MN · USAV North Country Region
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Brainerd Northern Heat is a volleyball club based in Brainerd, MN, ranked as high as #649 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 1 team in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 4 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 boys program ranks #649 nationally and #14 of 28 in MN for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 920. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Its team played 23 matches and won 18, a 78% win rate. Brainerd Northern Heat 16 NH Berserkers is #251 nationally and #12 in MN, at 1,665 Elo on an 18-5 record.
The club entered five events between 11 January and 1 March, a season of about 2 months. Of those, 1 was an Elite or Premier event — the strongest fields on the calendar.
Those events were held in two states, with one of five outside MN. The out-of-state travel was to WI. 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.
#649 nationally · Club Score 920
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #3659 | 1094 | 3 |
| 2025-26 | Boys | #649 | 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% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCR Boys Battle Royale • Sunday (Regional) | Winona, MN | #293 of 384 | 4-0 | Brainerd Northern Heat 16 NH Berserkers — 16 Boys: 4-0 |
| '26 NSVU Presidents' Day Challenge (Regional) | Twin Cities, MN | #265 of 384 | 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 384 | 1-4 | Brainerd Northern Heat 16 NH Berserkers — 16 Premier: 1-4 |
| '26 LOVB Twin Cities - Big City Luau (Regional) | Twin Cities, MN | #309 of 384 | 4-0 | Brainerd Northern Heat 16 NH Berserkers — U16 Boys Keiki Kane: 4-0 |
| NCR Smashanova (Regional) | Apple Valley, MN | #310 of 384 | 3-1 | Brainerd Northern Heat 16 NH Berserkers — 16 Boys: 3-1 |