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Black Bears Volleyball Club is a volleyball club based in Sylva, SC, ranked as high as #3210 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 3 teams in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 3 team-seasons.
3 teams · Ages 14, 16
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Black Bears Volleyball Club is a club volleyball program based in Sylva, SC, competing in the Palmetto region. In 2025-26 it fielded three girls teams aged 14 to 16.
Its girls program ranks #3,210 nationally and #54 of 78 in SC for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,186. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score. Of its 3 teams, 1 rates Elite, meaning an Elo of 1700 or better.
Across the season its teams played 110 matches and won 76 of them, a 70% win rate. Its strongest team, Black Bears 16-1, is #793 nationally and #58 in SC, at 1,749 Elo on a 47-11 record.
Teams averaged 37 matches each over the season. The club entered 11 events between 10 January and 28 June, a season of about 6 months.
Those events were held in four states, with six of 11 outside SC. Destinations included TN, FL and NC. Travel is described here in trips and destinations rather than cost, because event locations carry no distances.
Everything below — teams, statistics and rankings — is for this season and program. Pick another from Season History.
#3210 nationally · Club Score 1186
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #3210 | 1186 | 3 |
Every team Black Bears Volleyball Club fielded in the 2025-26 season, with its age group, national rank and win-loss record. Elo rating measures strength from results: it rises faster for beating strong opponents than for beating weak ones, so a team that plays up is not punished for losing.
| Team | Program | Age | Elo | Record | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Bears 16-1 | Girls | 16 | 1749 (Elite) | 47-11-1 | 80% |
| Black Bears 14-Black | Girls | 14 | 1669 (Premier) | 17-9 | 65% |
| Black Bears 14-Blue | Girls | 14 | 1468 (Developing) | 12-13 | 48% |
Where Black Bears Volleyball Club competed in the 2025-26 season: every tournament its teams played, the host city, how strong the event was, and what each team's record was there. It shows how far the club travels and the level of competition it takes on.
Elite, Premier, Competitive and Regional rate the strength of each event's field, from where it ranks nationally against every other tournament that season. An Elite event draws hundreds of teams from across the country; a Regional one is a local weekend.
| Tournament | Location | National Rank | Record | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAU Girls National Volleyball Championships-Wave 4 (Competitive) | Orlando, FL | #100 of 3,214 | 11-2 | Black Bears 16-1 — 16 Spirit: 11-2 |
| The South Carolina AAU Grand Prix LOVB Fest (Competitive) | Boiling Springs, SC | #117 of 3,214 | 5-0 | Black Bears 16-1 — 16 Power/Club PM Wave STAR Center: 5-0 |
| 2026 VK2 AAU Tournament (Regional) | Knoxville, TN | #841 of 3,214 | 12-5 | Black Bears 14-Black — 14 Girls : 4-2; Black Bears 14-Blue — 14 Girls : 2-3; Black Bears 16-1 — 16 Girls : 6-0 |
| PVA13: Mar 27-29 PVA Championship Wk 1 (Competitive) | Rock Hill, SC | #253 of 3,214 | 4-3 | Black Bears 16-1 — 16 Girls: 4-3 |
| PVA11a: Mar 14 OR 15 C1 Challenge 12-14 Club (Regional) | Upstate, SC | #967 of 3,214 | 5-4 | Black Bears 14-Blue — 14 Club-Sun 3/15: 1-3; Black Bears 14-Black — 14 Club-Sun 3/15: 4-1 |
| PVA11b: Mar 14 OR 15 Shamrock Challenge 15-18U (Regional) | Spartanburg, SC | #876 of 3,214 | 5-1 | Black Bears 16-1 — 16 Club-Sat STAR Center: 5-1 |
| 5th Annual Great Smoky Mountain Invitational (Regional) | Cherokee, NC | #891 of 3,214 | 9-7 | Black Bears 14-Blue — 14 Girls: 2-3; Black Bears 14-Black — 14 Girls: 3-2; Black Bears 16-1 — 16 Girls: 4-2 |
| The Gatlinburg Grind (Regional) | Gatlinburg, TN | #1141 of 3,214 | 4-2 | Black Bears 14-Blue — 14 Girls - AM wave: 4-2 |
| Queen of the Mountain (Regional) | Gatlinburg, TN | #802 of 3,214 | 4-2 | Black Bears 14-Black — 14 Girls: 4-2 |
| 2026 UA Presidents Day Invitational (Competitive) | Knoxville & Sevierville, TN | #192 of 3,214 | 8-2 | Black Bears 16-1 — 16 Club: 8-2 |
| PVA02: Jan 10 OR 11 Upstate Challenge 12-18 Girls (Regional) | Spartanburg, SC | #1083 of 3,214 | 9-5 | Black Bears 16-1 — 16-18 Sat 1/10: 4-1; Black Bears 14-Blue — 14 Club-Sun 1/11: 3-2; Black Bears 14-Black — 14/15 Power-Sat 1/10: 2-2 |