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UC Santa Cruz is a volleyball club based in Santa Cruz, CA, ranked as high as #200 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 1 team in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 2 team-seasons.
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Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
UC Santa Cruz is a club volleyball program based in Santa Cruz, CA, competing in the Southern California region. In 2025-26 it fielded 2 teams across both programs — one women's team and one men's team.
Its men's program ranks #200 nationally and #19 of 42 in CA for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 873. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Its team played 13 matches and won 9, a 69% win rate. UC Santa Cruz A is #112 nationally and #14 in CA, at 1,577 Elo on a 9-4 record.
The club entered seven events between 10 January and 2 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 two states, with one of seven outside CA. The out-of-state travel was to MO. 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.
#200 nationally · Club Score 873
Every season and division VolleyLens has ranked for UC Santa Cruz. Pick one to focus this page on it.
| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Women's | #212 | 855 | 1 |
| 2025-26 | Men's | #200 | 873 | 1 |
Every team UC Santa Cruz 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Santa Cruz A | Men's | all | 1577 (Competitive) | 9-4 | 69% |
Where UC Santa Cruz 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 NCVF Championships (Elite) | Kansas City, MO | #1 of 152 | 4-2 | UC Santa Cruz A — Men's Division IAA: 4-2 |
| NCCVL DII League Championshios / NCCVL (Regional) | Stockton, CA | #136 of 152 | 2-0 | UC Santa Cruz A — NCCVL DII League Championshios / NCCVL: 2-0 |
| Men's Division TCS West Region Challenge 2026 / SCCVL (Competitive) | Anaheim, CA | #8 of 152 | 5-2 | UC Santa Cruz A — Men's Division TCS West Region Challenge 2026 / SCCVL: 5-2 |
| SCCVL West Region Challenge 2026 (Competitive) | Anaheim, CA | #7 of 152 | 5-2 | UC Santa Cruz A — Men's: 5-2 |
| Far Westerns / UC-Davis (Regional) | Sacramento, CA | #79 of 152 | 6-3 | UC Santa Cruz A — Far Westerns / UC-Davis: 6-3 |
| NCCVL DII East South Crossovers / NCCVL (Regional) | Alameda, CA | #111 of 152 | 5-0 | UC Santa Cruz A — NCCVL DII East South Crossovers / NCCVL: 5-0 |
| NCCVL Men's DII League Play / NCCVL (Regional) | Various, CA | #128 of 152 | 2-1 | UC Santa Cruz A — NCCVL Men's DII League Play / NCCVL: 2-1 |