| How can I contact someone the week of the event? |
| Emails sent through this site are monitored until the Wednesday of the event (that's the Wednesday before Labor Day). After that you can only make contact at the tournament or via email after Labor Day weekend. |
| I emailed a question but haven't received a response; why? |
Every effort has been made to provide all the information you need on this site. If you email a question that is answered somewhere on this site you will not receive a reply. Please make sure you review all the different sections before sending your question. If your question is not answered somewhere on this site, and the Registrar can answer the question, you will get a reply. If the Registrar has to forward your question on to the Promoter or Director you should expect a reply from those individuals.
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| What rules and/or formats are used at the MotherLode? |
| All divisions: FIVB/AVP rules apply. Sand divisions play double elimination; match play; rally scoring (21/21/15)*1. Loser's bracket rounds will be single games to 25; rally scoring. All grass divisions are pool play. Co-ed division break top team into a single-elimination bracket on Friday. All Co-ed divisions will finish on Friday. All other grass divisions are pool play on Saturday with the top teams*2 moving into a single-elimination bracket on Sunday. Tournament Director may adjust this format at any time. |
*1) Pool-play consists of individual games, not matches. *2) limited to a 64 team bracket (e.g., all teams break if a division has less than 65 teams; divisions with more than 65 teams will break one to four teams equally from each pool to be as close to the 64 team limit as possible).
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| Can a co-ed team play in a Men's division? |
No. Co-ed teams are not allowed to play in a men's division.
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| If my partner is injured can I pick up a substitute? |
There are no substitutions in doubles. You must finish the tournament with the partner you started with or drop out of the event. If you have used your timeouts you can select to play as an individual
until your partner recovers if that is a possiblity.
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| What ball will be played at the MotherLode? |
The Wilson AVP ball will be used for all games played on the sand courts.
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| I signed up online but the division closed? |
The registrar will send an email to you offering a different division. Your card will not be charged and you will not be entered into the event until you reply to the Registrar with your decision.
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| Can I check if my team made it in? |
Go to the confirmation page. This page is updated the first and fifteenth of August. A final confirmation page will be posted after the entry deadline one week before the event. No updates will posted after the final notice is available. You can email the Registrar with any corrections, however, the Registrar will not respond to any requests regarding entries received.
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| What if my team has to cancel? |
Occasionally teams or players have to cancel. The registrar will intercept payment and destroy the check if cancellation is received before payment is processed. Credit card entries are processed the same day so there are never refunds or credits offered for online entries. After the payment has been processed, the player or team will receive towards a future entry. NO REFUNDS WILL BE PROVIDED, for any reason.
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| What if a division closes before my entry is received? |
The team will be moved up or down into the closest available division depending on space. A team may be moved up or down more than one division if space is not available in an adjacent division. Teams may select to cancel their entry.
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| How can I enter before a division closes? |
The MotherLode will offer credit card processing of entries. This may allow a team to enter quickly if they realize their division is close to being closed.
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| How many teams are accepted in each division? |
Typically, there are only sand and co-ed divisions have limits:
- Men's Seniors -12 teams each;
- Men's Masters - 32 teams;
- Women's Masters - 16 teams;
- Men's Open - 64 teams;
- Women's Open - 32 teams;
- Co-ed grass divisions are limited to 50 teams. Co-ed Open sand is limited to eight teams.
- The Tournament Director may occasionally limit other divisions as necessary. These will be posted on the website as soon as possible.
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