Club National Rankings

There has been enough action since releasing our initial 17s Top 50 Club National Rankings that it created plenty of movement. There has been the Northern Lights qualifier, the Tour of Texas stops, Central Zone, plus the Nike Classic and the MLK Invitational to help shape the latest pecking order that has left us with a new No. 1. The debate for being the top-ranked team is just that. A debate. Hou Skyline 17 Royal lands at the top spot based on its performance at the Northern Lights qualifier, where it took first place, as well as going a perfect 7-0 this past weekend at the Houston Tour of Texas stop. Hou Skyline took a few hits at the first stop in Dallas, but has since rebounded as evidenced by its latest efforts. That, combined with the overall strength of schedule, moved Hou Skyline to the top. Of course, with the Triple Crown NIT approaching this coming weekend, it’ll give a new round of results to sort through and guide our next release set for March. As for the Top 50 below, we spent time going through the results to date and formulated a ranking based on quality wins and losses. You can view the full list below. vballrecruiter.com’S 17s TOP 50 1. Hou Skyline 17 Royal TX (previous ranking – 4) 2. Arizona Storm 17 Thunder AZ (2) 3. MKE Sting 17 Gold WI (6) 4. 1st Alliance 17 Gold IL (3) 5. ID Crush 17 Bower ID (12) 6. Adidas KiVA 17 Red KY (15) 7. Mich Elite 17 Mizuno MI (7) 8. Surfside 17 Legends Loriann CA (8) 9. Northern Lights 17-1 MN (19) 10. Nebraska One 17 Synergy NE (9) *** 11. Excel 17 National Red TX (38) 12. Skyline 17 Royal TX (16) 13. Legacy 17-1 Adidas MI (24) 14. OT 17 Aaron FL (13) 15. Dynasty 17 Black KS (17) 16. Tribe 17 Elite Cardinal FL (1) 17. HJV 17 Elite TX (14) 18. Circle City 17 Purple IN (18) 19. TAV 17 Black Jon TX (5) 20. AVC Cle 17 Red OH (11) *** 21. Adrenaline 17 Ben IA (n/r) 22. A5 17 Calvin GA (21) 23. Drive Nation 17 Red TX (29) 24. Wave 17 Juliana CA (28) 25. Austin Skyline 17 Royal TX (10) 26. VCNebraska 17 Elite NE (37) 27. Madfrog 17 Green TX (26) 28. MAVS KC 17-1 KS (22) 29. GP 17 Rox FL (23) 30. NorCal 17-1 Black CA (33) *** 31. Coast 17 Rodrigo CA (25) 32. Vision 17 Gold CA (35) 33. HPSTL 17 Royal MO (42) 34. Mizuno Long Beach 17 Rockstar CA (30) 35. Metro 17 Travel DC (32) 36. OT 17 O Felix FL (31) 37. Tri-State Elite 17 Blue OH (45) 38. Alamo 17 Premier TX (20) 39. Spike and Serve 17-1 HA (n/r) 40. Rockwood Thunder 17 Elite MO (48) *** 41. AJV 17 Mizuno TX (36) 42. Sports Academy 17 Jen Premier CA (n/r) 43. Co Jrs 17 Kevin CO (34) 44. NKYVC 17-1 Tsunami KY (40) 45. Premier Nebraska 17 Gold NE (41) 46. Club V 17 Ren Reed UT (n/r) 47. AVA TX 17 Adidas TX (50) 48. Rage 17 Greg CA (n/r) 49. NE Elite 17-1 NE (n/r) 50. SG Elite 17 Rosh CA (n/r) *** ON THE CUSP Forza1 North 17 One CA KC Power 17 Black KS Triangle 17 Black NC No Name 17 Sara FL Mintonette Sports m.71 OH TAV 17 Black Haroun TX Absolute 17 Black CA

Since the release of our initial Top 50 National Rankings for the 18s there have been six national qualifiers. Those are the events – along with upcoming tournaments like Triple Crown NIT and Bluegrass – that influence the rankings the most. Given the number of qualifiers it’s time to update the 18s pecking order heading into this weekend’s Salt Lake Showdown and Triple Crown in two weeks. There was a decent amount of turnover, with 11 new clubs entering the rankings this go around, as well as plenty of shifting among the 39 clubs which appeared in our initial Top 50. You can view the full rankings below. vballrecruiter.com 18s TOP 50 1. TAV 18 Black TX (1) 2. 