MN · USAV North Country Region
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Brainerd Northern Heat is a volleyball club based in Brainerd, MN, ranked as high as #3659 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 4 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, 17
1 team · Ages 16
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Brainerd Northern Heat is a club volleyball program based in Brainerd, MN, competing in the North Country region. In 2025-26 it fielded 4 teams across both programs — three girls teams aged 14 to 17 and one boys team aged 16.
Its girls program ranks #3,659 nationally and #196 of 315 in MN for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,094. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 33 matches and won 16 of them, a 50% win rate. Its strongest team, NH Brainerd 14-1, is #2,167 nationally and #345 in MN, at 1,601 Elo on an 8-3 record.
Teams averaged 11 matches each over the season. The club entered seven events between 18 January and 22 March, a season of about 2 months.
Those events were held in one state. 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.
#3659 nationally · Club Score 1094
Every season and division VolleyLens has ranked for Brainerd Northern Heat. Pick one to focus this page on it.
| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #3659 | 1094 | 3 |
| 2025-26 | Boys | #639 | 920 | 1 |
Every team Brainerd Northern Heat 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brainerd Northern Heat 16 NH Berserkers | Boys | 16 | 1665 (Premier) | 18-5 | 78% |
| NH Brainerd 14-1 | Girls | 14 | 1601 (Premier) | 8-3 | 73% |
| NH Brainerd 14-2 | Girls | 14 | 1465 (Developing) | 2-2 | 50% |
| NH Brainerd 17-1 | Girls | 17 | 1323 (Emerging) | 6-11-1 | 33% |
Where Brainerd Northern Heat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shakopee Daylight Dig (17s/18s Girls) FULL (Regional) | Shakopee, MN | #1432 of 3,214 | 1-2 | NH Brainerd 17-1 — 17/18 Girls: 1-2 |
| Minnesota North Snownami Tournament 16/18s (Regional) | Duluth, MN | #1392 of 3,214 | 0-4 | NH Brainerd 17-1 — 18 Club: 0-4 |
| Minnesota North Snownami Tournament 12/14s (Regional) | Duluth, MN | #1164 of 3,214 | 3-1 | NH Brainerd 14-1 — 14 Club: 3-1 |
| Crossfire MN Playdate @SLP Feb 08 13U-16U (Regional) | Spring Lake Park, MN | #2654 of 3,214 | 3-1 | NH Brainerd 14-2 — 14 Girls: 1-1; NH Brainerd 14-1 — 14 Girls: 2-0 |
| Crossfire MN Playdate @CF Jan 24 10U-14U (Regional) | Champlin, MN | #2537 of 3,214 | 1-1 | NH Brainerd 14-2 — 14 Girls: 1-1 |
| '26 LOVB Twin Cities - Big City Luau (Competitive) | Twin Cities, MN | #227 of 3,214 | 4-6 | NH Brainerd 17-1 — 17 Maui: 1-4; NH Brainerd 14-1 — 14 Oahu: 3-2 |
| Minnesota North Freeze Tournament 16/18s (Regional) | Duluth, MN | #1071 of 3,214 | 4-1 | NH Brainerd 17-1 — 18 Classic: 4-1 |
| Tournament | Location | National Rank | Record | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCR Boys Battle Royale • Sunday (Regional) | Winona, MN | #281 of 368 | 4-0 | Brainerd Northern Heat 16 NH Berserkers — 16 Boys: 4-0 |
| '26 NSVU Presidents' Day Challenge (Regional) | Twin Cities, MN | #253 of 368 | 6-0 | Brainerd Northern Heat 16 NH Berserkers — U16 Boys: 6-0 |
| 2026 AAU/JVA Brew City Battle 14U-18U Open/Premier (Premier) | Milwaukee, WI | #9 of 368 | 1-4 | Brainerd Northern Heat 16 NH Berserkers — 16 Premier: 1-4 |
| '26 LOVB Twin Cities - Big City Luau (Regional) | Twin Cities, MN | #296 of 368 | 4-0 | Brainerd Northern Heat 16 NH Berserkers — U16 Boys Keiki Kane: 4-0 |
| NCR Smashanova (Regional) | Apple Valley, MN | #297 of 368 | 3-1 | Brainerd Northern Heat 16 NH Berserkers — 16 Boys: 3-1 |