The 2025 high school volleyball season is complete and a total of 61 teams head into the 2026 season with win streaks of 20 or more, including a national-best 86 in a row by
Essex (Essex Junction, Vt.).
Unlike most of the schools on the list, Essex has compiled its streak over an extended period of time. While the other 60 teams on the list are working on streaks less than two years old, Essex last lost a match in 2019 in the state final.
In fact, since Vermont first sanctioned volleyball in 2016, the Hornets have lost just three matches in 10 seasons. Essex went 17-0 and captured a fifth straight state championship this fall, extending their streak to 86 in a row.
After going 37-0 and capturing Indiana's Class 4A state title, Carroll will enter the 2026 season with a 50-game win streak. The Chargers finished the season ranked No. 5 nationally by MaxPreps. (PHOTO: Justin Sicking)
Essex has a 10-game edge over
Byron Nelson (Trophy Club, Texas), the No. 1 team in the final MaxPreps Top 25. The Bobcats have won back-to-back state championships with 78 wins in a row.
Three other teams have 50 or more wins.
Las Cruces (N.M.) is third with 57 in a row, including back-to-back 27-0 seasons. Meanwhile
Carroll (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and
Inter-Lakes (Meredith, N.H.) both have 50 in a row.
Essex and Byron Nelson could both climb over 100 straight wins next year, which would put them each among the longest win streaks in history. Only 13 programs have won over 100 games in a row, topped by
Sweet Home (Amherst, N.Y.), which won 292 in a row.
Longest volleyball win streaks
2.
Byron Nelson (Trophy Club, Texas) — 78
3.
Las Cruces (N.M.) — 57
4.
Carroll (Fort Wayne, Ind.) — 50
4.
Inter-Lakes (Meredith, N.H.) — 50
6.
Ellinwood (Kan.) — 47
7.
Billings Central Catholic (Billings, Mont.) — 46
8.
McGill-Toolen (Mobile, Ala.) — 41
8.
Seton (Cincinnati, Ohio) — 41
10.
StoneBridge (Chesapeake, Va.) — 38
11.
Unalaska (Alaska) — 37
11.
Goliad (Texas) — 37
13.
Silver Lake (Kan.) — 36
14.
North Sanpete (Mt. Pleasant, Utah) — 33
15.
Community Christian (Norman, Okla.) — 31
16.
Normal University (Normal, Ill.) — 30
17.
Spring-Ford (Royersford, Pa.) — 30
18.
Tippecanoe (Tipp City, Ohio) — 29
18.
Calvert (Tiffin, Ohio) — 29
20.
Green Level (Cary, N.C.) — 28
27
Newark Catholic (Newark, Ohio)Oliver Ames (North Easton, Mass.)26
Milford (Neb.)North Summit (Coalville, Utah)25
Cissna Park (Ill.)Columbia (Ill.)GV Christian (Henderson, Nev.)Howard (Ellicott City, Md.)Lafayette (Wildwood, Mo.)Lake Norman Charter (Huntersville, N.C.)Little River (Kan.)Winter Park (Fla.)24
Andale (Kan.)Eagle Mountain (Fort Worth, Texas)Eagleville (Tenn.)Harrisburg (Ill.)Kingsley (Mich.)Marist (Eugene, Ore.)Radford (Va.)23
Heritage Christian (New Berlin, Wis.)Riverside (Leesburg, Va.)22
Calvary Christian (Clearwater, Fla.)Secaucus (N.J.)Simla (Colo.)St. John-Vianney (Holmdel, N.J.)21
Brunswick (Lawrenceville, Va.)Denver (Iowa)Highland Park (Dallas, Texas)Marvin Ridge (Waxhaw, N.C.)Narraguagus (Harrington, Maine)Northwest (Waukee, Iowa)Ponaganset (North Scituate, R.I.)South Albany (Albany, Ore.)Toll Gate (Warwick, R.I.)Westerly (R.I.)20
Boyd (Texas)Cedar Park (Texas)Ingomar (New Albany, Miss.)Oglethorpe County (Lexington, Ga.)Oyster River (Durham, N.H.)Woods Cross (Utah)Longest all-time win streaks
247 —
Columbia (Maplewood, N.J.), 1977-88
203 —
Norwin (North Huntingdon, Pa.), 1975-79
192 —
Marysville (Mich.), 1996-2000
182 —
Evergreen (Colo.), 1978-85
140 —
Darien (Conn.), 2001-08
137 — Nehmaha Valley (Seneca, Kan.), 1988-91
135 —
Clinton Prairie (Frankfort, Ind.), 1982-86
135 —
Mother McAuley (Chicago, Ill.), 1979-83
121 — Darien (Conn.), 1993-97
119 —
Muncie Burris (Muncie, Ind.), 1989-91
115 —
Scotus (Columbus, Neb.), 2001-04
104 — Newark Catholic (Ohio), 1977-82