1st Alliance 18 Gold IL (2) 3. Triangle 18 Black NC (5) 4. Madfrog 18 Green TX (8) 5. KC Power 18 Black KS (10) 6. Rockwood Thunder 18 Elite MO (12) 7. Hou Skyline 18 Royal TX (4) 8. Munciana 18 Samurai IN (6) 9. Coast 18 Ozhan CA (11) 10. OT 18 O Roberto FL (26) *** 11. Wave 18 Brennan CA (15) 12. Premier Nebraska 18 Gold NE (16) 13. SCVC 18 Roxy CA (7) 14. Mintonette Sports m.81 OH (n/r) 15. Skyline 18 Royal TX (25) 16. HJV 18 Elite TX (21) 17. Mizuno Long Beach 18 Rockstar CA (9) 18. Six Pack 18 IA (n/r) 19. Vision 18 Gold CA (17) 20. City 18 Gold CA (30) *** 21. A5 18 Marc GA (19) 22. MN Select 18-1 MN (n/r) 23. Tri-State Elite 18 Blue OH (22) 24. Metro 18 Travel DC (32) 25. Club V 18 Ren Reed UT (27) 26. MKE Sting 18 Gold WI (35) 27. NPJ 18 Forefront OR (n/r) 28. Academy 18 Elite Rage IN (24) 29. FC Elite 18 Elite WI (37) 30. SPVB 18 Elite IL (n/r) *** 31. MAVS KC 18-1 KS (48) 32. Pohaku 18-1 KS (14) 33. NKYVC 18-1 Tsunami KY (3) 34. Tstreet 18 Chandler CA (n/r) 35. Momentous 18 Dan CA (13) 36. OT 18 T Tony FL (31) 37. Far Out 18 Black MI (33) 38. AZ Rev 18 Premier AZ (46) 39. KiVA 18 Red KY (29) 40. Team Pineapple 18 Black IN (n/r) *** 41. Circle City 18 Purple IN (34) 42. AVA TX 18 Adidas (n/r) 43. Actyve 18 Black CA (38) 44. VCNebraska 18 Elite NE (42) 45. Absolute 18 Black CA (n/r) 46. Sky High Adidas 18 Elite IL (n/r) 47. Tribe 18 Elite Cardinal FL (39) 48. Legacy 18-1 Adidas MI (40) 49. Boiler Jrs 18 Gold IN (45) 50. VC United 181 Elite IL (n/r) *** ON THE CUSP SG Elite 18 Rosh CA AVC Cle 18 Red OH AJV 18 Adidas TX Miami Hype 18 Emilio FL Northern Lights MN Top Select 18 Elite FL Team Indiana 18 Elite IN IPVA 18 Black IA OT 18 J Stephen FL Kairos 18 Alpha SD

When it comes to the 14s age division, many of the top teams are all capable of taking turns beating one another. It makes coming up with the initial rankings challenging, but you have to start somewhere. We begin with our 14s Club Top 30 National Rankings knowing and fully expecting there to be massive shifts with our next update as teams get more and more into their seasons. We’ll expand the Top 30 to a Top 50 after Triple Crown, where many of the top clubs around the country will converge in a month. For now, you can view the full rankings below. 14s CLUB TOP 30 NATIONAL RANKINGS 1. HPSTL 14 Royal MO 2. Madfrog 14 Green TX 3. TAV 14 Black TX 4. OT 14 T FL 5. MAVS KC 14-1 KS 6. NKYVC 14-1 Tsunami KY 7. Tribe 14 Elite Cardinal FL 8. Dynasty 14 Black KS 9. A5 14 Helen GA 10. Hou Skyline 14 Royal TX *** 11. AVC Cle 14 Red OH 12. SG Elite 14 Rosh CA 13. Elevation 14 Molly OH 14. Mintonette Sports m.41 OH 15. Legacy 14-1 Adidas MI 16. Wave 14 Tammy CA 17. Circle City 14 Purple IN 18. Absolute 14 Black CA 19. Skyline 14 Royal TX 20. Coast 14 Luis CA *** 21. Munciana 14 Chipmunks IN 22. Alamo 14 Premier TX 23. Mizuno Long Beach 14 Rockstar CA 24. Premier Nebraska 14 Gold NE 25. Adidas KiVA 14 Red KY 26. MKE Sting 14 Gold WI 27. Lions 14-1 IL 28. Tstreet 14 Tara CA 29. HJV 14 Elite TX 30. CJV 14 Mizuno NC

When it comes to our first 15s National Rankings of the season we begin where we essentially left off in 2023. Headlining our Top 50 is TAV 15 Black, which is coming off a USAV gold-medal performance in 14 Open last summer. The club starts the year as the team to beat once more, as the roster improved from last year. It’s a long season and we expect to see plenty of fluctuation from our initial rankings, but we don’t expect TAV to ever veer very far from the top. The season starts to take off over MLK weekend, with a handful of travel tournaments taking place and leading into events like the Nike Classic and Central Zone. We’ll use results from all of those before our next update ahead of Triple Crown. Our initial rankings were put together as preseason rankings and didn’t account for any results to date, which