Team Check-in

Team check-in is required. If you have made changes to your USAV roster since the time of submission please provide a copy to the tournament site director. All rosters are set/final after the start of pool play.  AM check in is between 7:15-7:45. PM check in between 2:00-2:30. The site director will be in the Hospitality room for team check-in.

All rosters are final once pool play begins.

You and your team are responsible for being at your assigned court ready to begin play/referee at the designated time; however, please know that other than 8:00 AM start times, all other times are approximate and matches may begin earlier or later than scheduled, so please stay attuned to your court's/bracket's actual schedule.

Please remember to have proof of player medical releases for each of your players. Release forms will not be turned in to the tournament director. Coaches should retain your teams medical release forms.

Preparing for Play

Please note: teams having playing/refereeing times scheduled at 8:00 AM, should report no later than 7:40 AM for warm-up and preparing for scorekeeping and meeting with the R1. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, first serve should be whistled at 8:00 AM. Please have your teams ready to take the court immediately following the prior match; though, we will try to stay on the assigned schedule, it is at the discretion of the tournament director to begin play sooner if the R1 and scheduled refereeing team are ready.

Match Time Penalties: If a team fails to play when called by the RI or does not have 6 players ready to play at match time, the first set is defaulted (resultant scores 25-0). If after a ten minute wait after the first default is declared, a team is still unable to field a team or is otherwise unavailable to play, the second set is defaulted (resultant score 25-0), and match is awarded to the other team. Exceptions: to these penalties are for scheduling conflicts of teams involved in playing or officiating other matches.

Paid R1s are provided. Each team must provide 1 down referee, 1 scorekeeper, 1 libero tracker, 1 score flipper, and 2 line judges for their assigned times. The team's coach must be present during their scorekeeping time.

Please NOTE: On Sunday, bracket play, most losing teams will referee/scorekeep a match following their loss; however, there are instances where winners will be needed to referee/scorekeep- please check the schedule closely.

Team Referee/Scorekeeping Time Penalties: Please note that any team that fails to provide their officiating duties could result in the forfeiture of the first set of their next match; one point per minute will be deducted from the team's next set until forfeit. If the team is still not present at the forfeiture of the first set, the RI has the right to forfeit the offending team's next match without waiting. If it is the last match for the day, the forfeiture will carry forward to bracket play; if this offense occurs on the last match of bracket play, the team may incur a financial fine.

Play

All USAV rules will be enforced. No pursuit rule will be in effect at all sites.

Rally scoring is in effect. Four-team pool play will consist of best two sets to 25 points with a cap at 30; 3rd set to 15 points, cap at 30. Play will begin at point 0.. Three-team pool play format will vary by age group.  Please refer to the respective age division pool sheet for bracket placement/seeding for Sunday play. Bracket play will beg single elimination, best two out of three sets to 25, no cap, with the third set to 15, no cap. All championship matches will begin at point 0.

Warm-up time will be conducted in the 2-4-4 format. Warm-up times and any pre-match protocol will be established and overseen by the R1.

For the 10/11s and 12s, there will be allowed an approximate 2 meter step in for service for pool and bracket play.

Tie-breaking Rules for Pool Play: We will be following the new USAV pool tie-breaking procedures for qualifiers.