MI · USAV Lakeshore Region
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Western Michigan is a volleyball club based in Kalamazoo, MI, ranked as high as #108 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.
Western Michigan is a club volleyball program based in Kalamazoo, MI, competing in the Lakeshore region. In 2025-26 it fielded 4 teams across both programs — two women's teams and two men's teams.
Its women's program ranks #108 nationally and #5 of 13 in MI for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 962. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 34 matches and won 16 of them, a 48% win rate. Its strongest team, Western Michigan U A, is #166 nationally and #6 in MI, at 1,575 Elo on a 9-7 record.
Teams averaged 17 matches each over the season. The club entered three events between 28 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 three of three outside MI. Destinations included IL, 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.
#108 nationally · Club Score 962
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Women's | #108 | 962 | 2 |
| 2025-26 | Men's | #126 | 965 | 2 |
Every team Western Michigan 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Michigan U A | Women's | all | 1575 (Competitive) | 9-7-1 | 53% |
| Western Michigan U B | Women's | all | 1341 (Emerging) | 7-10 | 41% |
Where Western Michigan 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 | 12-11 | Western Michigan U B — Women's Division IIIAA: 5-4; Western Michigan U A — Women's Division IAAA: 4-3; Western Michigan B — Men's Division IIIAA: 3-4 |
| Illinois State Tournament / Illinois St A-W (Regional) | Normal IL, IL | #33 of 134 | 1-6 | Western Michigan U B — Illinois State Tournament / Illinois St A-W: 0-4; Western Michigan U A — Illinois State Tournament / Illinois St A-W: 1-2 |
| Flyers Spring Tournament / U Dayton A-W (Regional) | Dayton, OH | #53 of 134 | 6-4 | Western Michigan U B — Flyers Spring Tournament / U Dayton A-W: 2-2; Western Michigan U A — Flyers Spring Tournament / U Dayton A-W: 4-2 |