MO · USAV Gateway Region
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Metro East Vortex is a volleyball club based in Belleville, MO, ranked as high as #4466 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 14, 16
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Metro East Vortex is a club volleyball program based in Belleville, MO, competing in the Gateway region. In 2025-26 it fielded three girls teams aged 14 to 16.
Its girls program ranks #4,466 nationally and #102 of 127 in MO for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 962. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 91 matches and won 23 of them, a 25% win rate. Its strongest team, Vortex 14-Black, is #6,402 nationally and #983 in MO, at 1,394 Elo on a 15-21 record.
Teams averaged 30 matches each over the season. The club entered 13 events between 11 January and 2 May, a season of about 4 months.
Those events were held in three states, with six of 13 outside MO. Destinations included IL and KY. Travel is described here in trips and destinations rather than cost, because event locations carry no distances.
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#4466 nationally · Club Score 962
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #4466 | 962 | 3 |
Every team Metro East Vortex 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vortex 14-Black | Girls | 14 | 1394 (Emerging) | 15-21 | 42% |
| Vortex 14-Purple | Girls | 14 | 1133 (Emerging) | 3-26 | 10% |
| Metro East Vortex 16 16u Purple | Girls | 16 | 1127 (Emerging) | 5-21 | 19% |
Where Metro East Vortex 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 AAU Blue Bridge Super Regional (Regional) | Owensboro, KY | #815 of 3,214 | 2-3 | Vortex 14-Black — 14 Girls: 2-3 |
| AAU Spike Fest Super Regional 15U-16U (Regional) | St. Louis, MO | #1352 of 3,214 | 0-5 | Metro East Vortex 16 16u Purple — 16 Girls: 0-5 |
| AAU BSN Volleyfest Super Regional 13U-14U (Regional) | St. Louis, MO | #1539 of 3,214 | 1-9 | Vortex 14-Black — 14 Girls: 1-4; Vortex 14-Purple — 14 Girls: 0-5 |
| 2026 Peoria Power Play (Regional) | Peoria, IL | #425 of 3,214 | 3-7 | Vortex 14-Purple — 14 Girls: 1-4; Vortex 14-Black — 14 Girls: 2-3 |
| 2026 Backyard Bash (Regional) | Cape Girardeau, MO | #1236 of 3,214 | 3-7 | Vortex 14-Black — 14 Girls: 2-3; Vortex 14-Purple — 14 Girls: 1-4 |
| 2026 PAO STL U16 & U17/U18 AAU OZ Super Regionals (Regional) | St. Charles, MO | #2033 of 3,214 | 2-4 | Metro East Vortex 16 16u Purple — 16 Girls: 2-4 |
| 26 CIE Diggin' at The Dome Championship (15U-18U) (Regional) | Peoria, IL | #1869 of 3,214 | 0-5 | Metro East Vortex 16 16u Purple — 15/16U Girls: 0-5 |
| Sportsplex Blast Elite Showcase (Regional) | Cape Girardeau, MO | #1162 of 3,214 | 1-4 | Vortex 14-Purple — 14 Girls: 1-4 |
| 2026 PAO STL U12 & U14 AAU Ozark Super Regionals (Regional) | St. Charles, MO | #2110 of 3,214 | 2-9 | Vortex 14-Black — 14 Girls: 2-4; Vortex 14-Purple — 14 Girls: 0-5 |
| AAU St. Louis Battlehawks Super Regional 16U-17U (Regional) | St. Louis, MO | #1816 of 3,214 | 1-4 | Metro East Vortex 16 16u Purple — 17 Girls: 1-4 |
| '26 15u-18u Illini Elite/Penn - Central IL Classic (Regional) | Bloomington, IL | #1663 of 3,214 | 2-3 | Metro East Vortex 16 16u Purple — 16 Girls: 2-3 |
| 2026 Central Illinois Challenge (Regional) | Mattoon, IL | #773 of 3,214 | 3-3 | Vortex 14-Black — 14 Girls: 3-3 |
| Stratman Sports Series - 1/11/26 - O'Fallon, IL (Regional) | O'Fallon, IL | #2339 of 3,214 | 3-5 | Vortex 14-Purple — 14 Girls: 0-4; Vortex 14-Black — 14 Girls: 3-1 |