Women’s Upper & lower Guidelines
Time Limits
Games will be limited to 55 minutes.
Home Run Rule:
Uppers: Each team is allowed 3 Home Runs. Excessive Home Runs are considered DBO’s (Dead Ball Outs).
Lowers: Each team is allowed 1 Home Runs. Excessive Home Runs are considered IEO’s (Inning Ending Outs).
Courtesy Runners
Each team is allowed one courtesy runner, per inning.
Profanity and Taunting
Profanity and taunting will not be tolerated and are subject to penalties at the discretion of the umpire.
Bat Rule
Only bats with the new 240 stamp will be allowed.
Players caught using an unstamped bat will be called out and ejected from the game.
Players using an altered bat will be ejected from the tournament.
Ball Rule
The Tournament Director will provide:
3 Women’s game balls.
Approved balls include any Classic M/W, Pro M/W, or Hard-Core ball with a USSSA or GSL stamp.NO ONYX BALLS
Batting
Teams may bat up to 12 players.
10-Player Rule
Teams may start with 9 players but must:
Take an out in the 10th position.
Add the 10th player at any time.
Player Ranking (PRV)
Lowers: No male players ranked D-Elite or higher are allowed.
Uppers: Open rosters, all players must be on a roster, if a team wants to have a higher player the team may request to have a pickup team (Cost is $50 per pick up team) No Male or above players
Combined Divisions – When Uppers & lowers are place in the same bracket the following equalizers will be applied:
Lower team vs. Upper team – The Lower team will receive home team and 6 spotted runs (2 per inning for the first 3 innings).
*Pickup teams will be placed in uppers & Will spot 9 runs and be the away team 3 runs per inning for the 1st 3 innings ** Pickup vs pickup will play by uppers rules
Pitching
The pitcher must toe the rubber.
Game Start Rules
There will be no grace period added prior to the game’s scheduled start time.
Teams must:
Submit lineups and be ready 30 minutes before the scheduled start time.
Be prepared for games to start early.
ANY PLAYER CAUGHT PLAYING WITH OUT A 2026 USSSA PLAYER CARD WILL BE SUSPENDED UNTIL THE PLAYER HAS AN ACTIVE 2026 USSSA PLAYERS CARD
Applicable Rules
Unless amended by the Utah State By-Laws, all games will adhere to United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA/GSL) rules.
