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Sidewinder Volleyball Academy is a volleyball club based in Tucson, AZ, ranked as high as #62 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 7 teams in the 2026-27 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2026-27 across 31 team-seasons.
7 teams · Ages 12, 14, 16–18
Nationals finalist
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Sidewinder Volleyball Academy is a club volleyball program based in Tucson, AZ, competing in the Arizona region. In 2026-27 it fielded seven boys teams aged 12 to 18.
Its boys program ranks #72 nationally and #6 of 20 in AZ for 2026-27, on a Club Score of 1,398. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score. Of its 7 teams, 1 rates Elite, meaning an Elo of 1700 or better.
Across the season its teams played 96 matches and won 25 of them, a 26% win rate. Its strongest team, Sidewinder 17-1, is #17 nationally and #31 in AZ, at 1,745 Elo on a 7-9 record.
Teams averaged 14 matches each over the season. The club entered four events between 19 September and 24 October, a season of about 1 month. Of those, 3 were Elite or Premier events — the strongest fields on the calendar.
Those events were held in one state. Travel is described here in trips and destinations rather than cost, because event locations carry no distances.
Its best result on record this season is finalist.
Everything below — teams, statistics and rankings — is for this season and program. Pick another from Season History.
#72 nationally · Club Score 1398
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Boys | #72 | 1398 | 7 |
| 2025-26 | Girls | #1984 | 1372 | 11 |
| 2025-26 | Boys | #62 | 1640 | 13 |
| 2024-25 | Boys | #44 | 1591 | 12 |
Every team Sidewinder Volleyball Academy 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidewinder 17-1 | Boys | 17 | 1745 (Elite) | 7-9 | 44% |
| Sidewinder 18-1 | Boys | 18 | 1647 (Premier) | 6-10 | 38% |
| Sidewinder 16-1 | Boys | 16 | 1622 (Premier) | 4-12 | 25% |
| Sidewinder Volleyball Academy 16 15R | Boys | 16 | 1384 (Emerging) | 0-8 | 0% |
| Sidewinder Volleyball Academy 18 17R | Boys | 18 | 1381 (Emerging) | 0-8 | 0% |
| Sidewinder 12-1 | Boys | 12 | 1318 (Emerging) | 4-12 | 25% |
| Sidewinder 14-1 | Boys | 14 | 1307 (Emerging) | 4-12 | 25% |
Where Sidewinder Volleyball Academy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ Region Boys #4 (Premier) | Mesa, AZ | #3 of 92 | 3-17 | Sidewinder 17-1 — Boys Open: 1-3; Sidewinder 18-1 — Boys Open: 1-3; Sidewinder 16-1 — Boys Open: 0-4; Sidewinder 12-1 — 14 Boys: 1-3; Sidewinder 14-1 — 14 Boys: 0-4 |
| AZ Region Boys #3 (Elite) | Mesa, AZ | #1 of 92 | 9-11 | Sidewinder 14-1 — 14 Boys: 3-1; Sidewinder 18-1 — Boys Open: 1-3; Sidewinder 16-1 — Boys Open: 2-2; Sidewinder 17-1 — Boys Open: 2-2; Sidewinder 12-1 — 14 Boys: 1-3 |
| AZ Region Boys #2 (Premier) | Mesa, AZ | #2 of 92 | 7-21 | Sidewinder 17-1 — Boys Open: 3-1; Sidewinder 18-1 — Boys Open: 2-2; Sidewinder 14-1 — 14 Boys: 1-3; Sidewinder 16-1 — Boys Open: 0-4; Sidewinder Volleyball Academy 18 17R — Boys Open: 0-4; Sidewinder 12-1 — 14 Boys: 1-3; Sidewinder Volleyball Academy 16 15R — Boys Open: 0-4 |
| AZ Region Boys #1 (Competitive) | Mesa, AZ | #4 of 92 | 6-22 | Sidewinder 12-1 — 14 Boys: 1-3; Sidewinder 14-1 — 14 Boys: 0-4 (finalist); Sidewinder Volleyball Academy 18 17R — Boys Open: 0-4; Sidewinder 17-1 — Boys Open: 1-3; Sidewinder Volleyball Academy 16 15R — Boys Open: 0-4; Sidewinder 16-1 — Boys Open: 2-2; Sidewinder 18-1 — Boys Open: 2-2 |