will change with our next update. For now, you can view the complete Top 50 below. vballrecruiter.com 15s NATIONAL RANKINGS 1. TAV 15 Black TX 2. Arizona Storm 15 Thunder AZ 3. Skyline 15 Royal TX 4. Tstreet 15 Naseri CA 5. Mizuno Long Beach 15 Rockstar CA 6. Madfrog 15 Green TX 7. Legacy 15-1 Adidas MI 8. Wave 15 Brennan CA 9. Forza1 15 One CA 10. A5 15 Kelly GA *** 11. Austin Skyline 15 Royal TX 12. Forza1 North 15 One CA 13. Elevation 15 Tony OH 14. Dynasty 15 Black KS 15. Absolute 15 Black CA 16. Tribe 15 Elite Cardinal FL 17. Club V 15 Ren Kalee UT 18. OT 15 T Randy FL 19. Excel 15 National Red TX 20. Top Select 15 Elite FL *** 21. Hou Skyline 15 Royal TX 22. 1st Alliance 15 Gold IL 23. Vision 15 Gold CA 24. Drive Nation 15 Red TX 25. Northern Lights 15-1 MN 26. Munciana 15-1 IN 27. Premier Nebraska 15 Gold NE 28. Academy 15 Diamond NC 29. KiVA 15 Red KY 30. Mintonette Sports m.51 OH *** 31. Tri-State Elite 15 Blue OH 32. AZ Sky 15G AZ 33. HPSTL 15 Royal MO 34. VCNebraska 15 Elite NE 35. GP 15 Rox FL 36. City 15 Gold CA 37. SA Jrs 15 Adidas TX 38. AZ Rev 15 Premier AZ 39. NKYVC 15-1 Tsunami KY 40. Tejas 15 Black Mauro TX *** 41. WPVC 15 Armour Black FL 42. KC Power 15-1 Black KS 43. Miami Hype 15 Nekane FL 44. AVC Cle 15 Red OH 45. PVA 15 Elite KS 46. Rockwood Thunder 15 Elite MO 47. FC Elite 15 Navy WI 48. Aspire 15 Premier AZ 49. Iowa Rockets 15R IA 50. Kokoro Volleyball 15-1 MN *** ON THE CUSP

Though we are more than a month away from Triple Crown and still further away from the beginning of qualifying season, MLK weekend is typically the first time clubs will hit the road and travel to events out of their region. We wanted to get out in front and release our first Top 50 rankings of the new year. Upcoming events like the Tour of Texas, the MLK tournaments and Central Zone will help shape the updated rankings ahead of Triple Crown. Our initial rankings were put together as preseason rankings and didn’t account for any results to date, which will change with our next update. For now, you can view our first Top 50 of the season below. vballrecruiter.com’S TOP 50 NATIONAL RANKINGS 1. Skyline 16 Royal TX 2. Hou Skyline 16 Royal TX 3. Austin Skyline 16 Royal TX 4. Mintontte Sports m.61 OH 5. Legacy 16-1 Adidas MI 6. TAV 16 Black TX 7. SCVC 16 Roxy CA 8. Boiler Jrs 16 Gold IN 9. Pohaku 16-1 KS 10. Madfrog 16 Green TX *** 11. Tribe 16 Elite Cardinal FL 12. Elevation 16 Goller OH 13. Wave 16 Scott CA 14. A5 16 Gabe GA 15. Academy 16 Diamond NC 16. NKYVC 16-1 Tsunami KY 17. Forza1 North 16 One CA 18. Tri-State Elite 16 Blue OH 19. AVC Cle 16 Red OH 20. GP 16 Rox FL *** 21. Team Pineapple 16 Black IN 22. Alamo 16 Premier TX 23. Vision 16 Gold CA 24. Arizona Storm 16 Thunder AZ 25. WPVC 16 Armour Black FL 26. Mizuno Long Beach 16 Rockstar CA 27. AZ Sky 16G AZ 28. Metro 16 Travel DC 29. Drive Nation 16 Red TX 30. MKE Sting 16 Gold WI *** 31. Club V 16 Ren Matt UT 32. Premier Nebraska 16 Gold NE 33. 1st Alliance 16 Gold IL 34. Triangle 16 Black NC 35. Far Out 16 Black MI 36. OT 16 T JP FL 37. Dynasty 16 Black KS 38. Actyve 16 Black CA 39. Top Select 16 Elite FL 40. Rev 16-1 Fury IN *** 41. KiVA 16 Red KY 42. Tstreet 16 Katie CA 43. SPVB 16 Elite IL 44. Northern Lights 16-1 MN 45. TAV Houston 16 Adidas TX 46. MN Select 16-1 MN 47. AP 16 Adidas TX 48. Vegas Aces 16 UA NV 49. SG Elite 16 Rosh CA 50. Circle City 16 Purple IN *** ON THE CUSP

