Bismarck State College volleyball fell behind two sets to none Wednesday night at the Bavendick Center, then won the next three to beat Dickinson State 3-2, according to the Mystics' official 2026 season statistics.
How It Went
Written from Bismarck State's side, the set scores were 21-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-22 and 15-9, per the BSC volleyball stat sheet updated Oct. 15. The two sets that kept the Mystics alive were both decided by three points or fewer, and the fifth set was their widest margin of the night.
The Oct. 14 win also evened the season series. Dickinson State won the first meeting 3-1 on Sept. 2 in Dickinson, according to the official BSC box score from that match.
The match drew 1,207 fans, the largest crowd of the Mystics' eight home dates this fall, according to the attendance figures in the BSC stat sheet. The next-largest was the 1,020 who came out for the home opener against Mount Marty on Aug. 29.
The Season So Far
- Bismarck State is 8-11 overall and 6-8 in the Frontier Conference, per the BSC stat sheet.
- The win snapped a four-match losing streak: road losses at Valley City State (Oct. 1) and Mayville State (Oct. 2), then home losses to Dakota State (Oct. 9) and Bellevue (Oct. 10), according to the same document.
- The Mystics are 5-3 at home this season.
Next Up
Bismarck State stays home this weekend. Its 2026 schedule lists Montana Western on Friday, Oct. 16, and Montana Tech on Saturday, Oct. 17, both at the Bavendick Center. Check bscmystics.com for start times, tickets and streaming.
Sources: https://bscmystics.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats, https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/bscmystics.com/stats/wvball/2026/pdf/cume.pdf, https://bscmystics.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2026/dickinson-state-n-d-/boxscore/3351, https://bscmystics.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule/2026, https://bscmystics.com/news/2026/8/29/volleyball-rides-home-opener-energy-but-falls-3-1-to-mount-marty.aspx
