Softball Preseason Conference Call Feb. 19, 2009
Participants: Dave Canan, Judy Blinstrub, Chris Buck, Amy Lampe (Babson), Linda Wage (Clark), Julie Fox (MIT),
Julie Perrelli (Smith), Kathy Mangano (Springfield), Keri O”Meara (Wellesley), Rachel Powers(Wheaton), George
LeGacy (WPI), Katie Hersey (Executive Director)
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WELCOME: Changes to Directory where made on website
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Score Reporting: Chris Buck, Babson SID
Reminded everyone to report scores directly on line every Monday. This is the same process at last
year with the automatic system.
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Review Regular Season Make up Procedures
If you have questions refer to pages in Handbook
Reminder to keep Sundays open for rescheduling and to follow protocol in handbook
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Review Rule Changes: Dave Canan reminded everyone of the added lines on the pitching mound.
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Review Championship Format and Dates: See Below
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NEWMAC Sportsmanship: Katie Hersey reviewed the statement.
Coaches where reminded to speak to players in regards to Sportsmanship and voting the end of the
season.
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Questions: discussion on number of nominations (5)
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ECAC officials have been assigned for Tournament
Post Season Meeting: WPI, Campus Center-Chairman’s Room, April 28 10am
Judy Blinstrub
Associate Athletics Director
Head Basketball Coach
Babson College
781-239-4418
[email protected]
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2009 NEWMAC Softball Championship:
(Top 6 Teams qualify for Double Elimination Competition)
Wednesday, April 22 at #1 and #2 seeds
Game 1 #4 Seed vs. #5 Seed 2:30pm at #1 seed
Game 2 #3 Seed vs. #6 Seed 2:30pm at #2 seed
Game 3 #1 Seed vs. Winner Game 1 5pm at #1 seed
Game 4 #2 Seed vs. Winner Game 2 5pm at #2 seed
Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26 at #1 seed
Game 5 Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 4 10am
Game 6 Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 3 12pm
Game 7 Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 Saturday 2pm
Game 8 Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 Saturday 4pm
Game 9 Winner Game 8 vs. Loser Game 7 Sunday 10am
Finals - Sunday, April 26 at #1 seed
Game 10 Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9 Sunday 12pm
Game 11 (if necessary) Winner Game 10 vs. Loser Game 10 Sunday 2pm
Softball (W)
Pre-Season Conference Call
The conference coaches for each sport will meet prior to the season. The sport liaison will announce and arrange for a preseason conference call.
Refer to the NEWMAC Handbook’s Meeting section for detail about the pre-season conference call.
General Sport Information
Noisemakers
NEWMAC sponsored sports must adhere to their governing body's rules and regulations regarding artificial noisemakers.
(Adopted: 05/30/07 effective 9/01/07)
Ball
Worth is the current official softball for the NCAA Championships.
Statistics Maintained
Individual Statistics
 Hitting - AB H R HR 2B 3B RBI AVG; (include 5 batters in each category of weekly score reporting.)
 Pitching – W L IP R ER ERA SO BB
 Defensive Stats
Scheduling Procedures
Completed Game/Halted Game Procedure
During the regular season, it shall be a regulation game if called by the umpire at anytime after five innings have been
completed or after 4 ½ innings if the home team is ahead. If a game is called after the sixth inning has started, the
score shall be that of the last equal inning played. If a game is called prior to completion of a regulation game, the
halted game rule shall be in effect.
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During tournament play, if there is a suspension, the game must be completed on the next available day as per NCAA
Championship guidelines.
(Adopted: 05/24/06 effective 9/01/06)
The tie-breaker rule (8th inning) and the 8-run rule should be in effect during the regular season and the tournament.
(Adopted: 08/22/05 effective 9/01/05)
Regular Season
Scheduling Procedures
Play single round robin of doubleheader games
Rescheduling Policy
Sundays should always be available for rescheduling regular season conference games. (Adopted: 06/02/03 effective
09/01/03)
Game Times
Before Daylight Savings
After Daylight Savings
Weekdays
2:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
Fridays
2:30 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
Saturday
12:00 Noon
12:00 Noon
Time allotted between regular-season NEWMAC double headers should be no more than 15 minutes. (Adopted:
05/25/04 effective 9/01/04)
Score Reporting
Spring sports reporting begins the second Monday in March. Standings only reports may be released prior to the first reporting
date if deemed necessary by the conference publicist. The publicist will select the Players/Pitchers of the week.
