week 4 Captains: Dani Drews, Bethania de la Cruz, Sheilla Castro, and Natalia Valentín-Anderson
• Week 5 Captains: Bethania de la Cruz, Dani Drews, Natalia Valentín-Anderson, and Cassidy Lichtman

Games

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Leaderboard

Below is the leaderboard which tallies the total points earned via the scoring system that each player has accumulated during the games that are played each week. The list reflects the final standings.

Team Captain Records

Awards

The following players were named to the 2022 Dream Team:

Champion/MVP  Bethania de la Cruz (DOM) Best setter  Natalia Valentín-Anderson (PUR) Best outside hitters  Bethania de la Cruz (DOM)  Dani Drews (USA)

Best middle blockers  Molly McCage (USA)  Jenna Rosenthal (USA) Best Opposite  Sheilla Castro (BRA) Best libero  Morgan Hentz (USA)

Hentz was also named the Defensive Player of the Year.

References

1. ^ "BETHANIA DE LA CRUZ WINS ATHLETES UNLIMITED VOLLEYBALL CROWN". Just Women's Sports.
2. ^ "How We Play -Volleyball". auprosports.com. AU Pro Sports.
3. ^ "AU Volleyball - List of Teams by Week". auprosports.com. AU Pro Volleyball. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
4. ^ "2022 Player Status". auprosports.com. AU Pro Sports.
5. "Lauren Stivrins Bio". auprosports.com. AU Pro Sports.
6. "Sha'Dare McNeal Bio". auprosports.com. AU Pro Sports.

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