Club National Rankings

Welcome to the (almost) final national rankings! We can’t quite call this the last version of the 18s Top 50, not with the AAU National Championships still ahead in June. While there isn’t a scenario that will change the top spot in the rankings – occupied by USAV National Champion Wave 18 Juliana – we won’t put the final stamp on it yet. There’s a slight chance of some movement elsewhere, but without doubt Wave earned the No. 1 ranking. Drive Nation 18 Red was the undisputed top team throughout qualifying season. An early loss to AJV 18 Adidas was the lone blemish for Drive Nation entering JN’s in Columbus. However, Drive Nation’s hopes of finishing off a dream season was interrupted when it ran into Wave in the semifinals and lost in a tight sweep. That brings us to the one hard-fast rule when it comes to national championships and vballrecruiter.com’s national rankings. While rankings are subjective, one thing that is not is the way we rank teams when it comes to winning/losing in an elimination match with a gold medal on the line. Teams build their seasons toward that moment and if Team A eliminates Team B in a challenge match or gold-bracket match, Team A is always going to be ranked higher than Team B no mater what. Period. There’s a compelling argument with all results being equal that would lead to a team like Coast 18-1 being ranked ahead of Premier Nebraska 18 Gold. Yet, it was Premier Nebraska which kept Coast from advancing in the gold bracket and thus Premier Nebraska is ranked ahead of Coast. You’ll find the consistency of that applied throughout the latest set of rankings and as a result there was big movement from a handful of teams. vballrecruiter.com TOP 50 NATIONAL RANKINGS 1. Wave 18 Juliana (CA) (10 – previous ranking) 2. Drive Nation 18 Red (TX) (1) 3. Premier Nebraska 18 Gold (NE) (6) 4. Coast 18-1 (CA) (2) 5. Munciana 18 Samurai (IN) (3) 6. 1st Alliance 18 Gold (IL) (5) 7. Sunshine 18 LA (CA) (7) 8. AZ Rev 18 Premier (AZ) (15) 9. Circle City 18 Purple (IN) (13) 10. NPJ 18 Forefront (OR) (20) *** 11. Elevation 18 Spinney (OH) (12) 12. Paramount VBC 18s (VA) (31) 13. Club V 18 Ren Reed (UT) (11) 14. OT 18 John (FL) (19) 15. Skyline 18 Royal (TX) (14) 16. HJV 18 Elite (TX) (23) 17. Mizuno Long Beach 18 Rockstar (CA) (39) 18. Metro 18 Travel (DC) (16) 19. Legacy 18-1 Adidas (MI) (22) 20. Triangle 18 Black (NC) (32) *** 21. MAVS KC 18-1 (KS) (4) 22. A5 18 Marc (GA) (8) 23. SPVB 18 Elite (IL) (n/r) 24. Adidas KiVA 18 Red (KY) (17) 25. Tri-State Elite 18 Blue (OH) (27) 26. MKE Sting 18 Gold (WI) (26) 27. Arizona Storm 18 Thunder (AZ) (21) 28. Mintonette Sports m.81 (OH) (9) 29. MN Select 18-1 (MN) (34) 30. Northern Lights 18-1 (MN) (42) *** 31. FC Elite 18 Elite (WI) (29) 32. Gainesville Jrs 18/17 (FL) (25) 33. Absolute 18 Black (CA) (n/r) 34. Ocala Power 17/18 (FL) (n/r) 35. Excel 18 National Red (TX) (45) 36. Rage Westside 18 Michelle (CA) (n/r) 37. Hou Skyline 18 Royal (TX) (24) 38. Far Out 18 Black (MI) (28) 39. Ku’Ikahi 18 Wahine RSB (HI) (30) 40. CUVC 18 Titan (NC) (37) *** 41. AVC Cle 18 Red (OH) (18) 42. OJVA 18-1 Gold (OR) (50) 43. TAV 18 Black (TX) (35) 44. AJV 18 Adidas (TX) (43) 45. Madfrog 18 Green (TX) (33) 46. VC United 18 Elite (IL) (41) 47. KC Power 18 Black (KS) (44) 48. Kairos 18 Alpha (SD) (n/r) 49. Tstreet 18 Chandler (CA) (48) 50. Topeka Impact 18-1 (KS) (46) ON THE CUSP AZ EVJ 18 Elite (AZ) (49) Adversity 18 Adidas (IL) EC Power 18 Royal (PA) Tribe 18 Elite Cardinal (FL) A4 Volley 18 Joaco (CA) (38) SynergyForce 18 Shasta (CA) Alamo 18 Premier (TX) VCNebraska 18 Elite (NE) (36) NOVA Juniors 18 Navy (OH) NKYVC 18-1 Tsunami (KY) (40) 608 Jrs 18s (WI) OP2 18-1 (OK) GP 18 Rox (FL) PVA 18 Elite (KS) Co Jrs 18 Doug (CO) ID Crush 18 Bower (ID) Rev 18-1 Avengers (IN) Vegas Aces 18 UA (NV) Actyve 18 Black (CA)

