September 8, 2025

HELENA, Mont.  – Montana Tech, Providence (Mont.), and Dickinson State (N.D.) were selected to the fourth installment of the 2025-26 Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference Women’s Volleyball Players-of-the-Week.  The conference announced the volleyball weekly honors Monday.

Attacker of the Week: Kinnidi Willmore, Montana Tech Willmore, a senior outside hitter from Claremont, Calif., was chosen as the Attacker of the Week.

Willmore hit .483 and piled up 33 kills in No. 21 ranked Montana Tech’s 2-0 Frontier Conference opening road trip.  She had 14 kills (4.7 kills per set) and hit .545 in MT’s 3-0 sweep at Mayville State (N.D.).

She followed up with a team-best 19 kills (3.8 k/s) and .444 hitting percentage in Orediggers’ 3-2 victory at (RV) Valley City State (N.D.).

This is Willmore’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 as the Setter of the Week for the second straight week.

She surpassed 3,000 career set assists in leading the 5^th ranked Argos to a pair of 3-0 road sweeps in the Frontier Conference opening weekend.  Thompson averaged 11.0 assists per set with 12.7 assists per set in UP’s sweep over (RV) Carroll (Mont.).  She also posted a double-double in the match with 14 digs.

She tallied 19 digs (3.8 digs per set) and four service aces for the week.

This is Thompson’s 13^th career Erck Hotels / Frontier Conference Player of the Week award.

Defender of the Week: Carmen Pallone, Dickinson State (N.D.) Pallone, a sophomore middle blocker from Hardin, Mont., was selected as the Defender of the Week.

She anchored the Blue Hawks’ defense to a 3-0 Frontier Conference opening week, including a pair of 3-2 victories over No. 24 Dakota State (S.D.) and No. 3 Bellevue (Neb.). 

Pallone totaled 15 blocks (1.5 blocks per set), registering five total blocks in each of DiSU’s three home matches.

She recorded four solo blocks and a block assist versus Bismarck State (N.D.), one solo block and four block assists against DaSU, and five solo blocks against BU.

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

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