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Southwest Iowa Third Degree is a volleyball club based in NE, ranked as high as #826 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 13 teams in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 13 team-seasons.
13 teams · Ages 11–18
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Southwest Iowa Third Degree is a club volleyball program based in NE, competing in the Great Plains region. In 2025-26 it fielded 13 girls teams aged 11 to 18.
Its girls program ranks #826 nationally and #11 of 77 in NE for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,548. That places it in the Competitive tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score. Of its 13 teams, 1 rates Elite, meaning an Elo of 1700 or better.
Across the season its teams played 134 matches and won 80 of them, a 63% win rate. Its strongest team, SWI3D 18-Black, is #493 nationally and #86 in NE, at 1,720 Elo on a 20-5 record.
Teams averaged 10 matches each over the season. The club entered seven events between 31 January and 11 April, a season of about 2 months.
Those events were held in two states, with four of seven outside NE. The out-of-state travel was to IA. 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.
#826 nationally · Club Score 1548
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #826 | 1548 | 13 |
Every team Southwest Iowa Third Degree 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWI3D 18-Black | Girls | 18 | 1720 (Elite) | 20-5 | 80% |
| SWI3D 16-Black | Girls | 16 | 1673 (Premier) | 6-0 | 100% |
| SWI3D 15-Black | Girls | 15 | 1672 (Premier) | 16-3 | 84% |
| SWI3D 13-White | Girls | 13 | 1662 (Premier) | 5-0 | 100% |
| SWI3D 14-Black | Girls | 14 | 1566 (Competitive) | 3-1-2 | 50% |
| SWI3D 13-Black | Girls | 13 | 1559 (Competitive) | 6-3 | 67% |
| SWI3D 12-Black | Girls | 12 | 1545 (Competitive) | 2-0-3 | 40% |
| SWI3D 17-Black | Girls | 17 | 1542 (Competitive) | 8-7 | 53% |
| SWI3D 11-Black | Girls | 11 | 1518 (Competitive) | 3-2 | 60% |
| SWI3D 14-White | Girls | 14 | 1496 (Developing) | 2-1-1 | 50% |
| SWI3D 12-White | Girls | 12 | 1429 (Developing) | 1-3 | 25% |
| SWI3D 15-White | Girls | 15 | 1414 (Developing) | 5-10-1 | 31% |
| SWI3D 16-White | Girls | 16 | 1281 (Emerging) | 3-12 | 20% |
Where Southwest Iowa Third Degree 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPR 10-18's Regionals 11-14's Bid (Apr 11-12) (Competitive) | Omaha, NE | #384 of 3,214 | 36-20 | SWI3D 13-Black — 13's Gold: 3-2; SWI3D 18-Black — 18's Gold: 3-2; SWI3D 12-White — 12's Bronze: 1-3; SWI3D 14-White — 14's Bronze: 2-1; SWI3D 15-Black — 15's Gold: 4-0; SWI3D 12-Black — 12's Silver: 2-0; SWI3D 16-Black — 16's Silver: 6-0; SWI3D 13-White — 13's Bronze: 5-0; SWI3D 11-Black — 11's Silver: 3-2; SWI3D 14-Black — 14's Silver: 3-1; SWI3D 15-White — 15's Gold: 2-2; SWI3D 17-Black — 17's Gold: 2-3; SWI3D 16-White — 16's Gold: 0-4 |
| 1733 Challenge- Mar 29 (15's-18's) (Regional) | Kearney, NE | #2712 of 3,214 | 1-2 | SWI3D 15-White — U15/U16 - Silver: 1-2 |
| Nebraska VBA (Mar 29) (Regional) | Kearney, NE | #1532 of 3,214 | 4-0 | SWI3D 18-Black — 17/18 Gold: 4-0 |
| Midwest Madness (FREE ENTRY NATIONALS) (Regional) | Sioux City, IA | #881 of 3,214 | 17-10 | SWI3D 13-Black — 13 Girls: 3-1; SWI3D 15-Black — 15 Girls : 3-1; SWI3D 15-White — 15 Girls : 0-3; SWI3D 16-White — 16 Girls: 2-4; SWI3D 18-Black — 17/18 Girls: 5-0; SWI3D 17-Black — 17/18 Girls: 4-1 |
| 2026 Prep Dig Quad Cities Quest (Regional) | Davenport, IA | #813 of 3,214 | 2-3 | SWI3D 15-White — 15/16 Girls: 2-3 |
| 2026 Prep Dig Iowa Clash (Regional) | Clive, IA | #429 of 3,214 | 11-11 | SWI3D 15-Black — 15 Girls: 4-2; SWI3D 17-Black — 17/18 Open: 2-3; SWI3D 16-White — 16 Girls: 1-4; SWI3D 18-Black — 17/18 Open: 4-2 |
| 2026 Mizuno UNI-Dome Challenge (Competitive) | Cedar Falls, IA | #283 of 3,214 | 9-1 | SWI3D 15-Black — 15's Division: 5-0; SWI3D 18-Black — 18's Division: 4-1 |