The last of the latest round of National Rankings updates belongs to the 14s. In checking and sorting through the latest results, in many ways we ended up back where we started. In fact, there was no movement among the top seven teams! Perhaps there should’ve been, but from this perspective there wasn’t enough change and there wasn’t reason to create change just for change itself. So, TAV 14 Black remains No. 1. That’s an easy pick, as TAV captured Triple Crown and then went on to win Northern Lights. Arizona Storm 14 Thunder follows at No. 2. Storm beat No. 3 Tstreet 14 Carson in the Red Rock Rave 14 Open final. We don’t see any movement until No. 8, where Mizuno Long Beach 14 Rockstar moved up from No. 11 after qualifying at Red Rock. One of the biggest movers was Hou Skyline 14 Royal, which jumped from No. 31 to No. 13. (18s Top 50 March 27) (17s Top 50 March 28) (16s Top 50 March 29) (15s Top 50 March 30) vballrecruiter.com’S 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. Madfrog 14 Green (TX) (4) 5. Skyline 14 Royal (TX) (5) 6. AP 14 Adidas (TX) (6) 7. OT 14 Laura (FL) (7) 8. Mizuno Long Beach 14 Rockstar (CA) (11) 9. Drive Nation 14 Red (TX) (8) 10. Adidas KiVA 14 Red (KY) (13) *** 11. Elevation 14 Molly (OH) (12) 12. MAVS KC 14-1 (KS) (10) 13. Hou Skyline 14 Royal (TX) (31) 14. Forza1 14 One (CA) (14) 15. A5 14 Helen (GA) (9) 16. AZ Rev 14 Premier (AZ) (16) 17. Forza1 North 14 One (CA) (19) 18. Wave 14 Tammy (CA) (15) 19. HPSTL 14 Royal (MO) (21) 20. Legacy 14-1 Adidas (MI) (17) *** 21. Munciana 14 Chipmunks (IN) (18) 22. SASVBC 14-1 (HI) (32) 23. Excel 14 National Red (TX) (20) 24. VCNebraska 14 Elite (NE) (n/r) 25. Far Out 14 Black (MI) (28) 26. WPVC 14 Armour Black (FL) (23) 27. GP 14 Rox (FL) (24) 28. Mauloa 14-1 (HI) (n/r) 29. AZ Sky 14G (AZ) (22) 30. Club V 14 Ren Silver (UT) (25) *** 31. Tri-State Elite 14 Blue (IN) (26) 32. Tribe 14 Elite Cardinal (FL) (27) 33. Premier Nebraska 14 Gold (NE) (39) 34. Top Select 14 Elite (FL) (29) 35. Austin Skyline 14 Royal (TX) (30) 36. Northern Lights 14-1 (MN) (34) 37. HJV 14 Elite (TX) (33) 38. KC Power 14-1 (KS) (45) 39. Mintonette Sports m.41 (OH) (35) 40. City 14 Gold (CA) (40) *** 41. NKYVC 14-1 Tsunami (KY) (36) 42. PVA 14 Elite (KS) (43) 43. Rockwood Thunder 14 Elite (MO) (37) 44. Kairos 14 Alpha (SD) (41) 45. Academy Diamond (NC) (46) 46. MKE Sting 14 Gold (WI) (42) 47. Metro 14 Travel (DC) (38) 48. ID Crush 14 Bower (ID) (44) 49. Triangle 14 Black (NC) (50) 50. Coast 14-1 (CA) (47) ON THE CUSP MAVS 816 14-1 (KS) Miami Hype 14 Nekane (FL) Surfside 14 Loriann (CA) Wildfire 14 Albert (FL) Lions 14-1 (IL) MN Select 14-1 (MN) Alliance 14 Ren (TN) NE Elite 14 Ohana (NE)

The question posed during the last 15s Top 50 National Rankings update is could Skyline 15 Royal hold onto the No. 1 spot? Skyline took over the top spot in our rankings after winning Triple Crown and hasn’t slowed down since, winning the Red Rock Rave national qualifier. It helped Skyline retain the No. 1 position in our newest Top 50. In fact, the Top 5 teams remained the same. It’s after that when the shuffling begins, starting with AZ Sky 15G climbing into the Top 10 for the first time this season. More ranking news from the state of Arizona includes Aspire 15 Premier climbing up as well, moving to No. 24 from No. 41. (18s Top 50 March 27) (17s Top 50 March 28) (16s Top 50 March 29) vballrecruiter.com’S TOP 50 NATIONAL RANKINGS 1. Skyline 15 Royal (TX) (1 – previous ranking) 2. Mintonette Sports m.51 (OH) (2) 3. Boiler Jrs 15 Gold (IN) (3) 4. Madfrog 15 Green (TX) (4) 5. TAV 15 Black (TX) (5) 6. AZ Sky 15G (AZ) (13) 7. Austin Skyline 15 Royal (TX) (6) 8. Legacy 15-1 Adidas (MI) (9) 9. SCVC 15 Roxy (CA) (10) 10. Alamo 15 Premier (TX) (12) *** 11. AP 15 Adidas (TX) (16) 12. NKYVC 15-1 Tsunami (KY) (8) 13. Hou Skyline 15 Royal (TX) (14) 14. Wave 15 Brennan (CA) (15) 15. Forza1 North 15 One (CA) (19) 16. Arizona Storm 