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2022 Athletes Unlimited Volleyball season

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2022 Athletes Unlimited Volleyball Season
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Tournament details
Host nationUnited States
CityDallas
DatesMarch 16 – April 16
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament awards
MVPDominican Republic Bethania de la Cruz
Best SetterPuerto Rico Natalia Valentín-Anderson
Best OHDominican Republic Bethania de la Cruz
United States Dani Drews
Best MBUnited States Molly McCage
United States Jenna Rosenthal
Best OPPBrazil Sheilla Castro
Best LiberoUnited States Morgan Hentz
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
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AU Unlimited Volleyball

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.[1]

2022 Roster

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Name Position College 2021–22 Club
Ali Bastianelli Middle Blocker Illinois Puerto Rico Atenienses De Manati
Amanda Benson Libero Oregon
Tina Boe Middle Blocker Denver United States Denver Pioneers
Taylor Bruns Tegenrot Setter South Carolina Sweden Goteborg Volleybollklubb
Sheilla Castro Outside hitter/Opposite
Alisha Glass Childress Setter Penn State
Naya Crittenden Opposite Oregon/Illinois Turkey Sarıyer Belediyespor
Aury Cruz Outside hitter Florida Puerto Rico Valencianas de Juncos
Bethania de la Cruz Outside hitter Kazakhstan Altay VC
Tori Dilfer Setter Louisville United States Louisville Cardinals
Dani Drews Outside Hitter Utah Poland KPS Chemik Police
Leah Edmond Outside Hitter Kentucky Puerto Rico 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 Italy Olimpia Teodora Ravenna
Morgan Hentz Libero Stanford
Cassidy Lichtman Outside hitter Stanford United States Athletes Unlimited
Hana Lishman Libero Pepperdine
Carli Lloyd Setter California United States Athletes Unlimited
Karsta Lowe Opposite UCLA Puerto Rico Changas de Naranjito
Kalei Mau Outside Hitter Minnesota/Arizona United States Athletes Unlimited
Molly McCage Middle Blocker Texas United States Athletes Unlimited
Deja McClendon Outside Hitter Penn State United States Athletes Unlimited
Sha'Dare McNeal Opposite Texas
Taylor Morgan Middle Blocker Minnesota United States Athletes Unlimited
Valerie Nichol Setter Purdue United States Athletes Unlimited
Jamie Peterson Outside Hitter Dayton United States Dayton Flyers
Jenna Rosenthal Middle Blocker Marquette
Taylor Sandbothe Middle Blocker Ohio State Puerto Rico Valencianas de Juncos
Ray Santos Setter Arkansas Puerto Rico Pinkin de Corozal
Noami Santos-Lamb Outside Hitter Florida Puerto Rico Changas de Naranjito
Lindsay Stalzer Outside Hitter Bradley Puerto Rico Atenienses De Manati
Lauren Stivrins Middle Blocker Nebraska United States Nebraska Cornhuskers
Ronika Stone Middle Blocker Oregon Puerto Rico Pinkin de Corozal
Lianna Sybeldon Middle Blocker Washington United States Athletes Unlimited
Nootsara Tomkom Setter Thailand Diamond Food
Natalia Valentín-Anderson Setter FIU Puerto Rico Valencianas de Juncos
Madison Villines Outside Hitter Kansas Puerto Rico Changas de Naranjito
Nomaris Vélez Agosto Libero Puerto Rico Changas de Naranjito
Emma Willis Middle Blocker Denver
Erica Wilson Opposite Hitter Arizona State United States Athletes Unlimited
Niki Withers Opposite Cal State Fullerton/USC
Eri Xue Middle Blocker Long Beach State China Liaoning Huajun

Scoring system

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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.[2]

MVP Points

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After each match, players and members of The Unlimited Club vote for three players who had standout performances.[2] MVP points are awarded as follows:

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

Individual stats

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In addition to team points and MVP points, players earn points based on their offensive and defensive performance.[2]

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

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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.[2]

