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Queen City Starlings is a volleyball club based in NC, ranked as high as #3484 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 4 teams in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 4 team-seasons.
4 teams · Ages 14–17
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Queen City Starlings is a club volleyball program based in NC, competing in the Carolina region. In 2025-26 it fielded four girls teams aged 14 to 17.
Its girls program ranks #3,484 nationally and #85 of 129 in NC for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,130. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 112 matches and won 32 of them, a 29% win rate. Its strongest team, Queen City Starlings 15 QCS-MATTHEWS-BLUE, is #4,881 nationally and #608 in NC, at 1,409 Elo on an 18-24 record.
Teams averaged 28 matches each over the season. The club entered nine events between 10 January and 16 May, a season of about 4 months.
Those events were held in four states, with seven of nine outside NC. Destinations included SC, MD and TN. 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.
#3484 nationally · Club Score 1130
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #3484 | 1130 | 4 |
Every team Queen City Starlings 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen City Starlings 15 QCS-MATTHEWS-BLUE | Girls | 15 | 1409 (Developing) | 18-24 | 43% |
| Queen City Starlings 16 QCS-MATTHEWS-RED (CR) | Girls | 16 | 1382 (Emerging) | 1-4 | 20% |
| Queen City Starlings 14 QCS-MATTHEWS-WHITE | Girls | 14 | 1341 (Emerging) | 8-22 | 27% |
| Queen City Starlings 17 QCS-MATTHEWS-BLACK | Girls | 17 | 1186 (Emerging) | 5-30 | 14% |
Where Queen City Starlings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The South Carolina AAU Grand Prix LOVB Fest (Competitive) | Boiling Springs, SC | #117 of 3,214 | 0-10 | Queen City Starlings 15 QCS-MATTHEWS-BLUE — 15 Power - Am and Pm Wave: 0-5; Queen City Starlings 17 QCS-MATTHEWS-BLACK — 17/18 Power/Club - AM Wave : 0-5 |
| Stars Southern Draw AAU Super Regional (Regional) | Boiling Springs, SC | #518 of 3,214 | 4-5 | Queen City Starlings 14 QCS-MATTHEWS-WHITE — 14 Girls - AM Wave at The STAR: 1-3; Queen City Starlings 15 QCS-MATTHEWS-BLUE — 15s - PM Wave at STAR Center : 3-2 |
| 2026 GIRLS Charlotte JVA Challenge (Competitive) | Charlotte, NC | #196 of 3,214 | 3-12 | Queen City Starlings 14 QCS-MATTHEWS-WHITE — 14 Girls: 1-4; Queen City Starlings 15 QCS-MATTHEWS-BLUE — 15 Club: 1-4; Queen City Starlings 17 QCS-MATTHEWS-BLACK — 17-18 Club: 1-4 |
| 2026 High Tide Invitational (Regional) | Myrtle Beach, SC | #391 of 3,214 | 3-12 | Queen City Starlings 15 QCS-MATTHEWS-BLUE — 15 Girls : 1-4; Queen City Starlings 16 QCS-MATTHEWS-RED (CR) — 16 Girls: 1-4; Queen City Starlings 14 QCS-MATTHEWS-WHITE — 14 Girls: 1-4 |
| 2026 VK2 AAU Tournament (Regional) | Knoxville, TN | #841 of 3,214 | 7-10 | Queen City Starlings 17 QCS-MATTHEWS-BLACK — 17 Girls : 1-4; Queen City Starlings 14 QCS-MATTHEWS-WHITE — 14 Girls : 2-4; Queen City Starlings 15 QCS-MATTHEWS-BLUE — 15 Girls : 4-2 |
| 2026 Greensboro AAU Super Regional (Regional) | Greensboro, NC | #416 of 3,214 | 1-4 | Queen City Starlings 17 QCS-MATTHEWS-BLACK — 17 Girls: 1-4 |
| 2026 Carolina Challenge (AAU) (Regional) | Rock Hill, SC | #588 of 3,214 | 5-10 | Queen City Starlings 17 QCS-MATTHEWS-BLACK — 17 Girls: 1-4; Queen City Starlings 15 QCS-MATTHEWS-BLUE — 15 Girls : 2-3; Queen City Starlings 14 QCS-MATTHEWS-WHITE — 14 Girls: 2-3 |
| 2026 JVA Charm City Challenge (Competitive) | Baltimore, MD | #129 of 3,214 | 4-6 | Queen City Starlings 17 QCS-MATTHEWS-BLACK — 18 Club: 1-4; Queen City Starlings 15 QCS-MATTHEWS-BLUE — 15 Club: 3-2 |
| Chucktown Showdown (Regional) | Charleston, SC | #978 of 3,214 | 5-11 | Queen City Starlings 14 QCS-MATTHEWS-WHITE — 14 Girls: 1-4; Queen City Starlings 15 QCS-MATTHEWS-BLUE — 15 Girls: 4-2; Queen City Starlings 17 QCS-MATTHEWS-BLACK — 17/18 Girls: 0-5 |