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Per Rule 6.14 of the "2024 and 2025 Softball Rules Book": "A regulation eight-run-rule game shall be declared by the plate umpire if one team is ahead by eight or more runs after five or more ...
As specified for the NCAA's Pre-championship 2023-24 manual, "the Eight-Run Rule (Rule 6.14) will be in effect for all postseason games." Run-rules in WCWS finals
Over 600 NCAA member colleges are sponsors of women's softball programs. The women's softball championships are held in Division I , Division II , and Division III . The NCAA writes the rules of play, while each sanctioning body supervises season-ending tournaments.
The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same twelve (and other) sports. The 1982 softball championship tournaments of both the AIAW and the NCAA were called "Women's College World Series". However, after a year of dual women's championships, the NCAA won out over the AIAW. [3]
Here's what to know about the structure, format, rules and schedule of the 2024 Women's College World Series as it begins Thursday in Oklahoma City:
For several years, the NCAA was a discussion group and rules-making body, but in 1921, the first NCAA national championship was conducted: the National Collegiate Track and Field Championships. Gradually, more rules committees were formed and more championships were created, including a basketball championship in 1939.
At the middle- or high-school level, 34 states use a mercy rule that may involve a "continuous clock" (the clock continues to operate on most plays when the clock would normally stop, such as an incomplete pass) once a team has a certain lead (for example, 35 points) during the second half (Louisiana adopted a rule in 2022 which states the running clock is invoked when the margin reaches 42 ...
Here's a complete fan guide for the Women's College World Series, which begins Thursday at USA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.