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

Games

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Week 1

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2022 Athletes Unlimited Season
Week 1
Date Time (CDT) Matchup TV Result High kills High blocks High assists High digs
Wednesday, March 16 5:00 PM Team Lowe vs Team Cruz YouTube 77–74 (27–25, 25–27, 25–22) Karsta Lowe (22) Ali Bastianelli (3) Carli Lloyd (40) Amanda Benson (19)
7:30 PM Team de la Cruz vs Team McClendon Bally Sports 68–59 (25–13, 18–25, 25–21) Dani Drews (10) Lauren Stivrins (4) Natalia Valentín-Anderson (28) Natalia Valentín-Anderson (16)
Friday, March 18 6:00 PM Team McClendon vs Team Cruz FS1 71–68 (25–17, 22–25, 24–26) Aury Cruz (15) Taylor Morgan
Molly McCage
Dani Drews (3) 		Natalia Valentín-Anderson (35) Morgan Hentz (18)
8:30 PM Team Lowe vs Team de la Cruz FS2 74–78 (24–26, 21–25, 29–27) Karsta Lowe
Lindsay Stalzer
Bethania de la Cruz (13) 		Lauren Stivrins (4) Carli Lloyd (35) Amanda Benson (17)
Saturday, March 19 6:00 PM Team McClendon vs Team Lowe FS2 76–58(25–23, 26–24, 25–11) Dani Drews (16) Rachael Fara (3) Natalia Valentín-Anderson (43) Carli Lloyd
Nomaris Velez Agosto (13)
9:30 p.m. Team Cruz vs Team de la Cruz Bally Sports 69–71 (19–25, 25–23, 25–23) Kalei Mau
Falyn Fonoimoana
Madison Villindes (10) 		Molly McCage (4) Nootsara Tomkom (28) Morgan Hentz (16)

Week 2

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2022 Athletes Unlimited Season
Week 2
Date Time (CDT) Matchup TV Result High kills High blocks High assists High digs
Wednesday, March 23 6:30 p.m. Natalia Valentín-Anderson vs Team de la Cruz YouTube 75–80 (23–25, 20–25, 32–30) Bethania de la Cruz (22) Ali Bastianelli (5) Nootsara Tomkom (45) Nomaris Velez Agosto
Bethania de la Cruz (18)
7:30 PM Team Drews vs Team Stivrins Bally Sports 69–64 (19–25, 25–22, 25–17) Dani Drews (16) Taylor Morgan
Jenna Rosenthal
Ronika Stone (3) 		Carli Lloyd (27) Amanda Benson (17)
Friday, March 25 6:00 PM Team Stivrins vs Team de la Cruz FS2 71–70 (26–24, 25–21, 20–25) Bethania de la Cruz (27) Eri Xue (4) Nootsara Tomkom (43) Erin Fairs (19)
8:30 PM Team Valentín-Anderson vs Team Drews FS2 70–66 (25–21, 20–25, 25–20) Karsta Lowe
Dani Drews (18) 		Taylor Morgan
Ali Bastianelli
Carli Lloyd
Taylor Sandbothe
Madison Villines
Jenna Rosenthal (2) 		Carli Lloyd
Natalia Valentín-Anderson (33) 		Amanda Benson (19)
Saturday, March 26 6:30 PM Team Stivrins vs Team Valentín-Anderson FS2 70–73 (22–25, 23–25, 25–23) Leah Edmond (19) Madison Villines (3) Natalia Valentín-Anderson (37) Morgan Hentz (16)
9:00 PM Team de la Cruz vs Team Drews Bally Sports 68–57 (18–25, 25–9, 25–23) Sheilla Castro (17) Bethania de la Cruz (3) Nootsara Tomkom (36) Nomaris Velez Agosto (12)

