Despite playing sparingly, Kalei Mau improved six spots up to 31st in the Athletes Unlimited Volleyball Season 2, Saturday.
A big plus to her rank was her Team Stivrins 71-70 (26-24, 25-21, 20-25) squeaker over Team De la Cruz at the Fair Park Coliseum in Dallas, Texas.
The 6-foot-2 Fil-Hawaiian played breather to Leah Edmond for the outside spiker position, tallying seven excellent receptions and seven digs.
Mau got 184 points in the match to hike her total to 562 points.
Falyn Fonoimoana won MVP-1 honors with a spectacular performance of 15 kills, an ace, and seven digs for 335 points.
Cassidy Lichtman of Team Stivrins came away with MVP-3 honors with an all-around showing of 11 kills and one service ace to go with 15 digs and five excellent receptions.
Bethania De la Cruz led her squad with a new AUV record 27 kills alongside one ace, seven digs, and six excellent receptions.
The two-time captain’s performance earned her MVP-2 honors despite the defeat.
Mau and Team Stivrins will cap Week 2 tomorrow against Team Valentin-Anderson at 5 am (Manila time).
