EVENT INFO

WAVE PLAY SCHEDULE:

AM Wave (8:00a): TBD

PM Wave (2:30p): TBD

**OFFICIAL EVENT SCHEDULE LINK WILL BE POSTED HERE APPROXIMATELY 3-4 DAYS PRIOR TO THE EVENT.
​**AM/PM WAVE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

SCHEDULE POSTING & RESULTS

Complete posting of schedule and results will be available on Advanced Event Systems (AES). This is the official schedule. There will be no paper posting of pool results or results computers on site.

Check AES for all results before leaving the venue to confirm that you are done for the day. Site Directors and Officials will NOT be held accountable for incorrect schedule interpretations.  If there are questions, please come to the tournament desk. You do not have to “check-out” with a site director prior to leaving.

​Seeding for this event is done and confirmed with the use of Advanced Event Systems results only. No outside results systems were used. No dispute of seeding will be acknowledged once the schedule is released. Once seeding is completed, we review the pools and may move teams to avoid playing teams from their club on day one.

We will be using a seeding committee to help determine the best seeding possible for the event.

WARM-UP PROCEDURES

​For all matches during the event, warm-up time will be 2-4-4. 2 minutes for shared ball handling, 4 minutes for the serving team to have the entire court, 4 minutes for the receiving team to have the entire court. Matches will be played ahead of schedule if possible.

We are asking teams to help shag for the opponent during warm-ups to keep balls off other courts.

Warm-up balls are not provided, you must bring your own warm-up balls.

PROTEST PROCEDURE

​If a protest needs to be filed it is to be done prior to the next serve, no later. The first referee is obligated to acknowledge and record all protests, to be heard, and decided on, by the Head Official and/or Event Director. Only the floor captain may file a protest. The protest must be written on the scoresheet by the official scorekeeper, or the first-official, and must be signed by the person presenting the protest as well as the first official.  All protests will be ruled upon prior to the next service. Judgement calls may not be protested. Protests will be considered only for situations outlined in the United States Volleyball Official Rules booklet.

TEAM FORFEITURES

​A team that intentionally forfeits a match will be excluded from further participation in the event. If a team forfeits a match, the forfeit will be considered intentional unless a team shows good cause for the forfeit. The Event Director will determine if good cause exists.

All registered & accepted teams are committing to participating in the full event. Teams have control over their travel plans and those plans should be made so that a team will not have to forfeit any matches. A team that forfeits a match for any reason other than illness, injury or emergency is denying another team a match. Additionally, in a single elimination format, it is poor sportsmanship to deny a team the right to move on by beating them and then forfeiting out of the event. Furthermore, it is even more unacceptable to forfeit and then, as loser of the match, not to remain and officiate the next match.

Teams that have no flexibility in their travel plans and know they will need to leave before the conclusion of an event should notify the Event Director as soon as possible during the event. A decision will be made by the Event Director when the team will need to take their forfeit. Teams forfeiting should recognize that additional penalties may apply.

A team that does not fulfill their officiating duty shall be responsible for the match fees assessed for a certified officiating team to work.

ATHLETIC TRAINERS

Athletic Trainers will be provided and will be on site at 7:00am, through the conclusion of play each day.

OFFICIATING ASSIGNMENTS

​Teams are required to officiate as assigned on the AES schedule. During the pool play rounds, officiating teams are designated on the schedule available online. Teams must supply a down referee, lines people and scorers. It is NOT required in this tournament that the 2nd referee be a rostered adult, but is strongly recommended. A rostered adult from the officiating team must be courtside during all matches.

On championship day (Sunday or Monday), on most of the courts, the losing team will stay and officiate the next match on their court.  Check the schedule on AES for verification of your work assignments before leaving your court or dismissing your athletes.

The definition of “next match” is the next match that requires an officiating team on that court. For example, a team which loses a match at 8:00am will normally officiate the next match which is scheduled at 9:00am, however if there no match scheduled at 9:00am or the 9:00am match is forfeited by a team, the scheduled officiating team will ref the next match which occurs on that court.

In some cases on championship day (Sunday or Monday), a team that plays the 9:00am will have to be the work team at 8:00am. These teams are noted in both the master schedule and on the playoff brackets, both listed on AES. On the brackets, the officiating teams are those which have a box around them. Check the schedule carefully to see if you are the assigned team to work the 8:00am match on championship day.

Please double check your “Team Page” on Advanced Event Systems as a glitch may not push through your officiating assignment if you are to officiate another division than the one you are playing in.

Please stop by the tournament desk with any questions or hesitancies.

MISSED OFFICIATING DUTIES

​A team’s failure to have a complete officiating crew, including a rostered coach for that team, available and on time, for a match officiating assignment could result in the team having to forfeit the first game of its next match. For every minute an officiating team is late to fulfill its assignment, one point will be awarded to that team’s next opponent for the first set of the next match – up to 25 points. No more than 25 points will be awarded to the team’s next opponent, even if the team designated to officiate misses the entire match. The clock begins to run at the completion of the final 4 minutes of warm-ups. A team will forfeit its entire next match for failing, a second time, to have an officiating crew available, on time, for an officiating assignment.

TIE-BREAKING PROCEDURES

Two-way tie breakers will be determined by Head-to-Head results.

Three-way tie breakers will be determined by Match %, Set %, Point %

Click Here: Tie-Breaking Flow Chart

** No tie-breaking sets will be played **

AWARDS

​Awards will be given to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place finishers of the Gold Division only.