Week 3

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2022 Athletes Unlimited Season
Week 3
Date Time (CDT) Matchup TV Result High kills High blocks High assists High digs
Wednesday, March 30 5:00 PM Team Drews vs Team Lowe YouTube 75–66 (25–27, 25–21, 25–18) Leah Edmond (18) Karsta Lowe
Madison Villines
Ronika Stone
Leah Edmond
Dani Drews (2) 		Natalia Valentín-Anderson (41) Karsta Lowe (21)
7:30 Team de la Cruz vs Team Sheilla Bally Sports 61–72 (25–22, 18–25, 25–18) Sheilla Castro (16) Taylor Morgan
Ali Bastianelli (2) 		Nootsara Tomkom (13) Nootsara Tomkom (13)
Friday, April 1 6:00 PM Team Sheilla vs Team Lowe FS2 83–81 (19–25, 25–19, 39–37) Sheilla Castro (23) Ali Bastianelli (6) Alisha Glass Childress (37) Hana Lishman (15)
8:30 PM Team Drews vs Team de la Cruz FS2 77–59 (25–17, 27–25, 25–17) Dani Drews (20) Taylor Morgan (3) Natalia Valentín-Anderson (39) Morgan Hentz (12)
Saturday, April 2 6:00 PM Team Sheilla vs Team Drews CBS Sports 67–73 (20–25, 25–23, 22–25) Jamie Peterson
Erin Fairs
Dani Drews (11) 		Ronika Stone (5) Natalia Valentín-Anderson (34) Morgan Hentz (14)
8:00 PM Team Lowe vs Team de la Cruz CBS Sports Network 63–61 (23–25, 15–25, 25–11) Madison Villines
Bethania de la Cruz (15) 		Naya Crittenden
Taylor Sandbothe
Lindsay Stalzer (2) 		Carli Lloyd (25) Nomaris Velez Agonsto (18)

Week 4

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2022 Athletes Unlimited Season
Week 4
Date Time (CDT) Matchup TV Result High kills High blocks High assists High digs
Wednesday, April 6 5:00 PM Team Sheilla vs Team de la Cruz YouTube 60–75 (22–25, 16–25, 22–25) Bethania de la Cruz (15) Ronika Stone
Cassidy Lichtman (3) 		Alisha Glass Childress (38) Nomaris Velez Agosto (14)
7:30 Team Drews vs Team Valentín-Anderson YouTube 61–72 (18–25, 18–25, 25–22) Dani Drews (18) Taylor Sandbothe
Jenna Rosenthal
Leah Edmond
Dani Drews (2) 		Natalia Valentín-Anderson (36) Falyn Fonoimoana (17)
Friday, April 8 6:00 PM Team Valentín-Anderson vs Team de la Cruz FS2 72–69 (22–25, 25–23, 25–21) Jenna Rosenthal
Bethania de la Cruz (16) 		Molly McCage (5) Natalia Valentín-Anderson (48) Natalia Valentín-Anderson (17)
9:00 PM Team Sheilla vs Team Drews CBS Sports Network 75–56 (25–19, 25–20, 25–17) Dani Drews (13) Carli Lloyd (4) Nootsara Tomkom (28) Morgan Hentz (20)
Saturday, April 9 4:00 PM Team Valentín-Anderson vs Team Sheilla CBS Sports Network 54–75 (15–25, 22–25, 17–25) Lindsay Stalzer
Leah Edmond (12) 		Taylor Morgan
Lianna Sybeldon
Eri Xue
Kalei Mau
Ali Bastianelli
Sheilla Castro
Natalia Valentín-Anderson (1) 		Natalia Valentín-Anderson (31) Amanda Benson (17)
7:00 PM Team de la Cruz vs Team Drews CBS Sports Network 73–64 (25–19, 25–20, 23–25) Bethania de la Cruz (18) Molly McCage (4) Alisha Glass Childress (33) Nomaris Velez Agosto (17)

