Ashburn Shooting Stars Gold 16U: My Site News
Monday, September 24USSSA Fear the Fastpitch-September 29, 2007
NOTE: SCHEDULE AND BRACKET DETAILS CAN BE FOUND BY CLICKING ON THE UNDERLINED TITLE ABOVE
Tournament Rules & Information
1. The tournament will be played at Bachman Sports Complex in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Directions and maps to Bachman can be found under the “Parks” section of www.usssa1.com. Note that Anne Arundel County charges a $2 per car parking fee at Bachman.
2. In the event of inclement weather, a message will be left at 410-439-2255 (State Office Line). Please only have one member of the team make the call in order to not tie up the phone line. We may also use email and the usssa1.com website (front page and Director’s Forum portion of the message board) as a way to communicate any schedule changes. Beyond these means, if a team is still unclear as to their game situation, the manager only may also call Bill Dowell at 410-206-8363. Note that as a general rule we do not individually contact each team in the event of adverse weather conditions. Rather, it is the team’s responsibility to check the lines of communication listed above.
3. In pool and consolation play, the winner of a coin toss prior to the start of a game will have choice of being home or visitors. In championship play the higher seeded team will have the choice.
4. Pool games will be subject to a time limit of 1:20. Championship play will have a 1:30 time limit. The inning will be finished when the time expires, unless the home team is at bat and winning.
5. All games will be subject to the International Tiebreaker Rule. In pool and consolation games, the tiebreaker will be in effect only after 7 innings have been completed and if the time limit hasn't elapsed. In pool and consolation games, only one tiebreaker inning will be held. Once the time limit has elapsed and the game is tied, then the game is considered final and a tie will be awarded to both teams. In championship play, the tiebreaker will be in effect when 7 innings have been completed or the time limit has expired, whichever comes first. Games in championship play can only end in a tie if the tournament is not completed due to weather.
6. Protests on any issue other than an umpire’s judgement will require a $75 cash fee.
7. Once pool play is completed, seeds are determined by an average point system, whereby two points are awarded for each win, 1 point for each tie and no points for a loss. Teams are ordered by the average points earned per game played. To break ties, the following are used in order:
1) head-to-head (only applies when 2 teams are tied)
2) lowest average runs allowed per game played
3) head-to-head (only if two teams remain after 2)
4) highest average runs scored per game played
5) head-to-head (only if two teams remain after 4)
6) number of wins
7) coin toss.
Notes:
(a) In a three-way tie, once one team is selected as the best team by the tiebreaker process, then head-to-head is applied to the remaining two teams. If the two teams did not play each other or if there are more than two teams remaining, then the process continues from the point at which the first team was selected.
(b) A team will receive two points as a result of winning by forfeit. Points awarded for the forfeit will count toward the average points, but the forfeit will not count in the runs allowed or scored tiebreakers.
Sunday, August 26
2006-2007 Season Highlights
Finished 9th out of 29 teams in the ASA Eastern Nationals
RUNNER'S UP IN THE SOFTBALL NATION NITTY GRITTY GOLD BRACKET (JULY 21-22)
CONGRATULATIONS...2ND PLACE IN PONY FIRECRACKER TOURNAMENT (JUNE 30-JULY1). You ladies battled hard all weekend and proved yourself to be genuine "STARS"
FALL SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: (3 Tournaments, 3 Final Four Finishes)
*Team Gold placed 3rd out of 24 teams in the Halloween Classic, October 28-29 and qualified for the 2007 ASA Girls Fastpitch Class A Eastern Region National Championships. Ashburn went 3-1 in the Sunday elimination round, loosing the semi-final game to the Maryland Magic Orange (Tournament Champions) 4-3 in ITB. The Stars played with a lot of heart and determination and have shown that they are in it to win it!
*Shooting Stars went 4-2 to earn 2nd Place in the NSA Prince William Fall Challenge on October 14-15, 2006. The Stars had a great weekend. They now have a berth to the NSA 2007 World Series.
*The Stars finished 3rd at the ASA First Responder's Cup on September 9-10th. A great team effort by all for the first tournament this fall season. Go Stars!!!