Bismarck State College volleyball plays its final regular-season home weekend at the Bavendick Center, hosting Valley City State at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, and Mayville State at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, in Frontier Conference matches, according to the BSC Mystics schedule. Saturday is listed as Senior Day on the schedule, and BSC Athletics' Oct. 23 recap calls it Graduate/Senior Day.
What's at stake
The Mystics are 10-13 overall and 8-10 in Frontier play, per BSC Athletics. The Frontier Conference standings put Bismarck State seventh among 12 teams. Six teams have clinched Frontier tournament berths, and BSC has not yet. The BSC schedule says the top eight qualify for the conference tournament, which opens with quarterfinals Nov. 12 in Helena, Mont. MSU-Northern and Valley City State are tied for eighth at 6-12, two matches behind BSC, per the conference standings.
Both opponents won the first meetings. Valley City State beat BSC 3-2 on Oct. 1 in Valley City, and Mayville State won 3-1 on Oct. 2 in Mayville, per the BSC schedule. The Frontier standings list Valley City State at 8-17 overall and 6-12 in the conference, and Mayville State at 2-21 and 2-16.
Since last week
After the five-set win at Providence on Oct. 22, BSC lost 3-0 (27-25, 25-20, 25-16) at MSU-Northern on Oct. 23 in Havre, Mont., per BSC Athletics. That loss ended a two-match winning streak. Ellie Baumstarck hit .438 with eight kills and three blocks, and Piper Harris had 25 digs. The Mystics hit .061 as a team, and MSU-Northern had seven aces to BSC's two, five of them by Kambria Maloy.
Season leaders
BSC's official season statistics list these leaders:
- Kills: Reese Duchsherer, 283 (3.14 per set), followed by McKenna Brendel with 165 and Jordyn Rood with 146
- Assists: Aislyn Hogan, 723 (8.71 per set)
- Digs: Harris, 453 (4.98 per set)
- Blocks: Baumstarck, 83.0 (1.14 per set), with Rood at 65.5
- Aces: Hogan, 31, with Aubrey Flynn at 28
The Mystics are 6-4 at home this season, per BSC Athletics.
Next up
- Fri., Oct. 30: vs. Valley City State, 6 p.m., Bavendick Center
- Sat., Oct. 31: vs. Mayville State, 2 p.m., Bavendick Center (Senior Day)
- Nov. 5-6: BSC finishes the regular season on the road at Carroll in Helena and Rocky Mountain in Billings
Sources:
- BSC Mystics 2026 volleyball schedule: dates, times, venue, Senior Day, results and record
- BSC Athletics recap, Oct. 23 at MSU-Northern: match details and what comes next
- BSC Athletics recap, Oct. 22 at Providence: the five-set win
- BSC 2026 volleyball season statistics: individual leaders
- Frontier Conference 2026 volleyball standings: conference standings and clinch markers