Week 5

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2022 Athletes Unlimited Season
Week 5
Date Time (CDT) Matchup TV Result High kills High blocks High assists High digs
Wednesday, April 14 7:00 PM Team Valentín-Anderson vs Team Drews CBS Sports Network 71–67 (21–25, 25–19, 25–23) Dani Drews (15) Taylor Sandbothe (4) Natalia Valentín-Anderson (33) Hana Lishman (22)
9:00 PM Team de la Cruz vs Team Lichtman CBS Sports Network 71–66 (25–20, 21–25, 25–21) Bethania de la Cruz (19) Cassidy Lichtman (3) Nootsara Tomkom (43) Morgan Hentz (16)
Friday, April 15 6:00 PM Team Lichtman vs Team Drews FS2 68–65 (25–17, 25–23, 18–25) Leah Edmond (14) Molly McCage
Lianna Sybeldon (4) 		Alisha Glass Childress (22) Morgan Hentz (16)
9:00 PM Team Valentín-Anderson vs Team de la Cruz CBS Sports Network 61–75 (19–25, 23–25, 19–25) Bethania de la Cruz (17) Jenna Rosenthal (3) Nootsara Tomkom (42) Bethania de la Cruz (17)
Saturday, April 16 6:00 PM Team Lichtman vs Team Valentín-Anderson FS2 78–76 (25–20, 28–26, 18–25, 7–5) Jamie Peterson (17) Eri Xue
Taylor Sandbothe (3) 		Alisha Glass Childress (35) Morgan Hentz (21)
9:00 PM Team Drews vs Team de la Cruz CBS Sports Network 73–76 (23–25, 22–25, 28–26) Bethania de la Cruz (19) Ray Santos
Lianna Sybeldon
Erin Fairs
Bethania de la Cruz (2) 		Nootsara Tomkom (41) Nomaris Velez Agosto (22)

Leaderboard

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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.

Rank Player Points Notes
1 Bethania de la Cruz 4,652
2 Natalia Valentín-Anderson 3,337
3 Dani Drews 3,308
4 Cassidy Lichtman 3,279
5 Nootsara Tomkom 3,027
6 Leah Edmond 2,957 Unavailable on Saturday, April 16[4]
7 Morgan Hentz 2,950
8 Sheilla Castro 2,799 Unavailable during Week 5[4]
9 Ronika Stone 2,784
10 Erin Fairs 2,704
11 Nomaris Velez Agost 2,701
12 Aury Cruz 2,667
13 Lindsay Stalzer 2,604
14 Hana Lishman 2,597
15 Amanda Benson 2,368
16 Jenna Rosenthal 2,348
17 Alisha Glass Childress 2,293
18 Madison Villines 2,267
19 Falyn Fonoimoana 2,209
20 Karsta Lowe 2,131 Did not complete season due to injury[4]
21 Taylor Sandbothe 2,098
22 Carli Lloyd 2,076
23 Ali Bastianelli 2,045
24 Kalei Mau 2,033
25 Jamie Peterson 2,012
26 Eri Xue 1,978
27 Lianna Sybeldon 1,924
28 Molly McCage 1,921
29 Emma Willis 1,898
30 Taylor Morgan 1,839
31 Taylor Fricano 1,819
32 Tori Dilfer 1,728
33 Valerie Nichol 1,661
34 Ray Santos 1,619
35 Niki Withers 1,618
36 Taylor Bruns Tegenrot 1,605
37 Erica Wilson 1,405 Unavailable on Saturday, April 16[4]
38 Deja McClendon 1,379
39 Naya Crittenden 1,347 Unavailable on Thursday, April 14[4]
40 Rachael Fara 1,345
41 Naomi Santos-Lamb 1,194
42 Lauren Stivrins 901 Did not complete season due to injury[4][5]
43 Sha'Dare McNeal 802 Did not complete season due to injury[4][6]
44 Tina Boe 792

Team Captain Records

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Team Captains Records
Team Record (Win %) Number of Weeks as Captain
Team de la Cruz 10–5 (.667) 5
Team Sheilla 4–2 (.667) 2
Team Lichtman 2–1 (.667) 1
Team McClendon 2–1 (.667) 1
Team Valentín-Anderson 5–4 (.556) 3
Team Drews 4–8 (.333) 4
Team Stivrins 1–2 (.333) 1
Team Lowe 1–5 (.167) 2
Team Cruz 0–3 (.000) 1

Awards

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The following players were named to the 2022 Dream Team:[1]

Hentz was also named the Defensive Player of the Year.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "BETHANIA DE LA CRUZ WINS ATHLETES UNLIMITED VOLLEYBALL CROWN". Just Women's Sports.
  2. ^ a b c d "How We Play -Volleyball". auprosports.com. AU Pro Sports.
  3. ^ a b c d e "AU Volleyball - List of Teams by Week". auprosports.com. AU Pro Volleyball. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "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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