The brave new world of the AVP League will further break from beach volleyball tradition with the introduction of a novel “Golden Set” tiebreaker in the playoffs.
The Golden Set will kick in if any of the four games of the AVP League Championship this weekend wind up with the men’s and women’s pairs splitting their matches. The tantalizing new element to the 15-point (win by two with no cap) tiebreaker is that both genders will influence the outcome.
The higher seeded team, as determined by match records over eight games of the League regular season, will receive the choice of whether to start the Golden Set with the men or the women. After one pair reaches eight points, the other pairs will finish the set.
Such strategic variables figure to make for compelling TV and spark debate among fans, not to mention that the winners and losers will be decided by the efforts of all of the teams’ players on the sand. Isn’t that how it…
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