KY · USAV Pioneer Region
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Bluegrass Lightning Volleyball Club is a volleyball club based in San Antonio, KY, ranked as high as #489 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 16, 18
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Bluegrass Lightning Volleyball Club is a club volleyball program based in San Antonio, KY, competing in the Pioneer region. In 2025-26 it fielded three boys teams aged 16 to 18.
Its boys program ranks #489 nationally and #4 of 8 in KY for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,037. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 88 matches and won 41 of them, a 47% win rate. Its strongest team, BG Lightning 18 Teal, is #640 nationally and #9 in KY, at 1,487 Elo on a 23-15 record.
Teams averaged 29 matches each over the season. The club entered seven events between 15 November and 13 June, a season of about 7 months. Of those, 1 was an Elite or Premier event — the strongest fields on the calendar.
Those events were held in four states, with six of seven outside KY. Destinations included IN, OH and TN. 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.
#489 nationally · Club Score 1037
Every season and division VolleyLens has ranked for Bluegrass Lightning Volleyball Club. Pick one to focus this page on it.
| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Boys | #489 | 1037 | 3 |
| 2024-25 | Boys | #205 | 1279 | 5 |
Every team Bluegrass Lightning 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BG Lightning 18 Teal | Boys | 18 | 1487 (Developing) | 23-15 | 61% |
| BG Lightning 18-Black | Boys | 18 | 1351 (Emerging) | 11-13 | 46% |
| BG Lightning 16 Teal | Boys | 16 | 1233 (Emerging) | 7-19 | 27% |
Where Bluegrass Lightning 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 317 Pre-National Boys Showdown (Competitive) | Indianapolis, IN | #22 of 384 | 5-2 | BG Lightning 18 Teal — 17-18 Club: 5-2 |
| 2026 Midwest Boys Point Series - The Championship (Competitive) | Westfield, IN | #20 of 384 | 8-3 | BG Lightning 16 Teal — 16s Division: 4-2; BG Lightning 18-Black — 18s Division: 4-1 |
| 2026 UA Presidents Day Invitational (Regional) | Knoxville & Sevierville, TN | #138 of 384 | 5-3 | BG Lightning 18 Teal — 18 Boys : 5-3 |
| Ohio Valley 18s Qualifier, OVR Boys WinterFest (Regional) | Columbus, OH | #170 of 384 | 4-11 | BG Lightning 16 Teal — 16s Boys: 0-5; BG Lightning 18 Teal — 18 Boys: 4-2; BG Lightning 18-Black — 18 Boys: 0-4 |
| 2026 Midwest Boys Point Series #2 - Hamilton, OH (Competitive) | Hamilton, OH | #19 of 384 | 5-10 | BG Lightning 18-Black — 18s Division: 3-2; BG Lightning 18 Teal — 18s Division: 1-4; BG Lightning 16 Teal — 16s Division: 1-4 |
| Boys Winter Invitational (Premier) | Louisville, KY | #6 of 384 | 7-9 | BG Lightning 18-Black — 18 Classic : 2-3; BG Lightning 16 Teal — 16 Classic : 1-4; BG Lightning 18 Teal — 18 Classic : 4-2 |
| 2025 Midwest Boys Point Series #1 - Nashville, TN (Regional) | Franklin, TN | #50 of 384 | 7-9 | BG Lightning 16 Teal — 15-16 Club: 1-4; BG Lightning 18 Teal — 17-18 Club: 4-2; BG Lightning 18-Black — 17-18 Club: 2-3 |