SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY TOURNAMENT INFORMATION & RULES

Please read below site rules and other important information:

1. Please bring your own balls and carts.
2. There will be a Trainer at each venue.
3. AES will have results posted live! 
4. Gate will open at 7:15 am each morning.
5. No outside food or drinks are allowed. 
6. Team meals are not allowed in the building.  ​
7. No chewing gum. 
8. Concession will be available on site at each venue. 
9. Each location will have spectator Seating:  Jackson Convention Center & Infinity Volleyball Academy: There will be chairs provided for spectators.  NO OUTSIDE CHAIRS ALLOWED.  
10. No ball handling in the courts hallway, mezzanine, lobby, concessions, or outside of the courts.
11. Display good sportsmanship: NO foul language or fighting.
12. No unsupervised children in the facility at any time.
13. Louisiana Volleyball or Southern Hospitality Tournament will not be responsible for any unattended items.​​

COVID PROTOCALS:
Please follow the current State and City Covid Protocols.

Tailgating Rules

• No grills allowed.
• You may not setup a tailgating area (tents/chairs) on ANY concrete area, unused parking spot, or facility walkway. ​​​​​

COACHES MEETING:
THERE WILL NOT BE A COACHES' MEETING BEFORE THIS EVENT.
We will try, to the best of our ability to post all changes to the schedule to the web by 3:00 p.m. the night prior to each tournament start day. Teams are responsible for checking the web for changes before the event and also for verifying any changes that might be made during the event. (i.e. drops or pool changes).

Rules / Tie Breaking Procedures
​Age waivers are not allowed.
2-meter Step-in Serving rule for 12 & under will be used at all Delta Region events.
Tie Breaking Procedures
At the conclusion of a pool, the pool finish position of the teams is determined by their pool match records.
If there is a tie in match record among 2 or more teams in the pool, tie(s) are resolved using the Tie Break Rules, even in 3 team pools where all 3 sets are required to be played.
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Ties in Matches are broken by the following steps:
Always broken head to head. No exceptions.

1)  Head-to-Head results are used to determine pool finishes for teams that are tie in Match Record.
a)  A team that beats all the other teams with which it is tied in Match Record will finish ahead of the other teams in the pool.
b)  A team that has lost to all of the other teams with which it is tied in Match Record is placed behind the other teams in pool finish.
c)  If there are only two teams tied in matches after steps 1(a) and 1(b) have been applied, the head-to-head winner of those 2 teams earns the higher pool finish.
d)  If after applying steps 1(a), 1(b) & 1(c), teams remain tied, then the ranking of those remaining teams follows the procedure in step 2.

​2)  Set percentage is the 2nd level of breaking ties and is used to rank a pool in which teams remain tied after applying the rules in step 1.
a)  Teams with a higher set percentage finish ahead of teams with a lower set percentage.
b)  If only two teams are tied in both match percentage and set percentage, the teams that won head-to-head receives the higher finish in the pool.
c)  If three teams (or more) are tied in match percentage and set percentage after applying steps2(a) & 2(b), the tie breaking procedure is as followed in step 2(d).
d)  Pool finish amount the teams tied in Match percentage and Set percentage is determined by point percentage.  If two teams are still tied in point percentage, the head-to-head winner finishes higher.

Any situation that is not addressed above will follow USAV guidelines.

Tie Breaking Procedures – Sunday Pools Only
There will be NO playoffs if a tie occurs in pools played on Sunday. It will be determined as follows:
 
Set differential
 
Point differential

Protests
If a protest is to be filed, it must be done AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, NO LATER. The first referee is obliged to acknowledge and record all protests. All protests will be ruled on prior to the next service. Judgment calls may not be protested.​
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Sunday Bracket Play
Each team is guaranteed 2 matches on Sunday, therefore, please make sure you read the bracket carefully before you leave the site. You may officiate prior to your first bracket play match. In most cases, the losers will officiate but some winners will be required to officiate as well. You could officiate a different division than you are playing but generally you will stay on the same court as you played to officiate. In bracket play, if at the end of the day, two teams are listed as refereeing team, the LAST team to finish their last match will be the one responsible for fulfilling these duties.

Warm Up Schedule
4 minutes TEAM 1 at net then 4 minutes TEAM 2 at net
 
Spectator Warning: As spectators, you may choose to be in close proximity to the volleyball courts. You do so at your own risk. Be mindful that volleyballs may come from multiple directions.
 
All matches will be best 2 out of 3 games (no caps)
 
OFFICIAL SCHEDULE
The results will be updated throughout the day on Advanced Event Systems and computers will be available for teams to check their results at both sites. If there is a discrepancy please go to the Main Tournament desk immediately so that any issue can be resolved in a timely manner.
 
Officiating Duties
A team's failure to have an officiating crew (certified down referee or coach, two scorekeepers and two line judges), ON TIME, for a match officiating assignment will lose one point for each minute late on their next match. You must ensure the referee knows your team is ready to officiate – do not just sit beside the court. It is not the referee's job to find your team.
 
Down referees must be:  For 15's-18s - CERTIFIED player (not players that have only attended refereeing clinic) or coach.

Coaches must be present at all times even if players are officiating.
 
PLEASE NO FOOD, CELL PHONES OR ANY MEDIA DEVICE OF ANY KIND AT THE SCORE TABLE.
 
Time Schedule
Matches will begin earlier than the listed time when permissible based on referee rotation.
Looking forward to meeting you and welcome you to the Southern Hospitality Tournament!