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Mater Dei Junior Wildcats is a volleyball club based in Evansville, IN, ranked as high as #1156 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 8 teams in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 8 team-seasons.
8 teams · Ages 11–14
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Mater Dei Junior Wildcats is a club volleyball program based in Evansville, IN, competing in the Hoosier region. In 2025-26 it fielded eight girls teams aged 11 to 14.
Its girls program ranks #1,156 nationally and #35 of 152 in IN for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,491. That places it in the Developing tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score. Of its 8 teams, 2 rate Elite, meaning an Elo of 1700 or better.
Across the season its teams played 157 matches and won 104 of them, a 68% win rate. Its strongest team, Mater Dei Jr Cats 12-Bender, is #235 nationally and #124 in IN, at 1,790 Elo on a 15-3 record.
Teams averaged 20 matches each over the season. The club entered 17 events between 10 January and 11 April, a season of about 3 months.
Those events were held in three states, with six of 17 outside IN. Destinations included KY and MO. Travel is described here in trips and destinations rather than cost, because event locations carry no distances.
<p>Affiliated with Mater Dei High School's feeder program, Evansville, IN.</p>
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#1156 nationally · Club Score 1491
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #1156 | 1491 | 8 |
Every team Mater Dei Junior Wildcats 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mater Dei Jr Cats 12-Bender | Girls | 12 | 1790 (Elite) | 15-3 | 83% |
| Mater Dei Jr Cats 14-Poko | Girls | 14 | 1739 (Elite) | 16-4 | 80% |
| Mater Dei Jr Cats 12-Willett | Girls | 12 | 1678 (Premier) | 13-5 | 72% |
| Mater Dei Jr Cats 11-Taylor | Girls | 11 | 1632 (Premier) | 11-6-1 | 61% |
| Mater Dei Jr Cats 13-Embry | Girls | 13 | 1628 (Premier) | 16-7 | 70% |
| Mater Dei Jr Cats 14-Spahn | Girls | 14 | 1597 (Competitive) | 14-6 | 70% |
| Mater Dei Jr Cats 13-Martin | Girls | 13 | 1487 (Developing) | 13-10 | 57% |
| Mater Dei Jr Cats 11-Kayla | Girls | 11 | 1444 (Developing) | 6-8-3 | 35% |
Where Mater Dei Junior Wildcats 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Banks Invite (Regional) | Owensboro, KY | #1302 of 3,214 | 6-4 | Mater Dei Jr Cats 13-Martin — 13-14's Division: 2-3; Mater Dei Jr Cats 13-Embry — 13-14's Division: 4-1 |
| 2026 Blue Raider Classic (Regional) | Bowling Green, KY | #929 of 3,214 | 7-3 | Mater Dei Jr Cats 13-Embry — 13 Girls: 4-1; Mater Dei Jr Cats 13-Martin — 13 Girls: 3-2 |
| Academy St. Patty's Day Classic (12-18's) (Regional) | Indianapolis, IN | #1207 of 3,214 | 7-1 | Mater Dei Jr Cats 13-Martin — 13 Girls: 4-0; Mater Dei Jr Cats 13-Embry — 13 Girls: 3-1 |
| Sportsplex Blast March Madness (Regional) | Cape Girardeau, MO | #932 of 3,214 | 8-3 | Mater Dei Jr Cats 14-Poko — 14 Girls: 4-1; Mater Dei Jr Cats 14-Spahn — 14 Girls: 4-2 |
| Academy Shamrock Showcase (10-16's) (Regional) | Indianapolis, IN | #1105 of 3,214 | 7-1 | Mater Dei Jr Cats 12-Willett — 12 Girls: 3-1; Mater Dei Jr Cats 12-Bender — 12 Girls: 4-0 |
| Circle City Classic (Regional) | Plainfield, IN | #756 of 3,214 | 4-6 | Mater Dei Jr Cats 13-Martin — 13 Girls: 2-3; Mater Dei Jr Cats 13-Embry — 13 Girls: 2-3 |
| Sportsplex Blast III (Regional) | Cape Girardeau, MO | #1384 of 3,214 | 3-2 | Mater Dei Jr Cats 11-Taylor — 11 Girls: 3-1; Mater Dei Jr Cats 11-Kayla — 11 Girls: 0-1 |
| 26 Team Indiana February Freeze (Regional) | Plainfield, IN | #1008 of 3,214 | 7-3 | Mater Dei Jr Cats 14-Spahn — 14 Club-Classic: 3-2; Mater Dei Jr Cats 14-Poko — 14 Club-Classic: 4-1 |
| 2026 Presidents' Day Club Invite (Regional) | Evansville, IN | #1042 of 3,214 | 8-2 | Mater Dei Jr Cats 12-Willett — 11/12 Girls: 3-2; Mater Dei Jr Cats 12-Bender — 11/12 Girls: 5-0 |
| Academy Feeder Club Frenzy (10-14's) (Regional) | Indianapolis, IN | #1040 of 3,214 | 7-1 | Mater Dei Jr Cats 11-Kayla — 11 Girls: 3-1; Mater Dei Jr Cats 11-Taylor — 11 Girls: 4-0 |
| Bloomington Invite (Regional) | Bloomington, IN | #1620 of 3,214 | 9-2 | Mater Dei Jr Cats 14-Poko — 13-14's Division: 6-0; Mater Dei Jr Cats 14-Spahn — 13-14's Division: 3-2 |
| Hoosier Mini (10-14s) (Regional) | Plainfield, IN | #1556 of 3,214 | 7-1 | Mater Dei Jr Cats 12-Willett — 12 Girls: 4-0; Mater Dei Jr Cats 12-Bender — 12 Club: 3-1 |
| 2026 Queen of Kentucky (Regional) | Madisonville, KY | #955 of 3,214 | 2-8 | Mater Dei Jr Cats 11-Taylor — 12 Girls: 2-3; Mater Dei Jr Cats 11-Kayla — 12 Girls: 0-5 |
| Circle City/The Academy Winterblast #1 (10-16s) (Regional) | Plainfield, IN | #877 of 3,214 | 5-3 | Mater Dei Jr Cats 11-Kayla — 10/11 Girls: 3-1; Mater Dei Jr Cats 11-Taylor — 10/11 Girls: 2-2 |
| 2026 KIVA Icebreaker Tournament (Regional) | Louisville, KY | #562 of 3,214 | 6-4 | Mater Dei Jr Cats 12-Bender — 12 Girls: 3-2; Mater Dei Jr Cats 12-Willett — 12 Girls: 3-2 |
| Academy Kick-Off Classic (10-18's) (Regional) | Indianapolis, IN | #1155 of 3,214 | 5-3 | Mater Dei Jr Cats 13-Embry — 13 Girls: 3-1; Mater Dei Jr Cats 13-Martin — 13 Girls: 2-2 |
| Early Bird Shootout (11-14's) (Competitive) | Plainfield, IN | #201 of 3,214 | 6-2 | Mater Dei Jr Cats 14-Poko — 14 Girls: 2-2; Mater Dei Jr Cats 14-Spahn — 14 Girls: 4-0 |