Officials
Two person umpiring crews will be used for all regular season games.
Championship Information
The Conference Champion is the team who wins the championship tournament. If the tournament cannot be completed prior to
AQ selection, the highest seed from the regular season will be declared the Conference Champion.
General
The NEWMAC will follow the NCAA Championship rules regarding equipment, ball, and the determination of home team
except host institution will retain their regular season dugout. (Adopted: 05/25/05 effective 9/01/05)
Format (6 Team Double Elimination)
Wednesday Competition at #1 and #2 site
Game 1
#4 vs #5 2:30pm @ #1 site
Game 2
#3 vs #6 2:30pm @ #2 site
Game 3
#1 vs winner Game 1 5pm @ #1 site
Game 4
#2 vs winner Game 2 5pm @ #2 site
Saturday and Sunday Competition at #1 site
Game 5
loser Game 1 vs loser Game 4 10am
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Game 6
Game 7
Game 8
Game 9
Finals
Game 10
Game 11 (if necessary)
loser Game 2 vs loser Game 3 12pm
winner Game 3 vs winner Game 4
winner Game 5 vs winner Game 6 Saturday 4pm
winner Game 8 vs loser Game 7
winner Game 7 vs winner Game 9
winner Game 10 vs loser Game 10 Sunday 2pm
Saturday 2pm
Sunday 10am
Sunday 12pm
No team should play more than 3 games in one day during the NEWMAC Tournament. (Adopted: 05/25/05 effective 9/01/05)
Follow the NCAA Championship protocol for the determination of home team and define “finals” as starting with Game 5 of
our 6-team double elimination tournament.
(Adopted: 05/30/07 effective 9/01/07)
Rescheduling Principles
If the conference tournament cannot be played on Saturday or Sunday, the schedule would be as follows:
 Monday, games 5 6, and 7 would be played at 4:30pm at the site of the highest seed
 Tuesday, games 8 and 9 would be played at 2:30 and 4:30pm at the site of the highest remaining seed
 Games 10 and 11 would be TBA
(Adopted: 05/30/07 effective 9/01/07)
Tie-breaking Principles
When using common opponents to determine seedings, results from in-region play will be used prior to results from out of
region contests. When looking at common opponents use winning percentage to determine rankings.
Umpires
Three-person umpiring crews should be used for all NEWMAC tournament games. (Adopted: 05/24/05 effective 9/01/05)
NEWMAC will retain the services of the ECAC for the assignment of umpires for the conference tournament. If the ECAC is
not interested, NEWMAC will retain the services of the ECUA (East Coast Umpire Associates) for the assignment of umpires
for the tournament.
(Adopted: 05/30/07 effective 9/01/07)
PR
Include “double-elimination” and appropriate game # when referring to Baseball and Softball tournaments in all PR material
(except the champion round)
(Adopted: 06/03/08 effective 9/01/08)
Awards
Refer to the NEWMAC Handbook Awards section for detail about NEWMAC awards.
Recognized Awards
The following awards will be recognized in softball:
A NEWMAC All-Conference Team, which recognizes the best athletes in that sport for the current season.
A NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team, which recognizes athletes earning a set minimum GPA.
NEWMAC Athlete of the Year
NEWMAC Rookie of the Year
NEWMAC Coach of the Year
NEWMAC Player of the Week
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NEWMAC Pitcher of the Year (Adopted: 05/24/05 effective 9/01/05)
NEWMAC Pitcher of the Week
Number of All-Conference Award Winners:
First Team: 9, with Athlete of the Year and Pitcher of the Year as part of the 1 st team
Second Team: 9
Number of Nominations Allowed Per Institution
Each Coach is allowed 5 nominations
Post Season Meeting
 Tuesday following tournament final at WPI/Clark
 Agenda Format
Voting for All Conference, Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and Coach of the Year
Evaluation of Conference Tournament
Site
Administration
Officials
Regular Season Evaluation
Recommendations for Administrative Group Action
Review of Operating Procedures
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