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U Northern Iowa is a volleyball club based in Cedar Falls, IA, ranked as high as #69 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 2 teams in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 3 team-seasons.
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Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
U Northern Iowa is a club volleyball program based in Cedar Falls, IA, competing in the Iowa region. In 2025-26 it fielded 3 teams across both programs — two women's teams and one men's team.
Its women's program ranks #69 nationally and #2 of 4 in IA for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,011. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 31 matches and won 16 of them, a 52% win rate. Its strongest team, U Northern Iowa A, is #160 nationally and #3 in IA, at 1,586 Elo on a 9-9 record.
Teams averaged 16 matches each over the season. The club entered four events between 21 February and 2 April, a season of about 1 month. 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 four outside IA. Destinations included MN and 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.
#69 nationally · Club Score 1011
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Women's | #69 | 1011 | 2 |
| 2025-26 | Men's | #335 | 812 | 1 |
Every team U Northern Iowa 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U Northern Iowa A | Women's | all | 1586 (Competitive) | 9-9 | 50% |
| U Northern Iowa B | Women's | all | 1540 (Competitive) | 7-6 | 54% |
Where U Northern Iowa 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 134 | 2-5 | U Northern Iowa A — Women's Division IAA: 2-5 |
| Cyclone Showdown / Iowa State A-W (Regional) | Ames, IA | #74 of 134 | 4-3 | U Northern Iowa A — Cyclone Showdown / Iowa State A-W: 2-1; U Northern Iowa B — Cyclone Showdown / Iowa State A-W: 2-2 |
| UNI Spring Panther Invitational / U Northern Iowa-W (Regional) | Cedar Falls, IA | #83 of 134 | 5-3 | U Northern Iowa A — UNI Spring Panther Invitational / U Northern Iowa-W: 3-1; U Northern Iowa B — UNI Spring Panther Invitational / U Northern Iowa-W: 2-2 |
| Gopher Showdown Tournament / U Minnesota A-W (Regional) | minneapolis, MN | #54 of 134 | 5-4 | U Northern Iowa A — Gopher Showdown Tournament / U Minnesota A-W: 2-2; U Northern Iowa B — Gopher Showdown Tournament / U Minnesota A-W: 3-2 |