Question for the NCAA Guys RE: Illegal Pitch

[Skahtboi]

Here is the rule:

10.2.1 Before starting a pitch, the pitcher must comply with the following:
10.2.1.1 Both feet must be on the ground in contact with the pitcher’s
plate and a portion of the pivot foot must be on the top surface of
the pitcher’s plate. Both feet must be within the 24-inch length of the
pitcher’s plate.
10.2.1.2 Hands must be separated.
126 RULE 10 / PITCHING
10.2.1.3 The ball must be held and remain in one hand, either bare or
gloved.
Notes:
1. Rolling (not tossing) the ball is legal as long as contact is maintained with the
hand including the wrist.
2. A ball dropped by the pitcher before her hands have come together and then
separated shall be live and base runner(s) may advance with liability to be put
out.
10.2.1.4 The ball may be held in front of, at the side of or behind the body.
10.2.2 While in this position, the pitcher must take (or simulate taking) a signal
from the catcher.
EFFECT (10.2.1 to 10.2.2)—Illegal pitch. (See Rule 10.8)

Now, what I am wondering is did dad just think that she was nailed for the IP for taking a signal off of the pitching plate, when in fact she was actually nailed for the failure to take, or simulate taking the signal from the pitching plate? Personally, I don't care when a catcher gets her signal, or from whom, as long as she simulates getting one while on the pitching plate.