Dylan Dela Cruz

  • Award
    Defensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/28/2022
  • Sport
    Women's Volleyball
  • School
    Long Beach State
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Long Beach, Calif.
  • High School
    Long Beach Poly HS

  • Dylan Dela Cruz concluded her fine college career by averaging 5.50 digs per frame and totaling 33 digs in straight-set home wins over UC Davis and UC Riverside en route to weekly acclaim.

  • Dela Cruz first reached 13 digs to share the match high on Friday night against the Aggies. The fifth-year senior libero helped limit the visitors to a .115 attack percentage, adding six set assists.

  • The Long Beach native (Long Beach Poly HS) added a match-best 20 more digs and an assist on Senior Night Saturday, with the Highlanders hitting just .019. It was Dela Cruz’s 11th 20-plus-dig effort of 2022. LBSU’s two opponents managed an attack rate of only .063.

  • Dela Cruz appeared in all 28 matches this season for Long Beach State, and reached double-figure digs in all but two. The Beach finished in a tie for third with Cal Poly, at 19-9 overall, 14-6 in The Big West, and 12-1 inside the Walter Pyramid.

  • Dela Cruz is a four-time Big West Defensive Player of the Week for 2022, with prior distinctions on Aug. 29, Oct. 17 and Oct. 24. Three other conference standouts earned two apiece.