We present our first 17s Club Top 50 National Rankings of the season! It’s going to take a bit of time for the results to begin to pile up, especially considering qualifying doesn’t begin to ramp up until March with the exception of the Northern Lights event at the end of January. Still, there is the Tour of Texas, the MLK tournaments, the Nike Classic and Central Zone all coming in the next 30 days. All of those events will help shape the next 17s updated Top 50 as we head into Triple Crown and beyond. Our initial rankings were put together as preseason rankings and didn’t account for any results to date, which will change with our next update. For now, you can view our first Top 50 of the season below. vballrecruiter.com’S 17s TOP 50 NATIONAL RANKINGS 1. Tribe 17 Elite Cardinal FL 2. AZ Storm 17 Thunder AZ 3. 1st Alliance 17 Gold IL 4. Hou Skyline 17 Royal TX 5. TAV 17 Black Jonny TX 6. MKE Sting 17 Gold WI 7. Mich Elite 17 Mizuno MI 8. Surfside 17 Legends Loriann CA 9. Nebraska One 17 Synergy NE 10. Austin Skyline 17 Royal TX *** 11. AVC Cle 17 Red OH 12. ID Crush 17 Bower ID 13. OT 17 T Aaron FL 14. HJV 17 Elite TX 15. KiVA 17 Red KY 16. Skyline 17 Royal TX 17. Dynasty 17 Black KS 18. Circle City 17 Purple IN 19. Northern Lights 17-1 MN 20. Alamo 17 Premier TX *** 21. A5 17 Calvin MN 22. MAVS KC 17-1 KS 23. GP 17 Rox FL 24. Legacy 17-1 Adidas MI 25. Coast 17 Rodrigo CA 26. Madfrog 17 Green TX 27. Triangle 17 Black NC 28. Wave 17 Juliana CA 29. Drive Nation 17 Red TX 30. Mizuno Long Beach 17 Rockstar CA *** 31. OT 17 O Felix FL 32. Metro 17 Travel DC 33. NorCal 17-1 Black CA 34. Co Jrs 17 Kevin CO 35. Vision 17 Gold CA 36. Austin Jrs 17 Adidas TX 37. VCNebraska 17 Elite NE 38. Excel 17 National Red TX 39. No Name 17 FL 40. NKYVC 17-1 Tsunami KY *** 41. Premier Nebraska 17 Gold NE 42. HPSTL 17 Royal MO 43. KC Power 17 Black KS 44. Forza1 North 17 One CA 45. Tri-State 17 Elite Blue OH 46. Mintonette Sports m.71 OH 47. TAV 17 Black Haroun TX 48. Rockwood Thunder 17 Elite MO 49. Absolute 17 Black CA 50. AVA TX 17 Adidas TX *** ON THE CUSP

We are entering our ninth season since USAV split up the Girls Junior National Championships and made the 18s a separate event. The first 18s-only championship was contested in Milwaukee in 2016 and the gold medal was brought home by MN Select. Since then, no club has repeated as national champion, keeping in mind the tournament wasn’t played in 2020. Could this be the season the streak ends? We say that because TAV 18 Black captured the gold medal in 2019, when the three-day tourney was played in Dallas. This year’s national championship is set for Baltimore, April 26-28, and it’s a likely possibility that TAV will show up as the team to beat. The North Texas Region club starts the season ranked No. 1 in vballrecruiter.com’s 18s Club Top 50 National Rankings. TAV is one of three Texas clubs starting off in the Top 10, joined by Hou Skyline 18 Royal and Madfrog 18 Green. Qualifying begins next weekend, with both the Windy City 18s National Qualifier and the Asics Kansas City MLK Tournament taking place. TAV is not scheduled to play in either. In fact, only one Texas club is set to play during the opening qualifying weekend. That is TIV 18 Black in Kansas City. The field there features nine teams from the Top 50 below. As for Chicago, that field is highlighted by No. 2 1st Alliance 18 Gold and features a total of 10 clubs from the Top 50. With three more qualifiers slated for this month, it won’t take very long for the rankings to start to shake up before they begin to shape up. Our initial rankings were put together as preseason rankings and didn’t account for any results to date, which will change with our next update. You can view the full Top 50 below. vballrecruiter.com’S 18s TOP 50 NATIONAL RANKINGS 1. TAV 18 Black TX 2. 