IN · USAV Hoosier Region
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NIVA is a volleyball club based in Mishawaka, IN, ranked as high as #144 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 4 teams in the 2026-27 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2026-27 across 69 team-seasons.
4 teams · Ages 16, 18
Nationals champion + 1 more
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
NIVA is a club volleyball program based in Mishawaka, IN, competing in the Hoosier region. In 2026-27 it fielded four boys teams aged 16 to 18.
Its boys program ranks #161 nationally and #2 of 6 in IN for 2026-27, on a Club Score of 1,204. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 34 matches and won 19 of them, a 56% win rate. Its strongest team, NIVA Boys 18-White, is #166 nationally and #4 in IN, at 1,559 Elo on a 4-2 record.
Teams averaged 9 matches each over the season. The club entered three events between 4 October and 24 October, a season of about 1 month.
Those events were held in two states, with one of three outside IN. The out-of-state travel was to IL. Travel is described here in trips and destinations rather than cost, because event locations carry no distances.
Its results on record this season include finalist and champion.
Everything below — teams, statistics and rankings — is for this season and program. Pick another from Season History.
#161 nationally · Club Score 1204
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Boys | #161 | 1204 | 4 |
| 2025-26 | Girls | #144 | 1839 | 62 |
| 2025-26 | Boys | #426 | 1097 | 3 |
| 2024-25 | Boys | #719 | 810 | 1 |
Every team NIVA fielded in the 2026-27 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIVA Boys 18-White | Boys | 18 | 1559 (Competitive) | 4-2 | 67% |
| NIVA Boys 16-Purple | Boys | 16 | 1552 (Competitive) | 2-1 | 67% |
| NIVA Boys 18-Purple | Boys | 18 | 1538 (Competitive) | 8-5 | 62% |
| NIVA Boys 18-Black | Boys | 18 | 1381 (Emerging) | 5-7 | 42% |
Where NIVA competed in the 2026-27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE Chicago Point Series 18/17's #1 2026/2027 (Regional) | Bedford Park, IL | #21 of 74 | 5-7 | NIVA Boys 18-Black — 18/17's THE Chicago Point Series: 2-4; NIVA Boys 18-Purple — 18/17's THE Chicago Point Series: 3-3 |
| '26 Tri-State Fall Opener I (u18-u17) (Regional) | Crown Point, IN | #67 of 74 | 4-6 | NIVA Boys 18-Black — 17-18 Club: 1-2; NIVA Boys 18-Purple — 17-18 Premier: 2-2 (finalist); NIVA Boys 18-White — 17-18 Premier: 1-2 (champion) |
| BOYS TUNE UP (Regional) | Mishawaka, IN | #69 of 74 | 10-2 | NIVA Boys 16-Purple — 18U: 2-1; NIVA Boys 18-Purple — 18U: 3-0; NIVA Boys 18-Black — 18U: 2-1; NIVA Boys 18-White — 18U: 3-0 |