| 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 Crocs 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 teams2 moving into a
single-elimination bracket on Sunday. Tournament Director may adjust this
format at any time. |
1Pool-play
consists of individual games, not matches. 2limited 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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| What
ball will be played at the Crocs MotherLode? |
The Spalding "King of
the Beach" 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 Crocs 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 divisions are
limited to 50 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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