VALLEY CITY, N.D. – Valley City State University will be the third seed in the upcoming inaugural Frontier Conference Softball Postseason Tournament.

All eight teams will compete in the double elimination format at Bravera Field (603 13^th Ave.) on Sanford Sports Complex on Thursday, April 30 through Sunday, May 3, hosted by Dickinson State (N.D.).

The Vikings will take on Bellevue Thursday, April 30^th at 5:30 pm MT/6:30 pm CT. During the season, VCSU split the four games with the Bruins. All but the last game were close with each team winning a three-run game and the Vikings winning a one-run game. The Bruins won the final game of that series 12-6 back in March.

The tournament opens at 11 a.m. (CT)/10 a.m. (MT) with No. 4 seed Bismarck State (N.D.) (18-30 overall record, 13-14 Frontier) taking on No. 5 seed Carroll (Mont.) (18-18 overall record, 13-13 Frontier). 

Thursday's second session begins at 4 p.m. (CT)/3 p.m. (MT) with No. 2 seed Providence (Mont.) (27-22 overall record, 19-9 Frontier) playing No. 7 seed Mayville State (N.D.) (15-30 overall record, 9-18 Frontier).  The first day of the postseason tournament wraps up with No. 3 seed Valley City State (N.D.) (25-24 overall record, 15-13 Frontier) taking on No. 6 seed Bellevue (Neb.) (20-27, 10-16 Frontier).

The loser's out and winner's bracket games continue Friday, May 1, and Saturday, May 2.  There are six games scheduled on Friday with game times (in Mountain Time) at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m., and 7 p.m.

There will be three games on Saturday, starting with two undefeated teams in the tournament facing each other at 11 a.m. (MT).  Two losers' out games will follow at 1 p.m. (MT) and 3 p.m. (MT), vying for a spot for the championship game.

The championship game is set for Sunday, May 3, at 1 p.m. (CT)/12 p.m. (MT), with the second championship game, if necessary, at 3 p.m. (CT)/2 p.m. (MT) (if Winner of Game 11 suffers their first defeat of the tournament).

Monday, May 4, is designated as a rain date.

The winner will receive the Frontier Conference's automatic bid to the NAIA Softball National Tournament Opening Round on May 11-13 at campus sites announced by the national office.
 
All tournament games will be on Frontier Conference YouTube channel.

For more information, go on the 2026 Frontier Conference Softball Tournament Central.