USSSA is proud to announce the formation of the Conference USSSA Fastpitch program. This program is designed to offer teams an opportunity to compete on designated weekends against the top level teams in each age group from their Region. This inaugural season will be comprised of teams from Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, and Nebraska.
This Conference will operate in the 14U, 16U, and 18U age groups. An invitation will be extended to the Top 8 teams in each state to join the Conference. These 40 teams will compete against one another over the season at various events for a shot at the Conference USSSA crown.
The Conference play will be divided into two seasons. The Regular Season will take place at eight events across the region. These regular season events will be open to Conference USSSA teams, and to teams outside of the selected Conference members. This is a way for non-Conference teams to challenge themselves against the very best of the region.
For these events, the Conference teams will be seeded based on Conference USSSA Points. After the Conference teams have been seeded, then all non-Conference teams will be seeded based on USSSA Points. Each Regular Season event will award teams Conference USSSA points. These points will be given based on a teams’ order of finish as well as bonus points for participation and levels of success.
The Conference USSSA events will be open to teams not selected to be part of the Conference. For these teams, each Conference USSSA tournament will be an NIT event. This means that each event will have additional World Series Berths and will be a Double Point event.
At the end of the regular season, the Conference teams from each age group will be invited to the Conference Championship Festival. This event is to be held in Kansas City on July 16‐18, 2010.
Saturday and Sunday will hold the Conference Championship tournament. This event will be a three game guarantee bracket format to determine the overall Conference Champion. Teams will be seeded into the bracket based on their overall Conference USSSA points.