15 Thunder (AZ) (7) 17. Far Out 15 Black (MI) (20) 18. Dynasty 15 Black (KS) (18) 19. HJV 15 Elite (TX) (21) 20. Pohaku 15-1 (KS) (11) *** 21. Elevation 15 Tony (OH) (17) 22. AVC Cle 15 Red (OH) (22) 23. Top Select 15 Elite (FL) (25) 24. Aspire 15 Premier (AZ) (41) 25. Drive Nation 15 Red (TX) (23) 26. Tribe 15 Elite (FL) (26) 27. Tri-State Elite 15 Blue (OH) (24) 28. TAV Houston 15 Adidas (TX) (27) 29. A5 Mizuno 15 Bob (GA) (28) 30. SG Elite 15 Rosh (CA) (29) *** 31. Academy 15 Diamond (NC) (30) 32. GP 15 Rox (FL) (33) 33. Triangle 15 Black (NC) (45) 34. Michio 15 National (IL) (44) 35. Tstreet 15 Curtis (CA) (34) 36. WPVC 15 Armour Black (FL) (31) 37. Team Pineapple 15 Black (IN) (35) 38. AZ Rev 15 Premier (AZ) (38) 39. Coast 15 Luis (CA) (39) 40. Club V 15 Ren Reed (UT) (42) *** 41. Actyve 15 Black (CA) (32) 42. Sunshine 15 Westside (CA) (36) 43. Jupiter Elite 15E (FL) (37) 44. MKE Sting 15 Gold (WI) 40) 45. High Tide 15 Elite (FL) (43) 46. MAVS 816 15-1 (KS) (46) 47. MN Select 15-1 (MN) (n/r) 48. TVC 15 Black (OH) (48) 49. Northern Lights 15-1 (MN) (50) 50. HPSTL 15 Royal (MO) (49) ON THE CUSP Excel 15 National Red (TX) Co Jrs 15 Sherri (CO) Iowa Rockets 15R (IO) Rev 15-1 Fuego (IN) Circle City 15 Purple (IN) Metro 15 Travel (DC) 1st Alliance 15 Gold (IL) Wildfire 15 Ore (FL) NorCal 15-1 Black (CA) Illini Elite 15 Cardinal (IL) NE Elite 15 Phoenix (NE) Kairos 15 Alpha (SD) SynergyForce 15 Lisa (CA) Club One AZ 15 Platinum (AZ)

We introduce the latest 16s vballrecruiter.com Top 50 National Rankings. You can catch up on the newest 18s and 17s Top 50s by clicking those links. Bluegrass, Red Rock, MEQ and PNQ were the biggest national tournaments to take place since we’ve last updated this age group. Since then, we have a new No. 1 team in the country. We started the year with Arizona Storm 16 Thunder at No. 1. Storm was replaced by Surfside 16 PV Legends, which in return is now being replaced by our new No. 1 – 1st Alliance 16 Gold. 1st Alliance moved up from No. 4, while Surfside slipped all the way down to No. 3. Much of the Top 10 remained the same team-wise, though there were shuffling of spots. Adidas KiVA 16 Red – after winning both Bluegrass and MEQ – climbed up from No. 23 to No. 13. The team making the biggest jump however was SPVB 16 Elite. SPVB, because it wasn’t playing as much, went unranked in our last update but makes an appearance this go around, checking in at No. 16. And lastly, Wave 16 Kevin is back in the Top 20 after winning at Red Rock. vballrecruiter.com’S TOP 50 NATIONAL RANKINGS 1. 1st Alliance 16 Gold (IL) (4 – previous ranking) 2. Drive Nation 16 Red (TX) (3) 3. Surfside 16 PV Legends (CA) (1) 4. Arizona Storm 16 Thunder (AZ) (7) 5. Hou Skyline 16 Royal (TX) (5) 6. Nebraska One 16 Synergy (NE) (2) 7. HJV 16 Elite (TX) (6) 8. OT 16 JP (FL) (9) 9. TAV 16 Black (TX) (10) 10. Circle City 16 Purple (IN) (11) *** 11. MKE Sting 16 Gold (WI) (14) 12. Mich Elite 16 Mizuno (MI) (12) 13. Adidas KiVA 16 Red (KY) (23) 14. A5 16 Gabe (GA) (8) 15. Tribe 16 Elite Cardinal (FL) (18) 16. SPVB 16 Elite (IL) (n/r) 17. Tri-State Elite 16 Blue (OH) (24) 18. Austin Skyline 16 Royal (TX) (17) 19. Legacy 16-1 Adidas (MI) (16) 20. Wave 16 Kevin (CA) (26) *** 21. Coast 16-1 (CA) (13) 22. AVC Cle 16 Red (OH) (19) 23. HPSTL 16 Royal (MO) (30) 24. GP 16 Rox (FL) (44) 25. Munciana 16 Blaze (IN) (25) 26. Northern Lights 16-1 (MN) (36) 27. Premier Nebraska 16 Gold (NE) (45) 28. OT 16 Roberto (FL) (22) 29. ID Crush 16 Bower (ID) (27) 30. Dynasty 16 Black (KS) (15) *** 31. Skyline 16 Royal (TX) (20) 32. AVA TX 16 Adidas (TX) (21) 33. Madfrog 16 Green (TX) (28) 34. Team Pineapple 16 Black (IN) (29) 35. AJV 16 Adidas (TX) (33) 36. NKYVC 16-1 Tsunami (KY) (40) 37. Excel 16 National 16 Red (TX) (34) 38. Rockwood Thunder 16 Elite (MO) (42) 39. Alamo 16 Premier (TX) (31) 40. NorCal 16 Black (CA) (37) *** 41. NE Elite 