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Buffalo Volleyball Academy is a volleyball club based in Hamburg, NY, ranked as high as #3598 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 4 team-seasons.
4 teams · Ages 14–16, 18
1 team · Ages 14
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Buffalo Volleyball Academy is a club volleyball program based in Hamburg, NY, competing in the Western Empire region. In 2025-26 it fielded 5 teams across both programs — four girls teams aged 14 to 18 and one boys team aged 14.
Its girls program ranks #3,598 nationally and #116 of 171 in NY for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,109. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 143 matches and won 35 of them, a 27% win rate. Its strongest team, BVA 15, is #5,143 nationally and #847 in NY, at 1,393 Elo on a 15-24 record.
Teams averaged 36 matches each over the season. The club entered 21 events between 13 December and 25 April, a season of about 4 months. Of those, 1 was an Elite or Premier event — the strongest fields on the calendar.
Those events were held in two states, with four of 13 outside NY. The out-of-state travel was to OH. 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.
#3598 nationally · Club Score 1109
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #3598 | 1109 | 4 |
| 2025-26 | Boys | #883 | 806 | 1 |
| 2024-25 | Boys | #411 | 999 | 2 |
Every team Buffalo Volleyball Academy 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BVA 15 | Girls | 15 | 1393 (Emerging) | 15-24-5 | 34% |
| BVA 16 | Girls | 16 | 1356 (Emerging) | 12-28-2 | 29% |
| BVA 14 | Girls | 14 | 1253 (Emerging) | 7-28-5 | 18% |
| BVA 18U | Girls | 18 | 1173 (Emerging) | 1-14-2 | 6% |
Where Buffalo Volleyball Academy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NTR Non-Bid Championship (Regional) | #845 of 3,214 | 5-1 | BVA 16 — 16 & Under: 5-1 | |
| March Madness (16u and 12u) (Regional) | Rochester, NY | #1687 of 3,214 | 0-3 | BVA 16 — 16 Girls: 0-3 |
| March Madness (18u and 14u) (Regional) | Rochester, NY | #1458 of 3,214 | 0-6 | BVA 18U — 18 Girls: 0-2; BVA 14 — 14 Girls: 0-4 |
| WEVA 15U Challenge (WEVA TEAMS ONLY) (Regional) | West Seneca, NY | #2172 of 3,214 | 1-3 | BVA 15 — 15 Girls: 1-3 |
| SPIRE OVR 3/15/2026 (Regional) | Geneva, OH | #1514 of 3,214 | 1-10 | BVA 18U — 18 Regional: 0-4; BVA 15 — 16 Regional: 0-4; BVA 16 — 16 Regional: 1-2 |
| Texas Classic NTR Power Pool Bid Event (Competitive) | #113 of 3,214 | 3-5 | BVA 15 — 15 Club: 3-2; BVA 14 — 14 Club: 0-3 | |
| WEVA 14u Challenge (WEVA TEAMS ONLY) (Regional) | Rochester, NY | #1906 of 3,214 | 0-3 | BVA 14 — 14 Girls: 0-3 |
| Winter Challenge - Week II 15u-13u, 12u (1-Day) (Regional) | Rochester, NY | #1209 of 3,214 | 0-2 | BVA 15 — 15 Girls: 0-2 |
| North Texas Invitational: NTR Power Pool Bid Event (Competitive) | #130 of 3,214 | 2-3 | BVA 15 — 15 Club: 2-3 | |
| WEVA Festival 15/16/17/18 (Regional) | Brockport, NY | #1622 of 3,214 | 2-1 | BVA 15 — 15 Girls: 2-1 |
| SNOWBALL CHALLENGE (10u-18u Div) (Regional) | #1151 of 3,214 | 2-1 | BVA 14 — 14 & Under: 2-1 | |
| WEVA Festival 12/13/14 (Regional) | Macedon, NY | #1814 of 3,214 | 2-3 | BVA 14 — 14 Girls: 2-3 |
| 2026 AAU Cleveland Open Girls and Boys Grand Prix (Regional) | Cleveland, OH | #568 of 3,214 | 1-9 | BVA 16 — 16 Girls: 0-5; BVA 18U — 18 Girls: 1-4 |
| SPIRE OVR 01/31/2026 (Regional) | Geneva, OH | #2194 of 3,214 | 0-4 | BVA 14 — 14 Regional: 0-4 |
| Hocus Pocus - Week II (18u-14u) (Regional) | Rochester, NY | #649 of 3,214 | 2-2 | BVA 16 — 16 Girls: 2-2 |
| SPIRE OVR 01/18/2026 (Regional) | Geneva, OH | #1461 of 3,214 | 1-12 | BVA 15 — 16 Regional: 0-4; BVA 18U — 18 Regional: 0-4; BVA 16 — 16 Regional: 1-4 |
| Niagara Frontier Lake Effect Classic (Regional) | West Seneca, NY | #2127 of 3,214 | 1-3 | BVA 14 — 14 Girls: 1-3 |
| January Classic - NTR BID EVENT (Premier) | #48 of 3,214 | 2-9 | BVA 16 — 16 Club: 0-4; BVA 14 — 14 Club: 0-4; BVA 15 — 15 Club: 2-1 | |
| Holiday Kickoff Classic (Competitive) | #131 of 3,214 | 3-7 | BVA 15 — 15 & Under: 2-3; BVA 16 — 16 & Under: 1-4 | |
| Winter Rumble (Regional) | #1065 of 3,214 | 2-3 | BVA 14 — 14 & Under: 2-3 | |
| Dallas Frozen Fest (Competitive) | #219 of 3,214 | 5-4 | BVA 15 — 15 & Under: 3-1; BVA 16 — 16 & Under: 2-3 |