1st Alliance 18 Gold IL 3. NKYVC 18 Tsunami KY 4. Hou Skyline 18 Royal TX 5. Triangle 18 Black NC 6. Munciana 18 Samurai IN 7. SCVC 18 Roxy CA 8. Madfrog 18 Green TX 9. Mizuno Long Beach 18 Rockstar CA 10. KC Power 18 Black KS *** 11. Coast 18 Ozhan CA 12. Rockwood Thunder 18 Elite MO 13. Momentous 18 Dan CA 14. Pohaku 18-1 KS 15. Wave 18 Brennan CA 16. Premier Nebraska 18 Gold NE 17. Vision 18 Gold CA 18. SG Elite 18 Rosh CA 19. A5 18 Marc GA 20. AVC Cle 18 Red OH *** 21. HJV 18 Elite TX 22. Tri-State Elite 18 Blue OH 23. AJV 18 Adidas TX 24. Academy 18 Elite Rage IN 25. Skyline 18 Royal TX 26. OT 18 O Roberto FL 27. Club V 18 Reed UT 28. Miami Hype 18 Emilio FL 29. KiVA 18 Red KY 30. City 18 Gold CA *** 31. OT 18 T Caleb FL 32. Metro 18 Travel DC 33. Far Out 18 Black MI 34. Circle City 18 Purple IN 35. MKE Sting 18 Gold WI 36. Northern Lights 18-1 MN 37. FC Elite 18 Elite WI 38. Actyve 18 Black CA 39. Tribe 18 Elite Cardinal FL 40. Legacy 18-1 Adidas MI *** 41. AZ Storm 18 Thunder AZ 42. VCNebraska 18 Elite NE 43. Elevation 18 Toth OH 44. Drive Nation 18 Red TX 45. Boiler Jrs 18 Gold IN 46. AZ Rev 18 Premier AZ 47. Co Jrs 18 Sherri CO 48. MAVS KC 18-1 KS 49. Top Select 18 Elite FL 50. HPSTL 18 Royal MO ON THE CUSP

The final 14s Club National Rankings had quite the anomaly that we may never see again as long as we do our lists. With the top teams clearly establishing themselves in 14 Open at the USAV Girls Junior National Championships in Chicago, there was no movement with the top six teams. TAV 14 Black brought home the gold medal and ends the season where it started – at No. 1. Arizona Storm 14 Thunder captured the silver medal after falling to TAV in the championship match and ends at No. 2 – the same spot Storm entered at. The same goes for Nos. 3-6 as well. Tstreet 14 Carson was knocked out of contention with its quarterfinal loss to Storm and stayed put at No. 3. Mizuno Long Beach 14 Rockstar lost to TAV in the quarterfinals and remained at No. 4. With Madfrog 14 Green and Skyline 14 Royal also tying for fifth, niether moved and end at No. 5 and 6 respectively. There was no change until No. 7, as Drive Nation 14 Red made a modest climb up three spots from No. 10. Club V 14 Ren Silver was among the biggest movers. With Club V making the Top 8, the Utah club rose up from No. 29 to No. 8. You can view the full rankings below. There are lots of factors to take into consideration when formulating a list like this. It leaves plenty of room for debate as these rankings are ultimately subjective. There are power league results, qualifier results, national tournaments like Triple Crown and of course the USAV Girls Junior Nationals and AAU national championships. All these come into play. We put more weight on what happened at Junior Nationals than a qualifier because the whole season is built toward peaking at JN’s. We also had one steadfast rule we didn’t break no matter the circumstances. That rule was if Team A defeated Team B in a gold challenge match or gold bracket match at JN’s, Team A is always going to be ranked ahead of Team B. That’s because everyone comes to JN’s to win a gold medal and if Team A eliminates Team B from contention, it won at the absolute right time. It can make for some skewed overall rankings as a team might be too high or low overall but what’s the point if the biggest head-to-head matches of the season aren’t the most important ones? vballrecruiter.com FINAL TOP 50 NATIONAL RANKINGS 1. TAV 14 Black (TX) (1 – previous ranking) 2. Arizona Storm 14 Thunder (AZ) (2) 3. Tstreet 14 Carson (CA) (3) 4. Mizuno Long Beach 14 Rockstar (CA) (4) 5. Madfrog 14 Green (TX) (5) 6. Skyline 14 Royal (TX) (6) 7. Drive Nation 14 Red (TX) (10) 8. Club V 14 Ren Silver (UT) (29) 9. Forza1 North 14 One (CA) (7) 10. AP 14 Adidas (TX) (17) *** 11. OT 14 Laura (FL) (8) 12. Absolute 14 Black (CA) (21) 13. Legacy 14-1 Adidas (MI) (27) 14. AZ Sky 14G (AZ) (18) 15. A5 