16 Maverick (NE) (n/r) 42. FC Elite 16 Navy (WI) (n/r) 43. Co Jrs 16 Shannon (CO) (38) 44. MAVS KC 16-1 (KS) (39) 45. No Name 16 Sarah (FL) (43) 46. Top Select 16 Elite (FL) (41) 47. AZ Rev 16 Premier (AZ) (n/r) 48. Elevation 16 Goller (OH) (n/r) 49. Oaks 16 Gold (CA) (n/r) 50. Illini Elite 16 Cardinal (IL) (46) ON THE CUSP KC Power 16 Black (KS) Absolute 16 Black (CA) Temecula Viper 16 Costa (CA) A4 Volley 16 Cassie (CA) Vision 16 Gold (CA) Forza1 North 16 One (CA) ARVC 16-1 Adidas (NM) Norco 16 Black (CO) AZ Sky 16G (AZ) Mizuno Long Beach 16 Rockstar (CA) OT 16 Will (FL) Boiler Jrs 16 Gold (IN) SASVBC 16-1 (HI) Club One 16 Platinum (AZ) MN Select 16-1 (MN) Kairos 16 Alpha (SD) Mintonette Sports m.61 (OH)

The latest national rankings release week moves on with the 17s. vballrecruiter.com started off the week with the 18s as we countdown to the 14s. Whereas the top five teams remained the same in the 18s update, the most recent 17s Top 50 featured plenty of shuffling. It led to a new No. 1 – Co Jrs 17 Kevin. The top teams have all shown the ability to beat each other, but after Co Jrs went 10-0 at MEQ it has the best ledger of results and takes over the top spot. Wave 17 Juliana is the newest member of the Top 10, while Pohaku 17-1 and SG Elite 17 Rosh both made big jumps into the Top 20. vballrecruiter.com’S TOP 50 NATIONAL RANKINGS 1. Co Jrs 17 Kevin (CO) (8 – previous ranking) 2. Dynasty 17 Black (KS) (2) 3. Drive Nation 17 Red (TX) (3) 4. TAV 17 Black (TX) (4) 5. A5 17 Jing (GA) (1) 6. OT 17 Aaron (FL) (10) 7. Triangle 17 Black (NC) (5) 8. 1st Alliance 17 Gold (IL) (7) 9. NKYVC 17-1 Tsunami (KY) (9) 10. Wave 17 Juliana (CA) (16) *** 11. Hou Skyline 17 Royal (TX) (13) 12. Rockwood Thunder 17 Elite (MO) (11) 13. Premier Nebraska 17 Gold (NE) (12) 14. SCVC 17 Roxy (CA) (22) 15. Coast 17-1 (CA) (20) 16. Pokahu 17-1 (KS) (48) 17. SG Elite 17 Rosh (CA) (35) 18. Momentous 17 Dan (CA) (15) 19. KC Power 17 Black (KS) (17) 20. OT 17 Felix (FL) (24) *** 21. Vision 17 Gold (CA) (18) 22. HJV 17 Elite (TX) (6) 23. Club V 17 Matthew (UT) (32) 24. Academy 17 Tsunami (IN) (21) 25. AZ Sky 17G (AZ) (14) 26. Tri-State Elite 17 Blue (OH) (23) 27. Madfrog 17 Green (TX) (29) 28. Metro 17 Travel (DC) (19) 29. 417 Jrs 17 Black (MO) (26) 30. Skyline 17 Royal (TX) (27) *** 31. VC Nebraska 17 Elite (NE) (28) 32. Ku’Ikahi 17 Wahine (HI) (39) 33. Adidas KiVA 17 Red (KY) (40) 34. MKE Sting 17 Gold (WI) (30) 35. Boiler Jrs 17 Gold (IN) (41) 36. Miami Hype 17 Emilio (FL) (25) 37. AJV 17 Adidas (TX) (34) 38. City 17 Gold (CA) (36) 39. AVC Cle 17 Red (OH) (31) 40. Elevation 17 Ulland (OH) (37) *** 41. Top Select 17 Elite (FL) (33) 42. Iowa Power Plex 17U (IO) (47) 43. Circle City 17 Purple (IN) (38) 44. Arizona Storm 17 Thunder (AZ) (48) 45. Mintonette Sports m.71 (OH) (n/r) 46. Mizuno Long Beach 17 Rockstar (CA) (42) 47. Rev 17 Raptors (IN) (n/r) 48. Shockwave 17 Black (KS) (43) 49. Northern Lights 17-1 (MN) (44) 50. Academy 17 Diamond (NC) (n/r) ON THE CUSP TAV Houston 17 Adidas (TX) Rock City 17-1 (OH) AZ Rev 17 Premier (AZ) Team Pineapple 17 Black (IN) Absolute 17 Black (CA) MAVS KC 17-1 (KS) Seal Beach 17 Black (CA) Norco 17 Black (CO) Alamo 17 Premier (TX) FC Elite 17 Navy (WI) CHAVC 17 Black (NC) NorCal 17 Black (CA) Legacy 17-1 Adidas (MI) A4 Volley 17 Tyler (CA) MN Select 17-1 (MN) CUVC 17 Arete (NC) SynergyForce 17 Patrick (CA) NorCal 17 Black (CA)

