diff --git a/app/Actions/Tabulation/TotalEntryScores.php b/app/Actions/Tabulation/TotalEntryScores.php
index 241a9af..448e650 100644
--- a/app/Actions/Tabulation/TotalEntryScores.php
+++ b/app/Actions/Tabulation/TotalEntryScores.php
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ class TotalEntryScores
         $newTotaledScore->entry_id = $entry->id;
 
         // deal with seating scores
+        // TODO: Consider a rewrite to pull the scoreSheets from the entry model so they may be preloaded
         $scoreSheets = ScoreSheet::where('entry_id', $entry->id)->orderBy('seating_total', 'desc')->get();
+        // bail out if there are no score sheets
+        if ($scoreSheets->count() == 0) {
+            return;
+        }
         if (auditionSetting('olympic_scoring' && $scoreSheets->count() > 2)) {
             // under olympic scoring, drop the first and last element
             $scoreSheets->shift();