14 Helen (GA) (13) 16. Forza1 14 One (CA) (24) 17. Top Select 14 Elite (FL) (34) 18. Adidas KiVA 14 Red (KY) (11) 19. Munciana 14 Chipmunks (IN) (16) 20. HPSTL 14 Royal (MO) (15) *** 21. Lions 14-1 (IL) (35) 22. Tribe 14 Elite Cardinal (FL) (23) 23. MAVS KC 14-1 (KS) (9) 24. Rage 14 Garren (CA) (40) 25. Elevation 14 Molly (OH) (12) 26. GP 14 Rox (FL) (30) 27. Wave 14 Tammy (CA) (25) 28. Hou Skyline 14 Royal (TX) (14) 29. Excel 14 National Red (TX) (26) 30. Tejas 14 Black Mauro (TX) (n/r) *** 31. PVA 14 Elite (KS) (22) 32. SA Junior 14 Adidas (TX) (n/r) 33. Academy 14 Diamond (NC) (43) 34. Vision 14 Gold (CA) (20) 35. Mintonette Sports m.41 (OH) (37) 36. NKYVC 14-1 Tsunami (KY) (36) 37. Premier Nebraska 14 Gold (NE) (39) 38. KC Power 14 Black (KS) (45) 39. Northern Lights 14-1 (MN) (42) 40. Kairos 14 Alpha (SD) (50) *** 41. Mauloa 14 Green (HI) (32) 42. Tri-State Elite 14 Blue (OH) (33) 43. Miami Hype 14 Nekane (FL) (n/r) 44. WPVC 14 Armour Black (FL) (44) 45. Far Out 14 Black (MI) (41) 46. AZ Rev 14 Premier (AZ) (18) 47. Rockwood Thunder 14 Elite (MO) (47) 48. Kokoro 14-1 (MN) (n/r) 49. AVC Cle 14 Red (OH) (n/r) 50. FC Elite 14 Navy (WI) n/r) *** ON THE CUSPSASVBC 14-1 (HI)Austin Skyline (TX)United 14s Evren (CA)HJV 14 Elite (TX)Aspire 14 Premier (AZ)Iowa Rockets 14R (IA)ID Crush 14 Bower (ID)Paramount 14 VBC (VA)Lions 14 Red (IL)Coast 14-1 (CA)HPSTL 14 Royal (MO)1United 14 Bill (TX)Adversity 14 Adidas (IL)Drive Nation 14 Black (TX)WF Waves 14 King (FL)Alliance 14 Ren (TN)Arete 14 Navy Telos (TX)Vaqueras 14-1 (PR)Lex United 14 Adidas (KY)

There was no doubt which teams separated themselves from the rest this year when it came to the 15s division. The 15 Open championship matches at both AAUs and USAV featured the same two sides squaring off for gold. It was a split decision, with Mintonette Sports m.51 grabbing first in Orlando and Skyline 15 Royal earning gold in Chicago. It left a tiny amount of room for debate as to which deserved to be the top team in our final national rankings, but not very much. There’s no denying that Chicago featured a much deeper field than Orlando, and with Skyline winning out there it was an easy decision to keep Skyline at No. 1. The North Texas Region club has occupied that spot since winning Triple Crown back in February, when it replaced Mintonette. Since then, the two have remained at Nos. 1 and 2 respectively and now end the season there too. There was some significant movement inside the Top 10 behind them, as five teams climbed inside the Top 10 in the final update. Arizona Storm 15 Thunder jumped from No. 12 to No. 5. Pohaku 15-1, by virtue of its upset of SCVC 15 Roxy in the challenge round, shot up from No. 18 to No. 6. SCVC is right behind at No. 7, moving up from No. 14. Wave 15 Brennan, after upsetting TAV 15 Black in challenge play as well, went from No. 15 to No. 8. Lastly, Forza1 North 15 One moved a few spots from No. 13 to No. 10. None of those clubs made a leap like AVC Cle 15 Red though. AVC was at No. 31 but finishes at No. 13 after ending tied for fifth in Chicago. You can check out the full rankings below. There are lots of factors to take into consideration when formulating a list like this. It leaves plenty of room for debate as these rankings are ultimately subjective. There are power league results, qualifier results, national tournaments like Triple Crown and of course the USAV Girls Junior Nationals and AAU national championships. All these come into play. We put more weight on what happened at Junior Nationals than a qualifier because the whole season is built toward peaking at JN’s. We also had one steadfast rule we didn’t break no matter the circumstances. That rule was if Team A defeated