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E. Matches 1-8 will be played on Day 1, matches 9-12 will be played on Day 2.
F. All matches will be 3 out of 5.
G. Tournament Ball - District and National Tournaments.
1. The official ball must be the Tachikara SV5W NJCAA 18 panel ball.
2. Ball pressure shall range from 4.3 to 4.6 lbs.
H. One visible scoreboard for each court shall be used.
I. Warm-up procedure:
1. Have a shared court for both teams to warmup prior to their on -court warmup at the National tournament.
2. 2 minutes shared stretch and coin toss
3. 4 minutes visiting team
4. 4 minutes home team
5. 5 minutes visiting team
6. 5 minutes home team
J. Removing or changing into or out of any part of the official team competition uniform while in the area of competition shall lead to a warning,
and if repeated, disqualification of the individual(s) for the next match. A warning stays in place for the entire tournament.

Section 7. Officials
A. Rated officials as line judges and scorers will be used for the bracket play.
B. Officials will be allowed to work the National Tournament for a maximum of three consecutive years.
Section 8. Awards
A. Awards shall be given to first and second place teams.
B. Each individual player on the first-place team shall receive an NJCAA gold medal. There shall be 20 medals.
C. Each individual player on the second-place team shall receive an NJCAA silver medal. There shall be 20 medals.
D. Heidi Hutchinson Coach of the Tournament Award shall be presented.
E. A Most Valuable Player Award shall be presented.
F. An All-Tournament Team consisting of 12 players will be presented medals.
Section 9. Finances
A. All tournament expenses shall be paid by the Tournament Host.
B. Each college shall pay their own expenses.
Section 10. National Poll
A. In order for teams to be considered for weekly national rankings, all scores from the previous week must be entered into the NJCAA
PrestoSports Stats System by 11:59 PM ET on Sunday of each week.
a. All statistics from the previous week must be entered into the NJCAA PrestoSports Stats System by 2:00 PM ET on Monday
of each week.
B. The preseason rankings will be conducted at the discretion of the NJCAA Division III Volleyball Committee. Poll will be released the
second Tuesday of August. The first regular season poll will be voted on the first Monday in September. The last poll will be voted on
during the first Monday in November.
C. The NJCAA Division III Volleyball Poll will be released Monday of each week unless the Monday is a national holiday where the poll will
be released on Tuesday.
D. Each team’s performance from the previous week will be compiled in a report through the NJCAA PrestoSports Stats System and
disseminated to the NJCAA Division III Volleyball Committee to be voted on individually by each voter.
a. The voters will consist of the seven members of the NJCAA Division III Volleyball Committee.
b. A first-place vote receives 10 points and 10th-place vote receives 1 point.
E. Poll Criteria
a. Overall record
b. Record since last poll
c. Last 10 games
d. Record vs. District opponents
e. Record vs. DI, DII, DIII opponents
F. The poll voters will submit their top-10 rankings to the NJCAA National Office online system by 1:00 PM ET on Mondays, unless the
Monday prior is a national holiday where votes will be due on Tuesday. The National Office will compile the votes for each team and
release the final rankings Monday afternoon.
G. Poll Dates: August 13^, Sept. 3*, 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov. 4
^Preseason poll
*Poll is released Tuesday due to a federal holiday