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Advancement Criteria:
The semifinal round of the state tournament will consist of three rounds of two-game matches to determine the teams that qualify to play in the championship match. Each of the four sectional winners will play 6 games (two vs. each team) in the semifinal round. Placement into the final bracket will be determined by win/loss record in each round-robin play (games won and lost – not matches). In the event that a tie should occur the appropriate procedure (1, 2 or 3) listed below shall be followed to resolve the tie.
1. Breaking a win/loss record tie within the final match(es) (i.e. tie between seeds 1 and 2 OR tie between seeds 3 and 4) Use procedures 1a-1d in order; stop after the step that breaks the tie:
a) Head to head competition
b) Point differential for sets between those two teams only
c) Total point differential for those two teams
d) Random draw or coin toss
2. Breaking a three-way win/loss record tie (i.e. tie between seed 1, 2, and 3 OR tie between 2, 3, and 4): Total point differential is used to determine seed #1 in the first example or seed #4 in the second example if possible; that team is then moved onto the final bracket (as seed 1 or seed 4, respectively). If two tied teams remain (seeds 2 and 3), move to procedure 3 to break this tie. If there is a three-way tie in total point differential or if there is a two-way tie in total point differential for seeds 1 and 2 or 3 and 4, three 25-point sets will be played to break the tie, after which the win/loss records (out of 2) will be considered first. If a tie still remains, then step 2 will be started again.
3. Breaking a win/loss record tie to determine the second team to play in a final match (Championship or Third Place) (i.e. tie between seeds 2 and 3 only) Use procedures 3a-3b in order; stop after the step that breaks the tie:
a) Head to head competition
b) If the two teams split during pool play, then a tie still remains and one 25-point set will be played.
Neither point differential between the two teams nor total point differential will be considered.