What penalty?

[bob jenkins]

A DQ sounds like too harsh a penalty for this (unless there's more to the story). I think it's just a rotation / illegal alignment. (and, of course, make the libero go back to the original number)

But, I admit I'm mostly guessing here.

[IK13]

That’s what I thought. The person who told me the story was one of the refs and said that the opposing coach (not sure about the dynamic here - did he protest or how else…) pulled out a relevant rule reference…which I tried and failed to find. I’ll remember to ask him for the complete story the next time I work with him.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by IK13

That’s what I thought. The person who told me the story was one of the refs and said that the opposing coach (not sure about the dynamic here - did he protest or how else…) pulled out a relevant rule reference…which I tried and failed to find. I’ll remember to ask him for the complete story the next time I work with him.

Any news on the rest of the story? I've relayed the situation to several NCAAW officials that I have worked with recently, and none come up with a DQ as part of the process.

[IK13]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Any news on the rest of the story? I've relayed the situation to several NCAAW officials that I have worked with recently, and none come up with a DQ as part of the process.

No, he didn’t come back to me on that…yet. I will have a couple of matches this week with his partner from that day. I hope to remember to bring this up and see what he’ll recall.

[Scrapper1]

To my knowledge, NCAA does not allow a player to change jersey number, unless necessitated by damage or blood. She's just not allowed to play while wearing the different number. (Unlike NFHS rules, which allow a player to be listed on a roster with a regular number and a libero number.)

Out of curiosity, was her "new" number listed as the libero's number on the line-up sheet?

If it's not discovered until after the beckon for serve, the penalty would be a point to the opponent for having an illegal player on the court. There's no way I would DQ her. Even if I thought she did it to try to cheat, I would only go with a red card, personally.

I'm willing to be corrected.

[IK13]

Worked with the other official this week. He remembered the commotion, but not the outcome (or so he said). And apparently it was from (at least) a year ago.
I’m pulling the plug on this one, chalking it to wrong recall.