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CREATE
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YOUR TEAM HERE August 1, 2017
2018 Season Age
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Florida USSSA Fastpitch Upcoming Events
The tentative Spring/Summer dates are posted here. Please check back often for additions, subtractions or changes.
If you are interested in hosting a tournament in the upcoming 2018 Spring/Summer season, please contact Gordon Patterson, Jerry Clipse, Vince Tucker, Tonya Waters, Chris Kroon, Stephen Schiller, or Jeff Strode
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 New USSSA Bat Mark(Thumb Print) effective January 1, 2014 The new bat standards went into effect 1/1/14
Since January 1,
2014, all bats must have the
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here for important information about
the bat mark (thumb print)
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Important Information about
Team
Registrations and Tournaments
after August 1st
The softball "year" for USSSA runs from August 1 to July 31. That means that tournaments scheduled after August 1 are considered 2018 events and in order to participate in them a team must be registered for 2018. In short, all the teams that were created and all rosters that were submitted for the 2017 season expired on July 31, 2017.
AGE CALCULATOR for the new 2018 Season (which started August 1, 2017)
If you have any questions, please contact your State Director, Gordon Patterson, at gordon.patterson@usssa.com or your area director.
PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL THE NATIONAL OFFICE. They will refer you to the State Director.
Thank you for playing USSSA Fastpitch. We are looking forward to another exciting year.
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2018 USSSA
World Series is
in Viera, FL, July 2-8, 2018 | 8U Open & 10U-18U A/B/C
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Futures World Fastpitch Championships 9U | 10U | 11U | 13U Dates TBA | Viera, FL World Fastpitch Championship 12U | 14U | 16U | 18U Dates TBA | KANSAS CITY Futures All American Games Dates TBA | Location TBA |
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NOTE: Tournament Directors reserve the right to deny "A" teams playing up in older "B"
Pool Standings Sorted on the following:
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1) Winning Percentage - Descending
2) Number Wins - Descending
3) Number Loses - Ascending
4) Tied Teams (vs. each other) Winning Pct - Descending [Not valid if all tied teams have not played each other]
5) Avg Points Allowed - Ascending
6) Avg Run Differential with a maximum of (8) - Descending
7) USSSA Points - Descending
8) Date Team Entered USSSA Database
Once past a tie breaker do not return to previous
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NOTE: 2 Ties do NOT equal 1 Win, but figure into Winning percentage
Any time a team plays an "extra" seeding game to even out the schedule--unless otherwise posted by the TD--one of their games will be tossed out RANDOMLY after ALL their seeding games are played. The team does NOT get to choose which game is tossed out. The tossed game counts for the other team only.
*Exception: If 2 teams are undefeated, and a team with no losses (ex. 3-0) plays the "extra" game against the other team with no losses (ex. 2-0), and the team playing the "extra" game loses to that undefeated team, and that game is randomly chosen to be tossed, head-to-head is still in affect. The undefeated team will seed ahead of the team that played the extra game since they beat the other team.
Tournament Directors reserve the right to play WINNERS BRACKET games ahead of LOSERS BRACKET games (possibly eliminating LOSERS BRACKET entirely).
In the event a
SINGLE ELIMINATION
tournament cannot be completed due to
weather or other reasons, the HIGHEST REMAINING SEED in the
Winners' bracket
will be declared CHAMPION. The next highest remaining
seed in the Winners' bracket will be declared RUNNER-UP.
In the event a
DOUBLE ELIMINATION (Winners' and Losers' Bracket)
tournament cannot be completed due to
weather or other reasons, the HIGHEST REMAINING SEED in the
Winners' bracket
will be declared CHAMPION. The next highest remaining
seed in the Winners' bracket will be declared RUNNER-UP.
Unless otherwise posted, the following tiebreaker system will be used to determine an order of finish in the event a tournament cannot be completed.
1. All teams still in the Winners’ Bracket are ordered first, using the following:
a) Highest remaining seed in Winners' Bracket
b) If two (or more) identical seeds remain (e.g., #2 Pool A and #2 Pool B),
i) Head to Head in seeding games
ii) Fewest Runs Allowed in seeding games
iii) Most Runs Scored in seeding games
c) Coin toss
2. Next, teams in the same spot in the Losers’ Bracket are ordered by the following:
a) Head-to-head (this is used first when only two teams are in the same spot)
b) The team which advanced farthest in the Winners’ Bracket before losing
c) Fewest Runs Allowed in Seeding Games
d) Most Runs Scored in Seeding Games
e) Coin toss
3. If only two teams remain in the tournament and each has one loss in bracket play, then those teams will be declared co-champions.
Florida USSSA Fastpitch ONLY (not National Events)
HOME/VISITOR in bracket play is determined by higher seed.
In double elimination bracket play, the higher seed calls HOME or VISITOR in all games EXCEPT Championship game, where the team from the Winner's bracket makes the call. IF game will be a coin flip.
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