Team B in a gold challenge match or gold bracket match at JN’s, Team A is always going to be ranked ahead of Team B. That’s because everyone comes to JN’s to win a gold medal and if Team A eliminates Team B from contention, it won at the absolute right time. It can make for some skewed overall rankings as a team might be too high or low overall but what’s the point if the biggest head-to-head matches of the season aren’t the most important ones? vballrecruiter.com’S TOP 50 NATIONAL RANKINGS 1. Skyline 15 Royal (TX) (1 – previous ranking) 2. Mintonette Sports m.51 (OH) (2) 3. Hou Skyline 15 Royal (TX) (4) 4. Legacy 15-1 Adidas (MI) (8) 5. Arizona Storm 15 Thunder (AZ) (12) 6. Pohaku 15-1 (KS) (18) 7. SCVC 15 Roxy (CA) (14) 8. Wave 15 Brennan (CA) (15) 9. TAV 15 Black (TX) (7) 10. Forza1 North 15 One (CA) (13) *** 11. AZ Sky 15G (AZ) (5) 12. Madfrog 15 Green (TX) (6) 13. AVC Cle 15 Red (OH) (31) 14. Boiler Jrs 15 Gold (IN) (3) 15. Austin Skyline 15 Royal (TX) (9) 16. Aspire 15 Premier (AZ) 22) 17. NKYVC 15-1 Tsunami (KY) (10) 18. Elevation 15 Tony (OH) (16) 19. Alamo 15 Premier (TX) (17) 20. Tribe 15 Elite Cardinal (FL) (19) *** 21. Far Out 15 Black (MI) (26) 22. WPVC 15 Armour Black (FL) (28) 23. GP 15 Rox (FL) (21) 24. Team Pineapple 15 Black (IN) (29) 25. Tri-State Elite 15 Blue (OH) (25) 26. Academy 15 Diamond (NC) (34) 27. Club V 15 Ren Reed (UT) (27) 28. Top Select 15 Elite (FL) (33) 29. AP 15 Adidas (TX) (11) 30. Metro 15 Travel (DC) (n/r) *** 31. Dynasty 15 Black (KS) (20) 32. Premier Nebraska 15 Gold (NE) (43) 33. SG Elite 15 Rosh (CA) (38) 34. Michio 15 National (IL) (24) 35. Academy HP 15 Danielle (CA) (47) 36. Triangle 15 Black (NC) (32) 37. MKE Sting 15 Gold (WI) (39) 38. 1st Alliance 15 Gold (IL) (44) 39. Mauloa 15 Green (HI) (n/r) 40. TVC 15 Black (OH) (40) *** 41. Mizuno Long Beach 15 Rockstar (CA) (n/r) 42. Vision 15 Gold (CA) (37) 43. Tstreet 15 Curtis (CA) (45) 44. TAV Houston 15 Adidas (TX) (48) 45. HJV 15 Elite (TX) (23) 46. Drive Nation 15 Red (TX) (35) 47. Arete 15 Navy Telos (TX) (n/r) 48. A5 15 Bob (GA) (36) 49. Jupiter Elite 15E (FL) (30) 50. Circle City 15 Purple (IN) (n/r) *** ON THE CUSP High Tide 15 Elite (FL)Northern Lights 15-1 (MN)MN Select 15-1 (MN)1st Alliance 15 Silver (IL)Iowa Select 15 Mizuno (IA)Rockwood Thunder 15 Elite (MO)HPSTL 15 Royal (MO)AZ Rev 15 Premier (AZ)MJVA 15 Elite (TN)Sunshine 15 Westside (CA)JJVA 15 Teal (FL)Co Jrs 15 Sherri (CO)OJVA 15-1 Gold (OR)MAVS 816 15-1 (KS)A5 15-1 Victor (GA)Actyve 15 Black (CA)STVA 15 Mizuno (TX)Circle City 15 Black (IN)305 15 (FL)KC Power 15 Black (KS)LAV 15 National Black (AL)OP2 15-1 (OK)Coast 15-1 (CA)

There’s little doubt the powerhouses came to play during the 16 Open division at the USVA Girls Junior National Championships earlier this month in Chicago. Five of the Top 10 teams from our prior rankings reached the final eight, including the then-No. 1 team in the nation in 1st Alliance 16 Gold and then-No. 2 Drive Nation 16 Red in the mix. Also in contention was eventual gold-medalist Arizona Storm 16 Thunder, which took home the gold medal after downing 1st Alliance in the championship match. A year ago, Storm was a heavy favorite and top seed in 15 Open but was ultimately upset in the final by at-large recipient Alamo 15 Premier and left Indianapolis with a silver medal. While Storm put together a regular season most any other club would dream of, it did not enter this year’s national championship as the same favorite as a season ago. Storm showed more vulnerability during the spring campaign this go around but when it came down to it there was no opponent getting in the way of finishing on top, which Storm did with a perfect 11-0 record. It made Storm, which was No. 