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Section 5. Tournament Rules and Officials
A. The tournament shall be conducted as an eight-team double elimination tournament.
B. NCAA Baseball rules shall be used in all tournament games, including district play, with the following exceptions:
1. The maximum allowable number of individuals an institution can have on the field, including the practice field, bullpen, bench and
dugout is 37. Each team is limited to one head coach, four assistant coaches, recognized by their respective institution, 30 eligible
student-athletes in uniform, one manager and one trainer. The official roster will be signed and turned in at the tournament
coaches meeting. No deletions or additions will be allowed after the roster is turned in.
2. All games are scheduled for nine innings.
3. The 10-run rule shall be in effect after five complete innings.
4. The eight-run rule shall be in effect after seven complete innings.
5. The Championship Game (or games) shall be played the full nine innings regardless of the score.
6. Any game delayed because of rain, power failure, etc., shall be resumed at the point of suspension and played a full nine
innings unless terminated under rule 3 or 4 above.
8. Optional substitution provisions will not apply to tournament play.
9. The “Home Team” for games 1-4 will be determined by seed. Following Game 4, home team for winner’s bracket games will
continue to be determined by seed. All loser bracket games will have “Home Team” determined by a coin flip, including “IF”
game. NOTE: In District play home team designation can be determined by other methods if agreed to in advance.
10. PROTESTS: No protests will be tolerated on judgment calls. Rule interpretation protests will be decided immediately by the
Tournament Director, the NJCAA Representative and the Supervisor of Officials. The game shall then proceed immediately.
11. In the event of unavoidable delays due to weather or other unforeseen causes, the Tournament Co-Chairmen and the NJCAA
Representative reserves the right to re-schedule game times, schedule seven inning games, schedule team(s) for two games
in one day or other arrangements as necessary.
C. Diamond DI-PRO Low Seam baseball is the official baseball of the NJCAA. Baseballs used in the NJCAA Baseball Championship
Tournament shall be secured through the NJCAA National Office and shipped directly to the host.
D. The NJCAA Committee on Division III Baseball shall have jurisdiction over the technical aspects of the tournament and officials.
E. If a participating institution has a written policy against Sunday competition, the tournament schedule shall be adjusted to
accommodate that institution and such adjustment shall not require its team to play sooner than when it was originally scheduled.
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Notice of such written policy must be filed with the NJCAA National Office prior to September 1 , each academic year. Alternate
brackets can be obtained from the NJCAA National Office.
F. Qualifying teams shall submit digital team photo (8x10 - resolution of 300 dpi) with visible numbers and official team roster to the
Tournament Host per their instructions. This information must be received by the deadline established by the Tournament Host.
G. Selection and assignment of NJCAA World Series Umpires will be made by the NJCAA, or their designee(s). Only in extenuating
circumstances (sickness, injury, etc.), and with prior approval of the NJCAA representative, may an on-site assignor/supervisor be
assigned to a game.
H. Whenever possible, a minimum of two umpires will be rotated out annually from the World Series. Unless agreed upon by the
NJCAA Representative, Supervisor of Umpires, and Tournament Director or their designee, no umpire will be allowed to work
behind the plate while the district he/she represents is playing. The assignment for the final two games will be at the discretion of the
NJCAA Representative, Supervisor of Umpires, and Tournament Director or their designee
I. All Districts with interregional play and national tournament games shall be played with a minimum of three officials.
J. The seeding of the eight participating teams will be finalized within 48 hours of the completion of the seven District Tournaments and
will be done by the DIII Baseball Committee, based on criteria below (in no rank order). The committee will rank all eight teams.
1. Record vs NJCAA Teams
2. Record Overall
3. Strength of Schedule
4. Common Opponents
5. National Rankings
6. Ten-year World Series won/loss history for each District Representative
7. Ten-year individual college won/loss history
Section 6. Awards
A. Awards shall be given to the first and second place teams.
B. Each individual player on the first-place team shall receive an NJCAA gold medal. There shall be 30 medals.
C. Each individual player on the second-place team shall receive an NJCAA silver medal. There shall be 30 medals.
D. A Coach of the Tournament Award shall be presented.
E. A Most Valuable Player Award shall be presented.
F. Selection of a Division III Baseball All-Tournament team will be made and awarded medals. 12 players shall be selected.
Section 7. Finances
Each college shall pay its own expenses.
Section 8. All-Region Teams/District Ranking and All-American Nomination Guidelines
A. See procedure listed in the All-American Awards section of the NJCAA Handbook & Casebook.
B. All regions must submit an All-Region Team and an All-Region Gold Glove Team through the appropriate online nomination
form by the stated deadline in the All-American section.