The previous 18s Top 50 National Rankings update took place shortly after Triple Crown. The oldest age group has been busy since then, with a handful of national qualifiers taking place around the country. Even then, the top spots held steady in our latest version of the Top 50. In fact, the top four teams in Drive Nation 18 Red, Coast 18-1, Munciana 18 Samurai and MAVS KC 18-1 held firm. There was lots of shifting and moving after that however. Elevation 18 Spinney was the biggest mover, climbing up to No. 12 from No. 30 after winning both Bluegrass and MEQ. vballrecruiter.com 18s TOP 50 NATIONAL RANKINGS 1. Drive Nation 18 Red (TX) (1 – previous ranking) 2. Coast 18 Ozhan (CA) (2) 3. Munciana 18 Samurai (IN) (3) 4. MAVS KC 18-1 (KS) (4) 5. 1st Alliance 18 Gold (IL) (9) 6. Premier Nebraska 18 Gold (NE) (7) 7. Sunshine 18 LA (CA) (5) 8. A5 18 Marc (GA) (14) 9. Mintonette Sports m.81 (OH) (10) 10. Wave 18 Juliana (CA) (11) *** 11. Club V 18 Ren Reed (UT (12) 12. Elevation 18 Spinney (OH) (30) 13. Circle City 18 Purple (IN) (15) 14. Skyline 18 Royal (TX) (13) 15. AZ Rev 18 Premier (AZ) (18) 16. Metro 18 Travel (DC) (16) 17. Adidas KiVA 18 Red (KY) (20) 18. AVC Cle 18 Red (OH) (8) 19. OT 18 John (FL) (22) 20. NPJ 18 Forefront (OR) (17) *** 21. Arizona Storm 18 Thunder (AZ) (27) 22. Legacy 18-1 Adidas (MI) (19) 23. HJV 18 Elite (TX) (6) 24. Hou Skyline 18 Royal (TX) (21) 25. Gainesville Jrs 18 Black (FL) (29) 26. MKE Sting 18 Gold (WI) (37) 27. Tri-State Elite 18 Blue (OH) (23) 28. Far Out 18 Black (WI) (41) 29. FC Elite 18 Elite (WI) (39) 30. Ku’Ikahi 18 Wahine (HI) (26) *** 31. Paramount VBC 18 (VA) (24) 32. Triangle 18 Black (NC) (40) 33. Madfrog 18 Green (TX) (32) 34. MN Select 18-1 (MN (31) 35. TAV 18 Black (TX) (n/r) 36. VCNebraska 18 Elite (NE) (25) 37. CUVC 18 Titan (NC) (n/r) 38. A4 Volley 18 Joaco (CA) (n/r) 39. Mizuno Long Beach 18 Rockstar (CA) (28) 40. NKYVC 18-1 Tsunami (OH) (33) *** 41. VC United 18 Elite (IL) (47) 42. Northern Lights 18-1 (MN) (34) 43. AJV 18 Adidas (TX) (42) 44. KC Power 18 Black (KS) (35) 45. Excel 18 National Red (TX) (43) 46. Topeka Impact 18-1 (KS) (36) 47. Rockwood Thunder 18 Elite (MO) (38) 48. Tstreet 18 Chandler (CA) (50) 49. AZ EVJ 18 Elite (AZ) (n/r) 50. OJVA 18 Gold (OR) (n/r) ON THE CUSP Adversity 18 Adidas (IL) Kairos 18 Alpha (SD) Union 18-1 UA (KY) Legacy Girls 18 Elite (CA) GP 18 Rox (FL) Top Select 18 Elite (FL) EC Power 18 Royal (PA) Absolute 18 Black (CA) SynergyForce 18 Shasta (CA) Iowa Rockets 18R (IO) Dynasty 18 Black (KS) Actyve 18 Black (CA) Rage Westside 18 Michelle (CA) Alamo 18 Premier (TX) PVA 18 Elite (KS) NorCal 18-1 Black (CA) Bama Elite 18 Renegades (AL) South County 18 Darice (ID) ID Crush 18 Bower (ID) Balboa Bay 18 Blue (CA) Vegas Aces 18 UA (NV) Mich Elite 18 Mizuno (MI) Rev 18-1 Avengers (IN) JJVA 18 Teal (FL) Michio 18 National (IL) SA Magic 18 Elite (TX) OP2 18 EP (OK)

The last of the rankings update goes to the 14s division. Even though we are into March, the 14s haven’t traveled much outside a few tournaments and of course Triple Crown. The next two months are going to be fun to follow and track as teams trek through qualifying season. For now, here are the 14s Top 50. vballrecruiter.com’S TOP 50 NATIONAL RANKINGS 1. TAV 14 Black (TX) 2. Arizona Storm 14 Thunder (AZ) 3. Tstreet 14 Carson (CA) 4. Madfrog 14 Green (TX) 5. Skyline 14 Royal (TX) 6. AP 14 Adidas (TX) 7. OT 14 Laura (FL) 8. Drive Nation 14 Red (TX) 9. A5 14 Helen (GA) 10. MAVS KC 14-1 (KS) *** 11. Mizuno Long Beach 14 Rockstar (CA) 12. Elevation 14 Molly (OH) 13. Adidas KiVA 14 Red (KY) 14. Forza1 14 One (CA) 15. Wave 14 Tammy (CA) 16. AZ Rev 14 Premier (AZ) 17. Legacy 14 Adidas (MI) 18. Munciana 14 Chipmunks (IN) 19. Forza1 North 14 One (CA) 20. Excel 14 National Red (TX) *** 21. HPSTL 14 Royal (MO) 22. AZ Sky 14G (AZ) 23. WPVC 14 Armour Black (FL) 24. GP 14 Rox (FL) 25. Club V 14 Ren Silver (UT) 26. Tri-State 14 Blue (OH) 27. Tribe 14 Elite Cardinal (FL) 28. Far Out 14 Black (MI) 29. Top Select 14 Elite (FL) 30. Austin Skyline 14 Royal (TX) *** 31. Hou Skyline 14 Royal (TX) 32. SAS 14-1 (HI) 33. HJV 14 Elite (TX) 34. Northern Lights 14-1 (MN) 35. Mintonette Sports m.41 (OH) 36. NKYVC 14-1 Tsunami (KY) 37. Rockwood Thunder 14 Elite (MO) 38. Metro 14 Travel (DC) 39. Premier Nebraska 14 Gold (NE) 40. City 14 Gold (CA) *** 41. Kairos 14 Alpha (SD) 42. MKE Sting 14 Gold (WI) 43. PVA 14 Elite (KS) 44. ID Crush 14 Bower (ID) 45. KC Power 14 Black (KS) 46. Academy 14 Diamond (NC) 47. Coast 14-1 (CA) 48. MAVS 816 14-1 (KS) 49. Miami Hype 14 Nekane (FL) 50. Triangle 14 Black (NC) ON THE CUSP Iowa Rockets 14R (IO) Surfside 14 Loriann (CA) Wildfire 14 Albert (FL) Topeka Saints 14-1 (KS) Lions 14-1 (IL) MN Select 14-1 (MN) VCNebraska 14 Elite (NE) Alliance 14 Ren (TN) Kokoro Volleyball 14-1 (MN) 1United 14 (TX)

