AVP League playoffs: Nitro, Smash, Dream, Mayhem fight for inaugural title

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...