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Old Wed Sep 30, 2015, 08:26pm
PaREF PaREF is offline
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Short answer...yes, she must contact the ball for it to be a violation.

Long answer...it is only an illegal back-row blocker violation if the back-row player (while part of her body is above the vertical plane of the net) contacts the ball. Even if the official would feel that the back-row player is attempting a block, it is only illegal if the blocker contacts the ball (or participates in a completed composite block).
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