NJ · USAV Garden Empire Region
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CORE Volleyball is a volleyball club based in Dublin, NJ, ranked as high as #48 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 9 teams in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 27 team-seasons.
18 teams · Ages 12–18
9 teams · Ages 12, 14–18
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
CORE Volleyball is a club volleyball program based in Dublin, NJ, competing in the Garden Empire region. In 2025-26 it fielded 27 teams across both programs — 18 girls teams aged 12 to 18 and nine boys teams aged 12 to 18.
Its boys program ranks #48 nationally and #2 of 32 in NJ for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,699. That places it in the Premier tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score. Of its 9 teams, 5 rate Elite, meaning an Elo of 1700 or better.
Across the season its teams played 231 matches and won 149 of them, a 65% win rate. Its strongest team, CORE Boys 14-Platinum, is #23 nationally and #3 in NJ, at 2,005 Elo on a 35-7 record.
Teams averaged 26 matches each over the season. The club entered eight events between 6 December and 7 July, a season of about 7 months. Of those, 3 were Elite or Premier events — the strongest fields on the calendar.
Those events were held in five states, with five of eight outside NJ. Destinations included FL, NY, PA and VA. 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.
#48 nationally · Club Score 1699
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #474 | 1629 | 18 |
| 2025-26 | Boys | #48 | 1699 | 9 |
| 2024-25 | Boys | #89 | 1486 | 8 |
Every team CORE Volleyball 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORE Boys 14-Platinum | Boys | 14 | 2005 (Elite) | 35-7 | 83% |
| CORE Volleyball 16-Platinum | Boys | 16 | 1956 (Elite) | 18-11 | 62% |
| Core BOYS 12-Platinum | Boys | 12 | 1844 (Elite) | 4-6 | 40% |
| CORE Boys 15-Platinum | Boys | 15 | 1835 (Elite) | 26-10 | 72% |
| CORE Volleyball 17-Platinum | Boys | 17 | 1814 (Elite) | 21-13 | 62% |
| CORE Boys 18 | Boys | 18 | 1682 (Premier) | 4-2 | 67% |
| CORE Volleyball 18-Platinum | Boys | 18 | 1668 (Premier) | 13-16 | 45% |
| CORE Volleyball 16-Titanium | Boys | 16 | 1586 (Competitive) | 25-14 | 64% |
| CORE Volleyball 15-Titanium | Boys | 15 | 1461 (Developing) | 3-3 | 50% |
Where CORE Volleyball 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 Boys National Volleyball Championships-Wave 2 (Elite) | Orlando, FL | #2 of 384 | 16-16 | CORE Boys 14-Platinum — 14 Open: 6-5; CORE Volleyball 17-Platinum — 17 Premier: 5-6; CORE Boys 15-Platinum — 15 Premier: 5-5 |
| AAU Boys National Volleyball Championships-Wave 1 (Elite) | Orlando, FL | #1 of 384 | 22-21 | Core BOYS 12-Platinum — 12 Open: 4-6; CORE Volleyball 16-Titanium — 16 Select: 6-5; CORE Volleyball 18-Platinum — 18 Elite: 6-5; CORE Volleyball 16-Platinum — 16 Premier: 6-5 |
| 2026 Boys' East Coast Championships (Premier) | Richmond, VA | #12 of 384 | 28-18 | CORE Boys 15-Platinum — 15 Open: 4-3; CORE Volleyball 18-Platinum — 18 Open: 2-5; CORE Volleyball 16-Platinum — 16 Open: 6-2; CORE Boys 14-Platinum — 14 Open: 6-1; CORE Volleyball 17-Platinum — 17 Open: 5-3; CORE Volleyball 16-Titanium — 16 USA: 5-4 |
| The New York City Open (Regional) | New York, NY | #79 of 384 | 7-1 | CORE Boys 14-Platinum — 14 Boys: 7-1 |
| 7th Annual AC Invitational G Open/B Premier (Regional) | Atlantic City, NJ | #151 of 384 | 3-4 | CORE Volleyball 16-Titanium — 16 Boys Premier: 3-4 |
| 7th Annual AC Invitational G Premier/B Open (Regional) | Atlantic City, NJ | #83 of 384 | 16-5 | CORE Boys 14-Platinum — 14 Boys Open: 5-0; CORE Volleyball 17-Platinum — 17 Boys OPEN: 3-2; CORE Boys 15-Platinum — 15 Boys OPEN: 5-1; CORE Volleyball 18-Platinum — 18 Boys OPEN: 3-2 |
| 2025 AAU/JVA Snowball Slam (Competitive) | Manheim, PA | #36 of 384 | 29-12 | CORE Volleyball 16-Titanium — 16 Classic: 5-1; CORE Volleyball 16-Platinum — 16 Open: 3-2; CORE Boys 15-Platinum — 15 Open: 7-0; CORE Boys 14-Platinum — 14's: 6-0; CORE Volleyball 15-Titanium — 15 Classic: 3-3; CORE Volleyball 18-Platinum — 18 Open: 2-4; CORE Volleyball 17-Platinum — 17 Open: 3-2 |
| 4th Annual Northeast Invitational (Regional) | Atlantic City, NJ | #51 of 384 | 28-5 | CORE Boys 18 — 18 Boys Open: 4-2; CORE Volleyball 16-Titanium — 16 Boys Premier: 6-0; CORE Volleyball 16-Platinum — 16 Boys Open: 3-2; CORE Volleyball 17-Platinum — 17 Boys Open: 5-0; CORE Boys 14-Platinum — 14 Boys Premier: 5-0; CORE Boys 15-Platinum — 15 Boys Premier: 5-1 |