The match will follow a best-of-3 games format. Any player may play in a maximum of 2 of the 3 games. One of the games played must be mixed-gender. If a college cannot field a mixed gender team, the team will start the match-up down 1 game; meaning, they must win both remaining games to win the match. For each game, two teams of two players will square off against each other. Once one team completes its turn throwing, the defending team will then have the chance to throw. Teams alternate until one wins.
Before the match, confirm the location with the opposing college. Teams are expected to be at the fields and ready to begin play at the time designated on the schedule. If at the starting time a team has the minimum number of players present, the game must begin as soon as possible. If a team has fewer than the minimum at the designated starting time, then the start of the game will be delayed, and the late arriving team will be penalized as follows:
Fifteen minutes after the original starting time, the present team will be awarded 5 points; after 25 minutes of the original starting time, the “no-show” team is forced to forfeit the game. The present team will be awarded the win. If both teams are late in arriving, then only the allotted time will be used to complete the best-of-3 games. If 3 games cannot be completed within the allotted time, then the team with the greatest amount of points/games earned will be deemed the winner.
All undergraduate students and persons associated with a residential college who meet general eligibility requirements, except graduate students, are eligible to participate.
Points are earned on offense by:
And on defense if:
The game CANNOT be won on defense. For example, if the score is tied 20-20, and Team A is up to throw, and strikes a cup, but Team B catches said cup, they are awarded 1 point, the score becoming 21-20. If Team B then throws, hits a cup, but that cup is also caught, Team A is awarded 1 point, making the score tied again at 21 apiece. The only way to break the tie is to score either 2, 3, or 4 points offensively.