6 in our previous release, the clear-cut pick to finish the season as the No. 1 ranked team in our final Top 50 National Rankings. The other four teams also residing in the previous Top 10 remained there in 1st Alliance, Drive Nation, Hou Skyline 16 Royal and Nebraska One 16 Synergy. One of the big movers was Tribe 16 Elite Cardinal, which climbed from No. 16 to No. 5 in our final rankings. Also cracking the Top 10 was Mich Elite 16 Mizuno. The club received one of the two at-large bid and made great use of it, finishing tied for ninth and landing at No. 10 in our last update. There are lots of factors to take into consideration when formulating a list like this. It leaves plenty of room for debate as these rankings are ultimately subjective. There are power league results, qualifier results, national tournaments like Triple Crown and of course the USAV Girls Junior Nationals and AAU national championships. All these come into play. We put more weight on what happened at Junior Nationals than a qualifier because the whole season is built toward peaking at JN’s. We also had one steadfast rule we didn’t break no matter the circumstances. That rule was if Team A defeated Team B in a gold challenge match or gold bracket match at JN’s, Team A is always going to be ranked ahead of Team B. That’s because everyone comes to JN’s to win a gold medal and if Team A eliminates Team B from contention, it won at the absolute right time. It can make for some skewed overall rankings as a team might be too high or low overall but what’s the point if the biggest head-to-head matches of the season aren’t the most important ones? vballrecruiter.com’S FINAL TOP 50 NATIONAL RANKINGS 1. Arizona Storm 16 Thunder (AZ) (6 – previous ranking) 2. 1st Alliance 16 Gold (IL) (1) 3. Drive Nation 16 Red (TX) (2) 4. Nebraska One 16 Synergy (NE) (7) 5. Tribe 16 Elite Cardinal (FL) (16) 6. Hou Skyline 16 Royal (TX) (4) 7. OT 16 JP (FL) (10) 8. HJV 16 Elite (TX) (5) 9. Adidas KiVA 16 Red (KY) (14) 10. Mich Elite 16 Mizuno (MI) (19) *** 11. Circle City 16 Purple (IN) (9) 12. Northern Lights 16-1 (MN) (22) 13. SPVB 16 Elite (IL) (13) 14. A5 16 Gabe (GA) (8) 15. MKE Sting 16 Gold (WI) (12) 16. AVC Cle 16 Red (OH) (28) 17. TAV 16 Black (TX) (11) 18. Surfside 16 PV Legends (CA) (3) 19. GP 16 Rox (FL) (25) 20. Austin Skyline 16 Royal (TX) (17) *** 21. Madfrog 16 Green (TX) (27) 22. ID Crush 16 Bower (ID) (23) 23. Legacy 16-1 Adidas (MI) (18) 24. NorCal 16-1 Black (CA) (31) 25. MAVS KC 16-1 (KS) (26) 26. Coast 16-1 (CA) (20) 27. OT 16 Roberto (FL) (39) 28. HPSTL 16 Royal (MO) (15) 29. Wave 16 Kevin (CA) (21) 30. Alamo 16 Premier (TX) (33) *** 31. Co Jrs 16 Shannon (CO) (41) 32. AJV 16 Adidas (TX) (36) 33. Excel 16 National Red (TX) (n/r) 34. Skyline 16 Royal (TX) (32) 35. KC Power 16 Black (KS) (n/r) 36. No Name 16 Sarah (FL) (34) 37. Dynasty 16 Black (KS) (29) 38. Tri-State Elite 16 Blue (OH) (24) 39. Munciana 16 Blaze (IN) (30) 40. Vegas Aces 16 UA (NV) (n/r) *** 41. Triangle 16 Black (NC) (45) 42. Premier Nebraska 16 Gold (NE) (37) 43. Oaks 16 Gold (CA) (n/r) 44. Vision 16 Gold (CA) (44) 45. Mizuno Long Beach 16 Rockstar (CA) (38) 46. Absolute 16 Black (CA) (n/r) 47. Metro 16 Travel (DC) (n/r) 48. Team Pineapple 16 Black (IN) (40) 49. Vaqueras 16-1 (PR) (n/r) 50. Kairos 16 Alpha (SD) (47) *** ON THE CUSP AVA TX 16 Adidas (TX)USA South 16 Premier Purple (FL)Boiler Jrs 16 Gold (IN)EliteVBTC 16 Black (OH)CUVC 16 Beast (NC)1st Alliance 16 Silver (IL)A4 Volley 16 Cassie (CA)NKYVC 16-1 Tsunami (KY)MN Select 16-1 (MN)Rockwood Thunder 16 Elite (MO)Mintonette Sports m.61 (OH)Rancho Valley 16 Premier (CA)AZ Rev 16 Premier (AZ)FC Elite 16 Navy (WI)Adrenaline 16 Doug (IA)ARVC 16 Adidas (NM)SASVBC 16-1 (HI)