20.10.6.3.9 Women's Beach Volleyball. The following additional criteria shall apply to women's beach volleyball: (Adopted: 1/15/11 effective 8/1/11, Revised: 10/30/13)

(a) Not less than three of the minimum eight contests shall be dual, one-day competitions in which five two-person teams compete (institution versus institution on a single day). Only one contest per day shall count toward meeting this requirement; and

(b) The remaining number of minimum contests shall be dual, one-day competitions in which five two-person teams compete or be multi-opponent competitions. For a tournament to qualify as a contest, it must culminate in the determination of a winner based on the performance of each institution's five, two-person teams.