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Dubuque Blaze is a volleyball club based in Dubuque, IA, ranked as high as #1928 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 10 teams in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 10 team-seasons.
10 teams · Ages 12–14, 16, 17
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Dubuque Blaze is a club volleyball program based in Dubuque, IA, competing in the Iowa region. In 2025-26 it fielded 10 girls teams aged 12 to 17.
Its girls program ranks #1,928 nationally and #59 of 273 in IA for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,381. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 137 matches and won 42 of them, a 33% win rate. Its strongest team, Dubuque Blaze 16-Elite, is #2,389 nationally and #408 in IA, at 1,565 Elo on a 13-14 record.
Teams averaged 14 matches each over the season. The club entered 19 events between 17 January and 11 April, a season of about 3 months. Of those, 1 was an Elite or Premier event — the strongest fields on the calendar.
Those events were held in three states, with two of 19 outside IA. Destinations included MN and WI. 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.
#1928 nationally · Club Score 1381
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #1928 | 1381 | 10 |
Every team Dubuque Blaze 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubuque Blaze 16-Elite | Girls | 16 | 1565 (Competitive) | 13-14-4 | 42% |
| DUBUQUE BLAZE 17 | Girls | 17 | 1527 (Competitive) | 6-4 | 60% |
| Dubuque Blaze 14-Black | Girls | 14 | 1479 (Developing) | 7-9-1 | 41% |
| Blaze 12-Black | Girls | 12 | 1453 (Developing) | 2-3 | 40% |
| Dubuque Blaze 16-White | Girls | 16 | 1402 (Developing) | 1-4 | 20% |
| Dubuque Blaze 14 | Girls | 14 | 1391 (Emerging) | 0-4 | 0% |
| Dubuque Blaze 12-Orange | Girls | 12 | 1381 (Emerging) | 5-13-5 | 22% |
| Dubuque Blaze 13 | Girls | 13 | 1274 (Emerging) | 2-11-1 | 14% |
| Blaze 14-Orange | Girls | 14 | 1265 (Emerging) | 3-11 | 21% |
| Blaze 16-Orange | Girls | 16 | 1259 (Emerging) | 3-11 | 21% |
Where Dubuque Blaze 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Iowa Regional Championships Weekend 3 (Regional) | West Des Moines, IA | #699 of 3,214 | 3-7 | Dubuque Blaze 14-Black — 14 Silver: 2-3; Blaze 14-Orange — 14 Silver: 1-4 |
| Iowa Select (Regional) | IA | #1867 of 3,214 | 1-3 | Dubuque Blaze 12-Orange — 11/12 - SAT: 1-3 |
| Coe (Regional) | IA | #2116 of 3,214 | 0-7 | Dubuque Blaze 14 — 14U: 0-4; Dubuque Blaze 13 — 13U: 0-3 |
| 2026 Iowa Regional Championships Weekend 2 (Competitive) | IA | #282 of 3,214 | 5-10 | DUBUQUE BLAZE 17 — 17 Silver: 3-2; Dubuque Blaze 16-White — 16 Silver: 1-4; Blaze 16-Orange — 16 Silver: 1-4 |
| Adrenaline (Regional) | IA | #1571 of 3,214 | 0-3 | Dubuque Blaze 12-Orange — 12s: 0-3 |
| LOVB Spring Challenge (Regional) | Bettendorf, IA | #1585 of 3,214 | 3-12 | Blaze 16-Orange — 16 Girls: 0-4; Dubuque Blaze 13 — 13 Girls: 2-4; Dubuque Blaze 12-Orange — 12 Girls: 1-4 |
| 2026 Mizuno Northern Lights Qualifier 14 Op, 14 USA, All 15's, 16 Amer, 16 Lib. (March 20-22) (Elite) | Minneapolis, MN | #32 of 3,214 | 2-6 | Dubuque Blaze 16-Elite — 16 Liberty: 2-6 |
| 2026 Iowa Regional Championships Weekend 1 (Competitive) | IA | #150 of 3,214 | 1-4 | Dubuque Blaze 16-Elite — 16 Qualifying: 1-4 |
| 2026 Madtown Spring Fling (Regional) | Sun Prairie, WI | #1650 of 3,214 | 4-6 | Blaze 14-Orange — 14 Girls Classic: 2-3; Blaze 16-Orange — 16 Girls Classic: 2-3 |
| Evolution (Regional) | IA | #1909 of 3,214 | 3-2 | DUBUQUE BLAZE 17 — SUN: 16/17U: 3-2 |
| LOVB Challenge #7 (Regional) | Bettendorf, IA | #902 of 3,214 | 4-2 | Dubuque Blaze 14-Black — 14 Girls: 2-1; Dubuque Blaze 16-Elite — 16 Girls: 2-1 |
| LOVB Challenge #6 (Regional) | Bettendorf, IA | #1509 of 3,214 | 2-3 | Blaze 12-Black — 12 Girls: 2-3 |
| Iowa Select (Regional) | IA | #1271 of 3,214 | 0-4 | Dubuque Blaze 13 — 13/14s - SAT: 0-4 |
| Key City Clash (Regional) | Dubuque, IA | #579 of 3,214 | 5-5 | Dubuque Blaze 16-Elite — 16 Girls: 3-2; Dubuque Blaze 14-Black — 14 Girls: 2-3 |
| LOVB Challenge #5 (Regional) | Bettendorf, IA | #1339 of 3,214 | 0-4 | Blaze 14-Orange — 14 Girls: 0-4 |
| EC Volley (Regional) | IA | #2882 of 3,214 | 2-1 | Dubuque Blaze 12-Orange — 11/12u: 2-1 |
| CIA (Regional) | IA | #1993 of 3,214 | 1-2 | Dubuque Blaze 12-Orange — 11U/12U: 1-2 |
| Iowa Select (Regional) | IA | #1537 of 3,214 | 3-1 | Dubuque Blaze 16-Elite — 15/16 Gold - SUN: 3-1 |
| Adrenaline (Regional) | IA | #1672 of 3,214 | 3-2 | Dubuque Blaze 14-Black — 14s Sunday: 1-2; Dubuque Blaze 16-Elite — 16s: 2-0 |