Bellevue Rallies Past Dickinson State in Four Sets at Frontier Tournament

November 12, 2026

HELENA, Mont. - Top-seeded Bellevue (Neb.) (25-4 overall record) rallied from an opening-set loss to defeat eighth-seeded Dickinson State (N.D.) (9-21) 19-25, 26-24, 25-15, 25-23 on Thursday, Nov. 12, at the CC PE Center in the 2026 Frontier Conference Women's Volleyball Postseason Tournament.

Dickinson State established control early, with consecutive Carmen Pallone kills opening an 18-7 first-set lead. The advantage remained 11 points at 22-11 before Bellevue scored five straight, capped by a Bentlee Kollbaum kill. Dickinson State held off that push, and Pallone converted a Rylee Kogolshak assist to secure the opening set. Dickinson State hit .306 in the set while Bellevue committed nine attack errors.

The second set featured multiple reversals. Bellevue led 13-7 before Dickinson State rallied to move ahead 19-17. Five consecutive Bellevue points, capped by a block from Sophia McIntyre and Payton Dzingle, restored a 22-19 advantage. Pallone later saved set point with a kill to tie it at 24, but A'Lailah Perry answered with consecutive kills, assisted by Ella Eymann and Zoie Roghair, to even the match.

Bellevue produced its most efficient attacking set in the third, recording 13 kills without an attack error and hitting .361. Kollbaum's solo block completed a seven-point run that stretched a 6-5 lead to 13-5. Perry supplied three consecutive kills late in the set, then teamed with Chloe Cloud for a block to complete a four-point closing run and put Bellevue ahead two sets to one.

Dickinson State responded in the fourth, taking a 14-9 lead on a Pallone kill. Bellevue erased that margin with five straight points, ending with a Dzingle kill from Eymann. After Dickinson State moved ahead 21-20, Bellevue scored three consecutive points. Perry delivered Bellevue's final three scoring plays, with Cate Floy cutting the margin to 23-22 and Pallone saving the first match point at 24-23 between Perry's kills. Perry then finished the match off an Eymann assist.

Perry led Bellevue with 18 kills, a .298 hitting percentage and four blocks. McIntyre added 11 kills while hitting .300, and Kollbaum contributed nine kills and three solo blocks. Eymann finished with 28 assists and 10 digs, while Mila Aiwohi added 22 assists. Roghair paced Bellevue's defense with 24 digs, followed by Lia Aiwohi with 19.

Pallone led all players with 23 kills and hit .327. Floy added 12 kills, Aubrey Allison recorded 11 kills and 21 digs, and Kogolshak finished with 42 assists and 15 digs. Taylor Gaer collected 23 digs and Geraldyne Fernandez added 20 for Dickinson State. Bellevue finished with an 11-6 advantage in team blocks and a 104-101 edge in digs, while Dickinson State held a 59-56 advantage in kills.

Bellevue, who already earned the first Frontier Conference automatic bid after winning the regular-season title, will face the winner of No. 4 seed Providence (Mont.)-No. 5 seed Montana Western in the semifinals Friday at 5 p.m. (Mountain Time).