NY · USAV Western Empire Region
Vandal Volleyball is a volleyball club based in Cheektowaga, NY. It fields 2 teams in the 2025-26 season.
2 teams · Ages 18
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Vandal Volleyball is a club volleyball program based in Cheektowaga, NY, competing in the Western Empire region. In 2025-26 it fielded two boys teams aged 18.
Its boys program ranks #480 nationally and #21 of 44 in NY for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,032. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score. Of its 2 teams, 1 rates Elite, meaning an Elo of 1700 or better.
Across the season its teams played 111 matches and won 58 of them, a 54% win rate. Its strongest team, Vandal 18-1, is #122 nationally and #20 in NY, at 1,814 Elo on a 43-18 record.
Teams averaged 56 matches each over the season. The club entered 10 events between 12 December and 3 July, a season of about 7 months. Of those, 3 were Elite or Premier events — the strongest fields on the calendar.
Those events were held in six states, with five of 10 outside NY. Destinations included CT, FL, KY, ON and PA. 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.
#480 nationally · Club Score 1032
Every season and division VolleyLens has ranked for Vandal Volleyball. Pick one to focus this page on it.
| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Boys | #480 | 1032 | 2 |
| 2024-25 | Boys | #327 | 1094 | 2 |
Every team Vandal Volleyball 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vandal 18-1 | Boys | 18 | 1814 (Elite) | 43-18-2 | 68% |
| Vandal 18 Alpha | Boys | 18 | 1321 (Emerging) | 15-31-2 | 31% |
Where Vandal Volleyball 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAU Boys National Volleyball Championships-Wave 1 (Elite) | Orlando, FL | #1 of 368 | 9-13 | Vandal 18 Alpha — 18 Club: 4-7; Vandal 18-1 — 18 Premier: 5-6 |
| 2026 Buffalo Nationals Tune-Up (Regional) | Buffalo, NY | #68 of 368 | 5-6 | Vandal 18-1 — 18 Boys: 4-1; Vandal 18 Alpha — 18 Boys: 1-5 |
| Niagara Frontier Eden Memorial II (Regional) | West Seneca, NY | #127 of 368 | 6-4 | Vandal 18 Alpha — 18 Boys: 2-3; Vandal 18-1 — 18 Boys: 4-1 |
| Boys Regional Championship (Regional) | Brockport, NY | #107 of 368 | 7-2 | Vandal 18-1 — 18 Boys: 6-0; Vandal 18 Alpha — 18 Boys: 1-2 |
| 2026 Beast of the East AAU Canadian Open (Regional) | Thorold, ON | #79 of 368 | 5-5 | Vandal 18-1 — 18 Boys: 4-1; Vandal 18 Alpha — 18 Boys: 1-4 |
| Spring Daze (Regional) | Rochester, NY | #156 of 368 | 5-3 | Vandal 18-1 — 18 Boys: 5-0; Vandal 18 Alpha — 18 Boys: 0-3 |
| 2026 Nike Steel City Boys Championships (Premier) | Pittsburgh, PA | #11 of 368 | 6-10 | Vandal 18 Alpha — 18 Club: 3-6; Vandal 18-1 — 18 Open: 3-4 |
| Cool Daze (Regional) | Brockport, NY | #180 of 368 | 8-1 | Vandal 18-1 — 18 Boys: 5-0; Vandal 18 Alpha — 18 Boys: 3-1 |
| 2026 NIKE New England Winterfest #1 (Regional) | Hartford, CT | #93 of 368 | 4-1 | Vandal 18-1 — Boys 18 Open: 4-1 |
| Boys Winter Invitational (Premier) | Louisville, KY | #6 of 368 | 3-4 | Vandal 18-1 — 18 Elite: 3-4 |