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NCAA fastpitch rules:
12.9.7 (The Runner is Out) When she interferes with a fielder attempting to field a batted ball, interferes with a fielder attempting to throw the ball or intentionally interferes with a thrown ball.
EFFECT—The ball is dead. The batter-runner is awarded first base.
Notes:
1. If a ball ricochets off one defensive player and another player has the opportunity to make a play, the runner will be ruled out if she intentionally interferes with the second fielder.
If the contact, impediment, near-collision, etc. is not intentional, then it's not interference. While runners are expected to avoid fielders in the act of fielding a batted ball, the "exception to the rule" gives the runner the benefit of the doubt on a play where a fielder may suddenly, unpredictably and unavoidably change her path to the ball.
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