EVENTS
ATTIRE
Shorts, jerseys, and light
pliable shoes (leather or rubber soles without heels) shall be worn. Jerseys
shall be marked with numbers no less than three inches on the front and six
inches on the back.
AWARDS
All Volleyball Individual
Skills Awards will be given following competition on Saturday morning in St.
Mary’s Gymnasium. All Volleyball Team Awards will be rolling on Sunday morning
beginning at 10:30 a.m. in the Jake Nevin Fieldhouse.
FACILITIES
Players should come dressed for
competition. There will be locker rooms available in the Pavilion, Butler
Annex, and St. Mary’s Gymnasium.
MODIFIED
SERVERS
Athletes will be tested on
Friday at 2:15 p.m. in Jake Nevin Fieldhouse to determine modified server
status. Those athletes considered modified servers will receive a wristband at
this time. There will be no modified serves allowed in Division I.
RULES
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A.
Individual Skills:
1. Individual
skills athletes may not participate in team competition unless they are listed
as a team alternate and then activated before the competition. If they are
activated to team competition, they cannot participate in the individual skills
competition.
B.
Libero Player:
1. Any
team has the option of using a Libero player. This player must be listed on the
roster.
a. You
may only have one (1) Libero player per tournament.
2. The
Libero player must wear a uniform of a different and contrasting color than the
rest of the team.
3. The
Libero may replace a player in the back row position. The Libero may not serve,
block, or attempt to block or attack when the ball is higher than the net. The
Libero may not come into the front zone.
4. When
the Libero replaces a player in the back zone, it is not counted as a
substitution.
5. These
replacements are unlimited. Only the players whom he/she replaced may replace
the Libero.
C.
Serving:
1. A
served ball touching the net shall remain in play and the receiving team has
three plays to return the ball to the opponents.
2. All
teams must serve within designated areas. (If service area does not have a
minimum of a three-foot perimeter, then one step past the designated service
line is permissible.)
3. There
will be no modified servers for the highest division competition.
4. In
the lowest division, there will be a maximum three-side out serving format.
D. Substitutions
1.
Each team may have a maximum of 12 substitutions per game (except for the Libero).
E. Team Competition:
1. The
roster size may not exceed 10 players for this competition.
2. Divisions
will be based upon the team skills assessment scores, prior competition, and
preliminary round of play.
Top players must start each preliminary or classification game on
Friday.
What is
divisioning?
3. After
divisions are selected, round-robin tournament play will be used for divisions
of three or more teams. If there are only two teams, a best of three series
will determine the outcome.
4. Final
competition will be conducted as follows:
a) Rally
Scoring shall be used. When the serving team wins a rally, it scores a point
and continues to serve. If the receiving team wins the rally, it scores a point
and gains the right to serve. A game is won by the team which first scores 25
points with a minimum lead of twopoints.
b) The
first team receiving shall rotate upon the first side out.
c)
A match is won by
the team that wins the best of three games.
d) If
there is a tie, the deciding (third) game is played as a tiebreaker with rally
point scoring procedures to 15 points.
e) A
45-minute time limit will be used for all matches.
5.
The process to be used to break a tied record for the tournament for teams
involved in the tie only will be as follows:
a) Head
to head competition (for a two-way tie)
b) Point
differential (all games for the teams tied within pool play)
c) Least
points scored against (all games for the teams tied within pool play)
d) Tie
6. If time permits, medal
rounds will be played to determine the final standings. In medal round competition, the
following format will be used:
a) A
one-game playoff match will be played and won by the team that scores 15 or more
points.
b) Teams
change sides when one team has scored eight points.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, November 3rd
2:00
p.m. Coaches’ Introduction
Meeting (Jake Nevin Fieldhouse Stage)
2:00 p.m. - 4:00
p.m. Individual Skills Preliminaries (St. Mary’s
Gymnasium)
2:15
p.m. Modified Servers
Testing (Jake Nevin Fieldhouse)
2:30 p.m. -
4:00p.m. Volleyball Team Competition – Preliminaries
(Jake Nevin Fieldhouse)
2:30 p.m. -
5:00p.m. Volleyball Team Competition – Preliminaries
(Butler Annex,
Pavilion)
5:00 p.m.
Divisioning
Head Coaches’ Meeting (Bartley Hall, Room 1001)
9:00
p.m. Head Coaches’
Meeting (Bartley Hall, Room 1001)
Saturday, November
4th
7:30
a.m. Warm-ups
8:00
a.m. Team Competition Begins
(Jake Nevin, Butler, Pavilion )
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Individual Skills Finals (St. Mary’s Gymnasium)
1:30 p.m.
Individual Skills Awards (St. Mary's Gymnasium)
6:00
p.m. Team Competition Ends
8:30
p.m. Head Coaches’
Meeting (Bartley Hall, Room 1001)
Sunday, November
5th
8:00 a.m. - 12:00
p.m. Team Competition – Finals (Jake Nevin, Butler, Pavilion)
*Volleyball Team Awards rolling
starting at 10:45a.m.
SPORTS RULES COMMITTEE (per respective venue)
Venue Coordinator
Carla Campos (Jake Nevin), Molly Hough (Butler), Greg Andrusisian (Pavilion)
Brittany Ward (Individual Skills)
SOPA Sport Director Jeff
Keyser
Head Coach
TBA
Alt. Head Coach
TBA
National Governing Body
