NY · USAV Garden Empire Region
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Downstate Juniors VBC is a volleyball club based in NY, ranked as high as #399 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 23 team-seasons.
20 teams · Ages 12–18
3 teams · Ages 16, 18
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Downstate Juniors VBC is a club volleyball program based in NY, competing in the Garden Empire region. In 2025-26 it fielded 23 teams across both programs — 20 girls teams aged 12 to 18 and three boys teams aged 16 to 18.
Its boys program ranks #399 nationally and #19 of 44 in NY for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,129. That places it in the Competitive tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 116 matches and won 62 of them, a 53% win rate. Its strongest team, Downstate (B) 18-Black, is #255 nationally and #41 in NY, at 1,691 Elo on a 28-16 record.
Teams averaged 39 matches each over the season. The club entered 13 events between 20 December and 8 July, 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 six states, with seven of 13 outside NY. Destinations included CT, MA, AZ, FL and RI. 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.
#399 nationally · Club Score 1129
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #916 | 1533 | 20 |
| 2025-26 | Boys | #399 | 1129 | 3 |
| 2024-25 | Boys | #401 | 1006 | 2 |
Every team Downstate Juniors VBC 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downstate (B) 18-Black | Boys | 18 | 1691 (Premier) | 28-16 | 64% |
| Downstate 16-Black | Boys | 16 | 1572 (Competitive) | 28-22 | 56% |
| Downstate Juniors VBC 18-Red | Boys | 18 | 1319 (Emerging) | 6-16 | 27% |
Where Downstate Juniors VBC 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 USAV Boys Junior National Championship (Competitive) | Phoenix, AZ | #28 of 384 | 5-6 | Downstate (B) 18-Black — 18 USA: 5-6 |
| AAU Boys National Volleyball Championships-Wave 1 (Elite) | Orlando, FL | #1 of 384 | 4-7 | Downstate 16-Black — 16 Club: 4-7 |
| GEVA ATH Downstate North Boys Spring Spike (Regional) | Poughkeepsie, NY | #315 of 384 | 4-3 | Downstate (B) 18-Black — 16/17/18 Club: 4-0; Downstate 16-Black — 16/17/18 Club: 0-3 |
| GEVA Boys 14/15/16 Open 3 (Regional) | Various, NY | #278 of 384 | 4-1 | Downstate 16-Black — 16 Iron Peak: 4-1 |
| 2026 NIKE Boston National Qualifier #2 (Regional) | Boston, MA | #72 of 384 | 6-9 | Downstate (B) 18-Black — Boys 18 Open: 4-4; Downstate Juniors VBC 18-Red — Boys 18 Club: 2-5 |
| GEVA Boys 17/18 Open 3 (Regional) | Various, NY | #212 of 384 | 6-3 | Downstate (B) 18-Black — 18 Queens College: 3-2; Downstate Juniors VBC 18-Red — 18 Queens College: 3-1 |
| 2026 NIKE Boston National Qualifier #1 (Regional) | Boston, MA | #80 of 384 | 3-6 | Downstate 16-Black — Boys 16 Open: 3-6 |
| 2026 NIKE VolleyFest-Providence (Regional) | Providence, RI | #188 of 384 | 9-3 | Downstate (B) 18-Black — Boys 18 Club: 4-2; Downstate 16-Black — Boys 17 Club: 5-1 |
| GEVA Boys 17/18 Open 2 (Regional) | Various, NY | #314 of 384 | 4-4 | Downstate Juniors VBC 18-Red — 17/18 Iron Peak: 0-3; Downstate (B) 18-Black — 17/18 Iron Peak: 4-1 |
| GEVA Boys 16/17 Open NEW (Regional) | Various, NY | #333 of 384 | 5-0 | Downstate 16-Black — 16/17 Powerzone: 5-0 |
| 2026 NIKE New England Winterfest #2-Hartford (Regional) | Hartford, CT | #271 of 384 | 6-1 | Downstate 16-Black — 16 Open: 6-1 |
| 2026 NIKE New England Winterfest #1 (Regional) | Hartford, CT | #97 of 384 | 2-7 | Downstate 16-Black — Boys 16 Open: 1-3; Downstate Juniors VBC 18-Red — Boys 18 Club: 1-4 |
| GEVA Boys 17,18 Open 1 (Regional) | Various, NY | #209 of 384 | 4-4 | Downstate Juniors VBC 18-Red — 18 Sportime: 0-3; Downstate (B) 18-Black — 18 Sportime: 4-1 |