Rules are based on the California Beach Volleyball Association and have been adapted for intramural and recreational interpretation.
Court
- All players must be currently enrolled students for May term or be faculty/staff at Goshen College in order to be eligible. Teams in violation of this rule will not be eligible for post-season play.
- All games will be played on the sand volleyball courts beside the tennis courts.
- There will be four players allowed on the court for each team at any given time.
- A minimum of two players (equal # gender) is needed to start a game.
- If two players from the team’s roster are unavailable by 10 minutes after the scheduled start time, the game is a forfeit.
- You must have 2 men and 2 women on the court, if you are short a team member, you must play short…but always represented by each gender.
Scoring
- One match will consist of the best 2 out of 3 games.
- Games will be rally scoring to 21 points and teams switch sides before each game.
- The third game will be played to 15 points; each game will have a 2 point cap limit.
- If the non-serving team wins the rally, they score a point and receive possession of the ball to serve.
Team Names
Team names will be rejected when words are used to substitute other words to create an innuendo or to be ironic. Examples listed below.
- Safe Sets
- Sets on the Beach
- Setsy and We Know It
- All About that Ace
- Kicking Ace
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