Top-seed Bellevue advances to Frontier Volleyball Championship Match

November 13, 2026

HELENA, Mont. - Top-seeded Bellevue (Neb.) defeated No. 5 seed Montana Western 3-1 on Friday, Nov. 13, at the Carroll (Mont.) PE Center in the 2026 Frontier Conference Women's Volleyball Postseason Tournament. Bellevue won the final three sets to finish with a 25-27, 25-17, 25-16, 25-17 victory.

It was the second straight Frontier Conference Postseason Tournament match where the Bruins (26-4 overall record) rallied from a 1-0 deficit and win the next three sets. With BU's victory to Saturday's championship match and already clinching the NAIA national tournament berth, the second semifinal victory between Carroll and Montana Tech will receive the second league automatic bid.

Montana Western erased a 24-21 deficit in the opening set, saving three set points through a Bellevue service error, a Jaiden Perez kill and a Jayda Ward ace. Bellevue had opened with three consecutive points and led 13-8 before the Bulldogs rallied. Savana Warburton's kill put Montana Western ahead 26-25, and Dani Brown and Maxine Hoagland combined to block Kamryn Scheib for the set-winning point.

Bellevue led throughout the second set but saw Montana Western pull within 14-12 on a Scheib attack error. Morgan Wale contributed two kills as Bellevue took six of the next seven points for a 20-13 advantage. Wale then ended the set with a kill assisted by Ella Eymann, evening the match at one set apiece.

A Raleigh Bowen kill capped a four-point run that gave Bellevue a 13-5 lead in the third set. Bellevue scored the final four points, all on Montana Western attack errors, to take a 2-1 match lead. In the fourth, the Bulldogs trimmed a five-point deficit to 15-12 and later closed within 16-13. Bellevue responded with five straight points, capped by Payton Dzingle's back-to-back solo blocks. Averi Look saved a match point with a kill before A'Lailah Perry finished the match on a kill assisted by Eymann.

Sophia McIntyre led all players with 12 kills while hitting .214 for Bellevue. Perry added eight kills, and Dzingle finished with seven kills and six blocks, including five solo stops. Mila Aiwohi distributed 18 assists, while Eymann contributed 14 assists and 13 digs. Zoie Roghair led Bellevue with 17 digs, and Carlie Talbott added 13.

Kennedy Lingenfelter paced Montana Western with seven blocks and shared the team lead of seven kills with Warburton and Olivia Rosborough. Rosborough hit .333 with two errors on 15 attempts, while Warburton added 11 digs. Ward recorded 21 assists and 10 digs, Madisyn Frazier collected 21 digs and Sophie Worden supplied 12 assists.

Bellevue hit .132 to Montana Western's .084 and held advantages of 43-41 in kills, 78-72 in digs and 7-4 in service aces. Scheib, Aiwohi and Lia Aiwohi each served two aces for Bellevue. Montana Western held a 9-7 edge in total blocks but committed 14 service errors to Bellevue's six.

The Bulldogs ended their season with an overall record of 16-15.