winter
schedules

The following schedules are tentative and can only be confirmed when tryouts are complete and teams are formed.  We will only adjust these schedules to accommodate a change in which teams are being offered, such as adding or removing a team from a certain age level.  Tournament schedules vary broadly from team to team, so only a sample is provided here.  Actual schedules for each team will be available for review at tryouts.

Practice Schedules and Coach Assignments

Practices will begin the week of November 30, 2026

TEAM Practice Times Coach 1 Coach 2
NIVB 12-Green T/Th 5:00-6:30pm Carolyn Babekuhl Chris Babekuhl
NIVB 12-Black T/Th 5:00-6:30pm Mia Tranowski Katie Krueger
NIVB 13-Green M/W 5:00 - 6:45 pm Kelly Matthias Jo-hera Bahatan
NIVB 13-Black M/W 5:00 - 6:45 pm Sydney Jedlenski Torrey Lau
NIVB 14-Green T/Th 6:30 - 8:15 pm Amber Gamer Parker Nordstrom
NIVB 14-Black T/Th 6:30 - 8:15 pm Elly Jacob Austin Tranowski
NIVB 15-Green T/Th 8:15 - 9:55 pm Sam Cutshaw Emma Nordeen
NIVB 15-Black T/Th 8:15 - 9:55 pm Lauri Snow Korra Masloski
NIVB 16-Purple M/W 8:30- 9:55 pm Nicole Higgins Taylan DeJohnette
NIVB 16-Green M/W 6:45 - 8:30 pm Ellie Allen Emma Allen
NIVB 16-Black M/W 6:45 - 8:30 pm Kraig O'Rourke Craig Larson
NIVB 17-Black M/W 8:30- 9:55 pm Jalyn Wolle Lexi Helmin

Positional practices will be held every Friday night at NBCC from 5:30-7:30pm with position-specific training for Setters, Middles, Pin Hitters, and DS/Liberos.  Typical nights will cover two positions for all age levels and most players will attend every other week for approximately 75 minutes per session.  12-14s will train from 5:30-6:45pm and 15s-17s will train from 6:15-7:30pm.

 

Tournament Schedules

All teams, with the exception of 12-Green, will play between 13-15 event days this season.

Tournaments for all teams except 12-Green include:

Frostbite Festival (2-days - Travel to Rochester) 15-17s play Jan 9-10/12-14s play Jan 16-17

NSVU President's Day Tournament (2-days - Metro Area) February 13-14

MN North Duluth Cup(2-days - Travel to Duluth) April 10-11

The Fiesta (2-days - Metro Area) April 24-25

All 12-14 teams play 5 dates in the MN Northern Lights Power League 

All 15-17 Black Teams will play 5 dates in the Molten Series Power League

Various other tournaments in and around the Twin Cities comprise the remaining events and will be available to review at tryouts.