Coaches info

Welcome! We’re so glad you’re here! We hope you and your team have a great weekend. Thank you for reviewing the information on this page carefully so you can communicate tournament rules and guidelines with your team.

NOTE: Please attend the initial coaches meeting at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 23, in Inky’s Dining Room in Union Market (North side of the dining hall).

Tournament scores will be kept up-to-date on the main tournament page (uau.edu/falltournament).

Event schedule

Click here for the event schedule.

Team photo schedule

Click here for the team photo schedule. Be sure to arrive at the Thunderdome stage on time, dressed in your uniforms or warm-ups.

Tournament pools

Click here for volleyball and soccer tournament pools.

Tournament brackets

These are live documents that will be filled in as the tournament progresses.

• Volleyball bracket
• Soccer bracket

Vote for awards (head coaches)

Union Adventist University Sportsmanship Award 

The Union Adventist University Sportsmanship Award will be presented each year to the team that best displays the values of positive Christian sportsmanship and demonstrates that commitment through the actions, words and attitudes of players, coaches and fans. Sportsmanship Award recipients should demonstrate qualities such as friendliness, courtesy, graciousness in winning and losing, fair and honest dealing during the competition, and overall admirable conduct of everyone associated with the team.

Nominations: The head coach from each team participating in the tournament will be asked to nominate another team for the award.

General Weekend Information

Meals in Union Market

All tournament meals will be served in the President’s Dining Room in Union Market. Each name tag covers that individual’s meals in the Union Market. Everyone must show their name tag to the cashier at meals or pay cash.

Each name tag pays for nine (9) meals and is only active during the meal times designated on the schedule. Going through the line twice will count as two meals.

Tournament meals will consist of the food available in the serving line and fountain drinks only. Nothing from other areas in Union Market. Items that must be paid for with cash or credit will be clearly marked.

Tournament guests must present their badge before leaving the serving area; guests without badges will have their meal charged to their school directly. Each badge may only be used once for each meal. While we do not allow seconds, please avoid waste and only take what you can eat.

Takeout meals/containers are not available for tournament guests. Please clear the dining room as soon as you have finished to allow the next group a place to sit and eat.

If an individual loses or forgets their name tag, the meal will be charged to your school.

We often have parents attending the tournament who are not registered with the team. They are welcome to eat at the cafeteria at their own cost. If they do not pay at the register, their meal will be charged to your school.

Facilities

Volleyball: Two matches will be played in the new Reiner Wellness Center, one in the Thunderdome, and College View Academy.

Soccer: Two fields at 49ers field. Field 1 will be the North field by the houses. Field 2 will be the south field along Calvert Street. 

Bus Parking

Bus Parking will be on the North side of the Reiner Wellness Center. Please follow the signs for bus parking.

Trainer availability

An athletic trainer is available at the Reiner Wellness Center during the hours listed below.

Thursday, October 23

• 9:00 am - 12:45 pm
• 1:15 pm - 9:00 pm

Friday, October 24

• 8:45 am - 12:15 pm
• 1:30 pm - 4:15 pm

Saturday, October 25

• 6:45 pm - 11:30 pm

EMTs from our IRR program will be stationed at each site for major medical emergencies. 

Team Pictures

Please be on time for your team photo time. Photos will be taken in Woods Auditorium (north end of the Don Love Building).

Click here for the photo schedule.

Photos from the tournament

A link to a digital album will be posted on the main tournament website a couple weeks after the event has ended.

Live streaming

Select volleyball games will be streamed live at uau.edu/live (@unionadventistlive on Youtube).

Volleyball tournament information

Line Judging other games

Teams are asked to provide two representatives to line judge. You will find the line-judging assignments next to each game in the online schedule. Please make sure that your representatives arrive at the game at least 10 minutes before the game is set to start. Thursday’s games have already been scheduled. Friday’s line judging schedule will be decided based on placement in the single-elimination tournament. 

Uniform colors

Teams listed first (left column) on the schedule are considered the home team and will wear light uniforms and the teams listed second (right column) on the schedule are considered the away team and will wear dark uniforms.

Sideline rule

Teams will remain on their respective sides for the entire match.

Volleyballs for warm-up

Teams are responsible for providing volleyballs for warm-ups.

Volleyball rules

Pool play

• Warm-up before the first match of the day (11 minutes 2/4/4/1) / (9 minutes 2/3/3/1) after each team’s first match.
• Matches are best 2 out of 3 sets
• Match rally scoring to 25 points, Game 3 is played to 15 points.
• Each set will be won by two points. No point cap on any set.

Playoff Play

• Warm-up before the first match of the day (11 minutes 2/4/4/1) / (9 minutes 2/3/3/1) after each team’s first match.
• Match rally scoring to 25 points, Game 3 is played to 15 points.
• Championship match – Best of three sets. All three sets to 25 points.
• Each set will be won by two points. No point cap on any set.

Tournament seeding and tie-breakers

• Teams will be seeded into a single elimination bracket 1-8 in their respective groups (red and gold)
• Tie breakers from pool play are as follows:
  • Matches won
  • Sets won
  • Sets lost
  • Cumulative point differential during pool play.
    • (Total points scored) - (total points allowed)
  • Coin Toss

Soccer rules

High school soccer mercy rule

The game will end based on the mercy rule if one team is ahead by 10 or more goals at any point after halftime.

Pool play

• Two 30-minute halves, 10 minutes half time, all high school soccer rules apply.
• Direct Red card will result in a one-game suspension
• A Red Card after two yellow cards will result in a suspension for the first half of the next game.
• If the game is still tied after regulation, there will be three penalty kicks for each team, alternating kickers. Sudden victory penalty kicks after that (1/1). Both teams will still get only 1 point because the game finishes in a draw. PKs are only being used to determine potential needed head-to-head tie-breakers.

Playoff Play

• Two 30-minute halves. 10-minute half-time, all high school soccer rules apply.
• Playoff and championship games will have a 10-minute overtime, golden goal rule (whichever team scores first wins). After that, penalty kicks with the same rules as pool play.

Tournament seeding

• Teams will be seeded 1-8 in a single-elimination bracket
• Wins in pool play earn 3 points, Draw earns 1 point, and a Loss 0 points.

Tie-Breakers to determine seeding

1. Points
2. Head-to-Head Results
3. Goals against
4. Coin Toss