We continue our week-long National Rankings release with the 15s division. While the 17s and 16s presented their own challenges in sorting through the muddy waters, the 15s was a bit easier to navigate. We all know these rankings are going to change as we enter qualifying season. For now, Skyline 15 Royal takes over the top spot in the rankings. It wasn’t just about winning Triple Crown, it was about Skyline’s overall results to date. Skyline, I feel, has the best argument to be No. 1 based on that. Skyline has just three losses – Madfrog 15 Green, Hou Skyline 15 Royal and Boiler Jrs 15 Gold. Skyline has defeated Madfrog twice and Hou Skyline, plus has beaten a really good Austin Skyline 15 Royal group three times and TAV twice. Skyline also has victories over Mintonette Sports m.51 and SCVC 15 Roxy. Mintonette finished 17th at Triple Crown but only dropped one spot to from being previously No. 1 to No. 2. Mintonette lost to Austin Skyline in Kansas City but avenged that loss in winning the Sunshine Classic this past weekend, where Mintonette went undefeated. That helped keep Mintonette near the top of the rankings for now. There were also a few big moves, as Arizona Storm 15 Thunder climbed way up into the Top 10, while AP 15 Adidas jumped from No. 37 to No. 16. vballrecruiter.com TOP 50 NATIONAL RANKINGS 1. Skyline 15 Royal (TX) (3) 2. Mintonette Sports m.51 (OH) (1) 3. Boiler Jrs 15 Gold (IN) (2) 4. Madfrog 15 Green (TX) (5) 5. TAV 15 Black (TX) (7) 6. Austin Skyline 15 Royal (TX) (13) 7. Arizona Storm 15 Thunder (AZ) (31) 8. NKYVC 15-1 Tsunami (KY) (6) 9. Legacy 15-1 Adidas (MI) (12) 10. SCVC 15 Roxy (CA) (16) *** 11. Pohaku 15-1 (KS) (20) 12. Alamo 15 Premier (TX) (11) 13. AZ Sky 15G (AZ) (17) 14. Hou Skyline 15 Royal (TX) (4) 15. Wave 15 Brennan (CA) (9) 16. AP 15 Adidas (TX) (37) 17. Elevation 15 Tony (OH) (8) 18. Dynasty 15 Black (KS) (27) 19. Forza1 North 15 One (CA) (14) 20. Far Out 15 Black (MI) (29) *** 21. HJV 15 Elite (TX) (25) 22. AVC Cle 15 Red (OH) (18) 23. Drive Nation 15 Red (TX) (38) 24. Tri-State Elite 15 Blue (IN) (22) 25. Top Select 15 Elite (FL) (47) 26. Tribe 15 Elite (FL) (50) 27. TAV Houston 15 Adidas (TX) (10) 28. A5 15 Bob (GA) (39) 29. SG Elite 15 Rosh (CA) (36) 30. Academy 15 Diamond (NC) (n/r) *** 31. WPVC 15 Armour Black (FL) (41) 32. Actyve 15 Black (CA) (30) 33. GP 15 Rox (FL) (19) 34. Tstreet 15 Curtis (CA) (21) 35. Team Pineapple 15 Black (IN) (32) 36. Sunshine 15 Westside (CA) (n/r) 37. Jupiter Elite (FL) (33) 38. AZ Rev 15 Premier (AZ) (23) 39. Coast 15-1 (CA) (n/r) 40. MKE Sting 15 Gold (WI (15) *** 41. Aspire 15 Premier (AZ) (n/r) 42. Club V 15 Ren Reed (UT) (n/r) 43. High Tide 15 Elite (FL) (35) 44. Michio 15 National (IL) (45) 45. Triangle 15 Black (NC) (44) 46. MAVS 816 15-1 (KS) (n/r) 47. Excel 15 National Red (TX) (n/r) 48. TVC 15 Black (OH) (40) 49. HPSTL 15 Royal (MO) (26) 50. Northern Lights 15-1 (MN) (28) ON THE CUSP Co Jrs 15 Sherri (CO) (42) Iowa Rockets 15R (IO) (43) Rev 15-1 Fuego (IN) (34) Circle City 15 Purple (IN) Metro 15 Travel (DC) (48) 1st Alliance 15 Gold (IL) (49) Wildfire 15 Ore (FL) NorCal 15-1 Black (CA) Illini Elite 15 Cardinal (IL)

