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Higher Expectations Volleyball Academy is a volleyball club based in MA, ranked as high as #3374 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 3 team-seasons.
3 teams · Ages 13, 15, 16
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Higher Expectations Volleyball Academy is a club volleyball program based in MA, competing in the New England region. In 2025-26 it fielded three girls teams aged 13 to 16.
Its girls program ranks #3,374 nationally and #42 of 78 in MA for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,149. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 128 matches and won 75 of them, a 59% win rate. Its strongest team, HEVBA 16-99, is #2,068 nationally and #137 in MA, at 1,590 Elo on a 27-15 record.
Teams averaged 43 matches each over the season. The club entered 15 events between 13 December and 9 May, a season of about 5 months.
Those events were held in two states, with six of 15 outside MA. The out-of-state travel was to CT. 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.
#3374 nationally · Club Score 1149
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #3374 | 1149 | 3 |
Every team Higher Expectations 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEVBA 16-99 | Girls | 16 | 1590 (Competitive) | 27-15 | 64% |
| HEVBA 13-1 | Girls | 13 | 1556 (Competitive) | 21-19 | 53% |
| HEVBA 15-99 | Girls | 15 | 1483 (Developing) | 27-18-1 | 59% |
Where Higher Expectations 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 NIKE North Atlantic Championships #2 (Regional) | Hartford, CT | #510 of 3,214 | 4-1 | HEVBA 16-99 — 16 Club: 4-1 |
| NEAAU Champions League Finals Week #2 (Regional) | Uncasville, CT | #640 of 3,214 | 8-3 | HEVBA 16-99 — 16 Club D1: 3-2; HEVBA 15-99 — 15 Club D2: 5-1 |
| 2026 NIKE North Atlantic Championships #1 (Regional) | Hartford, CT | #413 of 3,214 | 2-3 | HEVBA 13-1 — 13 USA: 2-3 |
| AAU Top Series / Champ League 13 & 14 Open (Competitive) | Uncasville, CT | #207 of 3,214 | 1-4 | HEVBA 13-1 — 13 CL Open: 1-4 |
| AAU April Challenge (Regional) | Marlborough, MA | #579 of 3,214 | 2-3 | HEVBA 16-99 — 16 Power: 2-3 |
| 2026 NIKE Boston National Qualifier #3 (Competitive) | Boston, MA | #107 of 3,214 | 12-12 | HEVBA 15-99 — 15 Club: 1-5; HEVBA 16-99 — 16 Club: 4-4; HEVBA 13-1 — 13 Club: 7-3 |
| NEAAU Champions League #3 Mass (Regional) | Greater Boston Area, MA | #711 of 3,214 | 5-4 | HEVBA 16-99 — 16 Club: 3-0; HEVBA 15-99 — 15 Club: 0-3; HEVBA 13-1 — 13 Girls: 2-1 |
| 2026 NERVA Girl's Series #2 (Regional) | Multiple Sites, MA | #1107 of 3,214 | 1-2 | HEVBA 15-99 — 15 B: 1-2 |
| NEAAU Champions League #2 (Massachusetts) (Regional) | Westford, MA | #686 of 3,214 | 7-2 | HEVBA 16-99 — 16 Club MA: 3-0; HEVBA 13-1 — 13 Girls MA: 3-0; HEVBA 15-99 — 15 Club MA: 1-2 |
| 2026 NIKE Springfield Invitational (Regional) | Springfield, MA | #572 of 3,214 | 2-3 | HEVBA 15-99 — 15 Club: 2-3 |
| AAU Grand Prix #2 @ Mohegan Sun (Regional) | Uncasville, CT | #395 of 3,214 | 1-4 | HEVBA 16-99 — 16 Open: 1-4 |
| AAU Grand Prix Weekend #1 (Regional) | Greater Boston, MA | #496 of 3,214 | 10-2 | HEVBA 15-99 — 15 Regional: 6-0; HEVBA 13-1 — 13 Club: 4-2 |
| NEAAU Champions League Week #1 - OPEN & CLUB (Regional) | Greater Boston Area, MA | #1142 of 3,214 | 7-2 | HEVBA 15-99 — 15 Club MA: 3-0; HEVBA 16-99 — 16 Club MA: 3-0; HEVBA 13-1 — 13 Girls MA: 1-2 |
| AAU Ball Drop Block Party at Mohegan Sun (Regional) | Uncasville, CT | #809 of 3,214 | 5-5 | HEVBA 13-1 — 13 Girls: 1-4; HEVBA 15-99 — 15 Club: 4-1 |
| AAU Home for the Holidays GIRLS #2 (Regional) | Fitchburg, MA | #806 of 3,214 | 8-2 | HEVBA 16-99 — 16 Club: 4-1; HEVBA 15-99 — 15 Club: 4-1 |