October 27, 2025

HELENA, Mont.  –  A pair of athletes from Valley City State (N.D.) and an athlete from Providence (Mont.) were chosen to the eleventh edition of the 2025-26 Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference Women’s Volleyball Players-of-the-Week honors, announced by the conference office Monday.

Attacker of the Week: Macy Fridgen, Valley City State (N.D.) Selman, a senior setter from Ballantine, Mont., was chosen as the Attacker of the Week.

She extended her streak over the weekend to four straight matches with at least 11 kills for Valley City State (N.D.).  She hit a single-match career high of a career high of a career high .500 in VCSU’s sweep over Rocky Mountain (Mont.).

Fridgen averaged 3.88 kills per set as the Vikings split a pair of Frontier Conference matches.  She totaled 17 kills versus (RV) Carroll (Mont.) and 14 kills versus RMC.

This is Fridgen’s first career Erck Hotels / Frontier Conference Player of the Week award.

Setter of the Week: Bella Thompson, Providence (Mont.) Thompson, a senior setter from Kapahulu, Oahu, was named Setter of the Week.

She averaged 10.71 assists per set in No. 2 ranked Providence (Mont.) to a 2-0 weekend at home, extending their winning streak to 24 matches.  She racked up 75 set assists for the week.

Thompson also averaged 2.14 digs and 1.29 blocks per set for the Argos.

This is Thompson’s 18^th career Erck Hotels / Frontier Conference Player of the Week award.

Defender of the Week: JayCee Richter, Valley City State (N.D.) Richter, a senior libero from Linton, N.D., was selected as the Defender of the Week.

She picked up her 1,959^th career dig which set the Valley City State’s (N.D.) school records in all-time digs in 3-0 victory over Rocky Mountain (Mont.).  The old school record of 1,958 digs stood for 30 yards.

Richter finished the week by averaging 8.5 digs per set as the Vikings went 1-1 record.  She tallied 47 digs (9.4 digs per set) in 3-2 setback to (RV) Carroll (Mont.).  She followed up with 21 digs (7.0 digs per set) in VCSU’s sweep over RMC.

This is Richter’s second career Erck Hotels / Frontier Conference Player of the Week award.

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