MN · USAV North Country Region
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MN Lightning VBC is a volleyball club based in Columbus, MN, ranked as high as #888 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 1 team in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 1 team-seasons.
1 team · Ages 17
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
MN Lightning VBC is a club volleyball program based in Columbus, MN, competing in the North Country region. In 2025-26 it fielded one boys team aged 17.
Its boys program ranks #888 nationally and #23 of 28 in MN for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 811. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Its team played 20 matches and won 7, a 35% win rate. Lightning 17 is #572 nationally and #59 in MN, at 1,393 Elo on a 7-13 record.
The club entered three events between 6 December and 14 February, a season of about 2 months.
Those events were held in one state. 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.
#888 nationally · Club Score 811
Every season and division VolleyLens has ranked for MN Lightning VBC. Pick one to focus this page on it.
| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Boys | #888 | 811 | 1 |
| 2024-25 | Boys | #721 | 808 | 1 |
Every team MN Lightning 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning 17 | Boys | 17 | 1393 (Emerging) | 7-13 | 35% |
Where MN Lightning 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| '26 NSVU Presidents' Day Challenge (Regional) | Twin Cities, MN | #265 of 384 | 1-4 | Lightning 17 — U18 Boys: 1-4 |
| 2026 Molten Series (Regional) | Maple Grove, MN | #126 of 384 | 5-5 | Lightning 17 — New Year's Freebie 16/18's: 5-5 |
| 2025 MNL Boys December Freebie (Dec 6-7) (Regional) | Burnsville, MN | #141 of 384 | 1-4 | Lightning 17 — Boys 16/18: 1-4 |