NY · USAV Excelsior Empire Region
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Sporting Albany VB, LLC is a volleyball club based in Rensselaer, NY, ranked as high as #313 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 11 team-seasons.
7 teams · Ages 12–16, 18
4 teams · Ages 14–16, 18
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Sporting Albany VB, LLC is a club volleyball program based in Rensselaer, NY, competing in the Excelsior Empire region. In 2025-26 it fielded 11 teams across both programs — seven girls teams aged 12 to 18 and four boys teams aged 14 to 18.
Its boys program ranks #313 nationally and #16 of 44 in NY for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,239. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score. Of its 4 teams, 1 rates Elite, meaning an Elo of 1700 or better.
Across the season its teams played 157 matches and won 80 of them, a 52% win rate. Its strongest team, Sporting Albany Boys 16u, is #164 nationally and #27 in NY, at 1,754 Elo on a 43-16 record.
Teams averaged 39 matches each over the season. The club entered 11 events between 6 December and 3 July, a season of about 7 months. Of those, 2 were Elite or Premier events — the strongest fields on the calendar.
Those events were held in five states, with eight of 11 outside NY. Destinations included MA, CT, FL and VA. 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.
#313 nationally · Club Score 1239
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #1830 | 1392 | 7 |
| 2025-26 | Boys | #313 | 1239 | 4 |
Every team Sporting Albany VB, LLC 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting Albany Boys 16u | Boys | 16 | 1754 (Elite) | 43-16-2 | 70% |
| Sporting Albany Boys 14 | Boys | 14 | 1556 (Competitive) | 22-12 | 65% |
| Sporting Albany Boys 15u | Boys | 15 | 1401 (Developing) | 8-20 | 29% |
| Sporting Albany Boys 18 | Boys | 18 | 1304 (Emerging) | 7-27 | 21% |
Where Sporting Albany VB, LLC 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 384 | 2-8 | Sporting Albany Boys 16u — 16 Premier: 2-8 |
| 2026 Boys' East Coast Championships (Premier) | Richmond, VA | #12 of 384 | 5-2 | Sporting Albany Boys 16u — 16 USA: 5-2 |
| Excelsior Empire 2026 Jr Regional Champions 1 (Regional) | Syracuse, NY | #145 of 384 | 7-9 | Sporting Albany Boys 14 — 14 Boys: 3-2; Sporting Albany Boys 15u — 15 Boys: 0-3; Sporting Albany Boys 16u — 16 Boys: 4-0; Sporting Albany Boys 18 — 18 Boys: 0-4 |
| AAU Boys Regional Championship (Regional) | Westford, MA | #99 of 384 | 14-8 | Sporting Albany Boys 18 — 18 Club: 3-3; Sporting Albany Boys 15u — 15 Boys: 1-4; Sporting Albany Boys 14 — 14 Boys: 4-1; Sporting Albany Boys 16u — 16 Club: 6-0 |
| 2026 NIKE Boston National Qualifier #2 (Regional) | Boston, MA | #73 of 384 | 0-7 | Sporting Albany Boys 18 — Boys 18 USA: 0-7 |
| 2026 NIKE Boston National Qualifier #1 (Regional) | Boston, MA | #81 of 384 | 13-3 | Sporting Albany Boys 14 — Boys 14 USA: 5-2; Sporting Albany Boys 16u — Boys 16 USA: 8-1 |
| The New York City Open (Regional) | New York, NY | #80 of 384 | 2-5 | Sporting Albany Boys 18 — 18 Club: 2-5 |
| AAU Grand Prix Weekend #1 (Regional) | Greater Boston, MA | #86 of 384 | 11-5 | Sporting Albany Boys 16u — 16 Club: 6-0; Sporting Albany Boys 14 — 14 Boys: 3-2; Sporting Albany Boys 15u — 15 Boys: 2-3 |
| 2026 NIKE New England Winterfest #1 (Regional) | Hartford, CT | #97 of 384 | 12-9 | Sporting Albany Boys 18 — Boys 18 Club: 2-3; Sporting Albany Boys 15u — Boys 15 Club: 2-3; Sporting Albany Boys 16u — Boys 16 Open: 5-1; Sporting Albany Boys 14 — Boys 14 Club: 3-2 |
| AAU Upstate Cup (Regional) | Halfmoon, NY | #93 of 384 | 6-16 | Sporting Albany Boys 14 — 14 Boys: 4-3; Sporting Albany Boys 16u — 16 Boys: 1-4; Sporting Albany Boys 15u — 15 Boys: 1-4; Sporting Albany Boys 18 — 17/18 Boys: 0-5 |
| AAU Home for the Holidays BOYS (Regional) | Uncasville, CT | #89 of 384 | 8-3 | Sporting Albany Boys 16u — 16 Club: 6-0; Sporting Albany Boys 15u — 15 Club: 2-3 |