One thing is for sure with the 16s division this season. While the rankings are all over the place after a recent wild Triple Crown weekend, this age group is much more competitive and deeper than it was a season ago. I felt we entered last summer in Indy with Arizona Storm and Hou Skyline as the teams to beat before Alamo surprised and won it all and Drive Nation upset Hou Skyline in the quarters. But after seeing what took place in Kansas City, this division is deeper and right now there is no real favorite. There are teams that have played more consistent than others and teams which have played more than others, but not the one or two teams that everyone else is coming for. After winning Triple Crown, Surfside ascends to the very top of the rankings. Looking at Surfside’s overall results, I felt Surfside deserves to be No. 1. We have qualifying season coming up and that will deliver a greater sample size as which to try and decipher from. Nebraska One hasn’t played many matches yet, but its only loss has come to Surfside. The next set of teams in Drive Nation, 1st Alliance, Hou Skyline, Arizona Storm, HJV and A5 have shown they are Top-10 teams – in some order. And I think the depth of the division starts to show when a team like TAV is bordering on the Top 10, as is Circle City, Mich Elite, Coast and MKE Sting. vballrecruiter.com’S TOP 50 NATIONAL RANKINGS 1. Surfside 16 PV Legends (CA) (11) 2. Nebraska One 16 Synergy (NE) (12) 3. Drive Nation 16 Red (TX) (4) 4. 1st Alliance 16 Gold (IL) (3) 5. Hou Skyline 16 Royal (TX) (5) 6. HJV 16 Elite (TX) (2) 7. Arizona Storm 16 Thunder (AZ) (1) 8. A5 16 Gabe (GA) (16) 9. OT 16 JP (FL) (17) 10. TAV 16 Black (TX) (6) *** 11. Circle City 16 Purple (IN) (7) 12. Mich Elite 16 Mizuno (MI) (8) 13. Coast 16-1 (CA) (32) 14. MKE Sting 16 Gold (WI) (9) 15. Dynasty 16 Black (KS) (20) 16. Legacy 16-1 Adidas (MI) (25) 17. Austin Skyline 16 Royal (TX) (10) 18. Tribe 16 Elite Cardinal (FL) (26) 19. AVC Cle 16 Red (OH) (28) 20. Skyline 16 Royal (TX) (27) *** 21. AVA TX 16 Adidas (TX) (n/r) 22. OT 16 Roberto (FL) (33) 23. Adidas KiVA 16 Red (KY) (24) 24. Tri-State Elite 16 Blue (IN) (14) 25. Munciana 16 Blaze (IN) (13) 26. Wave 16 Kevin (CA) (18) 27. ID Crush 16 Bower (ID) (30) 28. Madfrog 16 Green (TX) (21) 29. Team Pineapple 16 Black (IN) (15) 30. HPSTL 16 Royal (MO) (39) *** 31. Alamo 16 Premier (TX) (19) 32. KC Power 16 Black (KS) (n/r) 33. AJV 16 Adidas (TX) (34) 34. Excel 16 National Red (TX) (35) 35. Absolute 16 Black (CA) (22) 36. Northern Lights 16-1 (MN) (n/r) 37. NorCal 16-1 Black (CA) (31) 38. Co Jrs 16 Shannon (CO) (43) 39. MAVS KC 16-1 (KS) (23) 40. NKYVC 16-1 Tsunami (KY) (38) *** 41. Top Select 16 Elite (FL) (36) 42. Rockwood Thunder 16 Elite (MO) (41) 43. No Name 16 Sarah (FL) (n/r) 44. GP 16 Rox (FL) (40) 45. Premier Nebraska 16 Gold (NE) (n/r) 46. Illini Elite 16 Cardinal (IL) (48) 47. SA Juniors 16 Adidas (TX) (n/r) 48. Norco 16 Black (CO) (n/r) 49. AZ Sky 16G (AZ) (n/r) 50. Pitt Elite 16-1 (PA) (n/r) ON THE CUSP SA Magic 16 Elite (TX) PVA 16 Elite (KS) AZ Rev 16 Premier (AZ) (29) Mizuno Long Beach 16 Rockstar (CA) (36) OT 16 Will (FL) (37) Boiler Jrs 16 Gold (IN) (50) CJV 16 Zoe (NC) SASVBC 16-1 (HI) Club One AZ 16 Platinum (AZ) Kairos 16 Alpha (SD) FC Elite 16 Navy (WI) Tstreet 16 Naseri (CA) VCNebraska 16 Elite (NE) Mintonette Sports m.61 (OH) NPJ Seattle 16 National (WA) Tulsa Power 16-1 (OK) Six Pack 16 (IA)

There are two questions to be asked, though I know I don’t have the answer for either: 1) Who is No. 1? and 2) Who deserves to be No. 1? Maybe the answers are the same. Maybe they are different. I’ve done rankings in some capacity for nearly 20 years and this update on the 17s divisions was spent riding the struggle bus the whole way through! Admittingly, I’m not sure which team is No. 1, deserves to be No. 1 and/or is actually No. 1? I’m not sure anyone knows. Somehow, I ended up with A5 17 Jing remaining at No. 1 in the rankings. Placing NKYVC 17-1 Tsunami at No. 1 after winning Triple Crown wouldn’t necessarily be wrong, I just like to take in the totality of the season and all results, not just