HELENA — Montana Tech is the No. 1 seed for the Frontier Conference volleyball tournament, which tips off Friday at the University of Providence in Great Falls.
The Orediggers and second-seeded Providence will get first-round byes in the tournament. No. 4 Montana Western plays No. 5 MSU-Northern in the first round to start the tournament at 11 a.m. Friday. That match is followed by No. 3 Rocky Mountain playing No. 6 Carroll at 1 p.m.
The semifinals are scheduled for 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Friday, with the winners of those two matches meeting for the championship at 2 p.m. Saturday.
All five matches of the tournament will be streamed on the Providence Athletics YouTube page.
Tech finished the regular season with an 8-2 mark in Frontier Conference play to win the regular-season championship and earn the top seed for the tournament for the second consecutive season. The Orediggers (22-4 overall) were the No. 10-ranked team in the latest NAIA Women's Volleyball Coaches Top 25 Rating, which was released Oct. 25.