November 8, 2025

HELENA, Mont. – The 2025 Frontier Women’s Volleyball Postseason Tournament, presented by First Interstate Bank, is set.  The eight-team single elimination tournament will be held at the Carroll College PE Center in Helena (1601 N Benton Ave.) from Thursday, Nov. 13 through Saturday, Nov. 15.

Providence (Mont.) (28-2 overall record, No. 1 in the latest NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 national poll) won the regular season outright title for the second consecutive year with 21-1 Frontier Conference record.  The Argos will be the No. 1 seed and receive the first of the two Frontier’s automatic bids to the NAIA Women’s Volleyball National Tournament Opening Round after winning the regular season title.

Bellevue (Neb.) (24-3 overall record, No. 7 in the NAIA national poll) secured the No. 2 seed in the postseason tournament after posting a 20-2 record in the Frontier contest.  Montana State University-Northern (17-11 overall record, receiving votes in the national poll) earned a No. 3 seed with a 15-7 Frontier Conference record.

There was a three-way tie for fourth place in the Frontier Conference standings with Dakota State (S.D.) (16-12 overall record), Montana Tech (16-12 overall record), and Carroll (Mont.) with each recording 12-10 conference record.  All three teams also received votes recognition in the NAIA national poll.

DaSU, MT, and CC went 2-2 record within three teams.  The Trojans earned the tiebreaker over the Orediggers and Saints with ten sets won, securing the No. 4 seed for the postseason tournament.

Montana Tech owned the tiebreaker over Carroll, via set points won.  Both teams split their two conference meetings in 3-0 sweeps, with the Orediggers scoring 141 total points to the Saints 131 total points in those six sets.  MT will be the No. 5 seed, followed by CC No. 6 seed.

Valley City State (N.D.) (13-14 overall record) and Montana Western (13-16 overall record) were tied for seventh in the Frontier Conference standings with 11-11 conference record.  The Vikings won the tiebreaker over the Bulldogs via in numbers of sets won (4-3).  VCSU will be the No. 7 seed, while UMW will be the No. 8 seed.

Dickinson State (N.D.) (13-14 overall record, 9-13 Frontier), Mayville State (N.D.) (6-21, 4-18 Frontier), Bismarck State (N.D.) (5-22, 3-19 Frontier), and Rocky Mountain (Mont.) (3-25, 2-20 Frontier) will not be playing the conference tournament and ended their season Saturday.

The tournament kicks off Thursday afternoon with four quarterfinals matches, starting with No. 1 seed Providence taking on No. 8 seed Montana Western at 12 p.m. (Mountain Time).  No. 4 seed Dakota State faces No. 5 seed Montana Tech at 2:30 p.m. (MT). 

The evening session on Thursday will feature No. 2 seed Bellevue versus No. 7 Valley City State (N.D.)  at 5 p.m. (MT) and wraps up the day with No. 3 seed MSU-Northern taking on No. 6 seed Carroll at 7:30 p.m. (MT).

Friday’s semifinals are set for 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. (times in Mountain Time), followed by the championship match at 7 p.m. (MT) on Saturday evening.

The second Frontier Conference automatic bid will go to the tournament champion.  In the event if the Argos win the postseason tournament, the second automatic bid will be awarded to the tournament’s runner-up.

The two Frontier Conference automatic bids (including Providence) will play in the NAIA National Tournament Opening Round on Nov. 22, with the winners moving on to the final site at Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa, from Dec. 3 through Dec. 9 (pool play followed by single elimination bracket).

All seven matches of the Frontier Conference Tournament will be featured on SWX Local Sports and on their YouTube channel.

For more information, go on the 2025 Frontier Conference Volleyball Tournament Central.

2025 Frontier Conference Women’s Volleyball Pairings and Times (Times in MT)
Location: Carroll College PE Center in Helena, Mont.
Live Broadcast by SWX Local Sports

Quarterfinals - Thursday, Nov. 13
Match #1:  No. 8 Montana Western vs. No. 1 Providence (Mont.) – 12 p.m.
Match #2:  No. 5 Montana Tech vs. No. 4 Dakota State (S.D.) – 2:30 p.m.
Match #3:  No. 7 Valley City State (N.D.) vs. No. 2 Bellevue (Neb.) – 5 p.m.
Match #4:  No. 6 Carroll (Mont.) vs. No. 3 MSU-Northern – 7:30 p.m.

Semifinals - Friday, Nov. 14
Match #5:  UMW-UP winner vs. MT-DaSU winner – 5 p.m.
Match #6:  CC-MSUN winner vs. VCSU-BU winner – 7:30 p.m.

Championship Match - Saturday, Nov. 15
Match #7:  Friday's winners – 7 p.m.