results from one weekend. It might be tedious to go through and chart all the results in terms of wins and losses, but how can you even begin to rank teams without using results as a guideline? A tournament like Triple Crown can’t be judged on final finishes alone, because you need to know which teams other teams are beating and which teams they are losing to. While it’s simple to track all the results it doesn’t make it any easier to make sense of any of it. The issue with NKYVC is it has losses to Academy 17 Tsunami and Rock City 17-1 at Central Zone. Yes, NKYVC was playing short-handed and showed what it can do with its full lineup available. And that’s why NKYVC jumped up from No. 28 to No. 9 in our latest rankings. There’s no scenario that makes complete sense. NKYVC did beat A5 head-to-head at Triple Crown and I really struggle with how to deal with that result. But if we step back and look at the whole season, it’s why I kept A5 at No. 1. To me, A5’s overall results have the strongest argument to be No. 1. It might sound odd, but A5 has the best collection of losses. It has fallen to TAV 17 Black, NKYVC, Triangle 17 Black and Wave 17 Juliana. All four of those teams are ranked in the Top 16 of the latest version of the Top 50. In addition, A5 has victories over Dynasty 17 Black, 1st Alliance 17 Gold, Rockwood Thunder 17 Elite, Premier Nebraska 17 Gold (twice), Drive Nation 17 Red, TAV, OT 17 Aaron and HJV 17 Elite. Every one of those teams is ranked No. 12 or higher. When it comes down to it, we have to remember it’s all for fun! The fact is these teams are going to spend the next two months traveling the country in hopes of qualifying for Chicago this summer and the results are only going to get more jumbled and more mixed up. That’s why we love it! vballrecruiter.com’S TOP 50 NATIONAL RANKINGS 1. A5 17 Jing (GA) (1 – previous ranking) 2. Dynasty 17 Black (KS) (2) 3. Drive Nation 17 Red (TX) (13) 4. TAV 17 Black (TX) (3) 5. Triangle 17 Black (NC) (7) 6. HJV 17 Elite (TX) (5) 7. 1st Alliance 17 Gold (IL) (4) 8. Co Jrs 17 Kevin (CO) (6) 9. NKYVC 17-1 Tsunami (KY) (28) 10. OT 17 Aaron (FL) (23) *** 11. Rockwood Thunder 17 Elite (MO) (10) 12. Premier Nebraska 17 Gold (NE) (9) 13. Hou Skyline 17 Royal (TX) (8) 14. AZ Sky 17G (AZ) (35) 15. Momentous 17 Dan (CA) (24) 16. Wave 17 Juliana (CA) (12) 17. KC Power 17 Black (KS) (18) 18. Vision 17 Gold (CA) (14) 19. Metro 17 Travel (DC) (15) 20. Coast 17-1 (CA) (16) *** 21. Academy 17 Tsunami (IN) (34) 22. SCVC 17 Roxy (CA) (n/r) 23. Tri-State Elite 17 Blue (OH) (29) 24. OT 17 Felix (FL) (17) 25. Miami Hype 17 Emilio (FL) (48) 26. 417 Jrs 17 Black (MO) (n/r) 27. Skyline 17 Royal (TX) (19) 28. VCNebraska 17 Elite (NE) (27) 29. Madfrog 17 Green (TX) (11) 30. MKE Sting 17 Gold (WI) (40) *** 31. AVC Cle 17 Red (OH) (21) 32. Club V 17 Ren Matthew (UT) (22) 33. Top Select 17 Elite (FL) (26) 34. AJV 17 Adidas (TX) (20) 35. SG Elite 17 Rosh (CA) (25) 36. City 17 Gold (CA) (39) 37. Elevation 17 Ulland (OH) (30) 38. Circle City 17 Purple (IN) (31) 39. Ku’Ikahi 17 Wahine RSB (HI) (n/r) 40. Adidas KiVA 17 Red (KY) (32) *** 41. Boiler Jrs 17 Gold (IN) (37) 42. Mizuno Long Beach 17 Rockstar (CA) (38) 43. Rock City 17-1 (OH) (40) 44. Shockwave 17 Black (KS) (49) 45. Northern Lights 17-1 (MN) (44) 46. AZ Rev 17 Premier (AZ) (41) 47. Iowa PowerPlex 17U Black (IO) (n/r) 48. Pohaku 17-1 (KS) (n/r) 49. Arizona Storm 17 Thunder (AZ) (42) 50. Team Pineapple 17 Black (IN) (33) ON THE CUSP Absolute 17 Black (CA) (43) MAVS KC 17-1 (KS) (36) Rev 17-1 Raptors (IN) (45) Norco 17 Black (CO) (47) Seal Beach 17 Black (CA) Mintonette Sports m.71 (OH) Alamo 17 Premier (TX) FC Elite 17 Navy (WI) CHAVC 17 Black (NC) Arete 17 Navy Telos (TX) NorCal 17-Black (CA) A5 17-AG (GA) Academy 17 Diamond (NC) Legacy 17-1 Adidas (MI) (50) Excel 17 National Red (TX) Rocky Elite 17 National (CO) Union 17 UA (IN)