Dylan Dela Cruz

  • Award
    Defensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    10/17/2022
  • Sport
    Women's Volleyball
  • School
    Long Beach State
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Long Beach, Calif.
  • High School
    Long Beach Poly HS

  • Long Beach State’s Dylan Dela Cruz put together a career performance in the past week en route to Big West Defensive Player of the Week acclaim. The senior libero got to a match-high 34 digs at UC San Diego on Friday night to become the first Beach player to record 30-plus digs in a contest since 2010. Dela Cruz also moved into third in the program’s single-match record book. 

  • The Long Beach product out of Long Beach Poly High School followed that effort with 25 digs to lead all players in another five-set triumph over UC Irvine on Saturday night. Dela Cruz concluded the week averaging 5.90 digs per set and added 11 assists over the two matches. 

  • Dela Cruz has appeared in all 16 matches for Long Beach State, and reached double-digit digs in all but one. 

  • Dela Cruz is now a two-time Big West Defensive Player of the Week in 2022, having picked up the season’s first award back on Aug. 29. Dela Cruz is the league’s lone student-athlete with multiple defensive awards.