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U Pittsburgh is a volleyball club based in Pittsburgh, PA, ranked as high as #55 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 4 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 Pittsburgh is a club volleyball program based in Pittsburgh, PA. In 2025-26 it fielded 4 teams across both programs — two women's teams and two men's teams.
Its women's program ranks #55 nationally and #3 of 18 in PA for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,031. 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 45 matches and won 27 of them, a 60% win rate. Its strongest team, U Pittsburgh A, is #41 nationally and #2 in PA, at 1,754 Elo on a 16-4 record.
Teams averaged 23 matches each over the season. The club entered three events between 14 February and 2 April, a season of about 2 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 three outside PA. Destinations included MO and OH. 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.
#55 nationally · Club Score 1031
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Women's | #55 | 1031 | 2 |
| 2025-26 | Men's | #137 | 956 | 2 |
Every team U Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh A | Women's | all | 1754 (Elite) | 16-4 | 80% |
| U Pittsburgh B | Women's | all | 1433 (Developing) | 11-14 | 44% |
Where U Pittsburgh 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 | 12-10 | U Pittsburgh A — Women's Division I: 4-4; U Pittsburgh B — Men's Division IIIAA: 8-6 |
| Steel City Showdown / U Pittsburgh-W (Regional) | Pittsburgh, PA | #46 of 134 | 7-3 | U Pittsburgh A — Steel City Showdown / U Pittsburgh-W: 5-0; U Pittsburgh B — Steel City Showdown / U Pittsburgh-W: 2-3 |
| OSUWCVB Regulation Tournament / Ohio St U A-W (Competitive) | Columbus, OH | #13 of 134 | 8-5 | U Pittsburgh A — OSUWCVB Regulation Tournament / Ohio St U A-W: 7-0; U Pittsburgh B — OSUWCVB Regulation Tournament / Ohio St U A-W: 1-5 |