Crossroads Volleyball

The tournament is being held on April 5th on the Rochester Institute of Technology campus in the Clark Gym. Please see below for directions. 

Play starts at 8:00, the gym will be open at 7:15.  The second match is scheduled for 8:50 and all subsequent matches are ASAP.  Concessions will be available in the entrance to the gym.  Follow the links to see the pools and brackets:

Directions to RIT Campus

Take exit 46 from the Thruway and proceed north on I-390 to exit 13 (Hylan Drive). Take a left onto Hylan Dr. and continue north to Jefferson Road (Route 252), and take a left at the light. Proceed west a short distance to the main campus. Find your way to parking lot D using the campus map.

Format

All pool play matches are 2 sets to 25, no cap.  All teams participate in play-offs. 1st & 2nd place teams in each  pool to Gold Bracket; 3rd and 4th place teams in each pool to Silver Bracket. Playoff matches are best of 3 games, 2 25 point sets and 15 point deciding set, no cap.

Tie Breaker

All ties are decided 1) head to head, 2) point differential head to head 3) overall point differential or 4) coin flip. If the tie means a team will move to a lower bracket a one game playoff to 15 points, will replace the coin flip.

Work Teams

Work teams include scorekeeper, libero, down ref, two line judges and score flipper. Work teams should be in place 5 minutes prior to the start of a match to receive instructions from the first referee. Work teams that are incomplete and hold up the start of a match will be penalized one point per minute that the match is delayed. First referees should report this to the site coordinator.

The first round of bracket play is assigned by where you finish in pool play. In all subsequent bracket play the losing team works the next match. For the gold and silver finals, each semi-final losing team must check with the site coordinator. The team travelling farthest will be dismissed.

Warm Ups

First warm-up of the day for each team will be 5/5. All subsequent warm-ups 3/3

Coaches

Please check in with the site coordinator in Clark Gym.

Concessions

Extensive concessions will be available by the entrance to Clark Gym. Please support our club by purchasing items at our concessions stand.