VALLEY CITY, N.D. – The Valley City State University Vikings begin play in the Frontier Conference baseball tournament on Thursday, April 30
th. The Vikings, seeded number two coming into the tournament, will play the winner of the Dickinson State/Bismarck State matchup. Thursday's opening round game will be at 7:00 p.m. MT/8:00 p.m. CT.
The Vikings split the eight games with Bismarck State this season, including a 1-1 record this past fall. VCSU dropped three of the eight games with Dickinson State, including a 1-1 Fall record. The Vikings come into the tournament with a 24-22-1 overall record after an 11-13-1 conference season.
All six teams will compete in the double elimination tournament format at Dakota Community Bank & Trust Ballpark (240 2
nd Street SE), hosted by Dickinson State (N.D.).
The tournament begins on Thursday, April 30, and runs through Sunday, May 3, with the championship game. Monday, May 4, will be designated as a rain date.
Note that seeding is based on conference wins and losses in the final regular season standings. Conference tiebreakers were applied based on all completed games.
Bellevue (Neb.), who is carrying their 32-game winning streak and ranked No. 3 in the latest NAIA Baseball Coaches' Top 25 national poll, will be the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. The Bruins hold an overall record of 44-3 and went undefeated 24-0 record in the conference play.
The postseason tournament kicks off Thursday at 11 a.m. (Central Time)/10 a.m. (Mountain Time) with No. 4 seed Dakota State (S.D.) (19-28-1 overall record, 10-14-1 Frontier record) taking on No. 5 seed Mayville State (N.D.) (22-22 overall record, 9-15 Frontier Conference). Both teams will play their fifth straight game while splitting their four-game series regular season finale.
The winner will play the top-seed Bellevue on the same day at 5 p.m. (CT)/4 p.m. (MT).
The second first round game will feature No. 3 seed Dickinson State (N.D.) (24-23 overall record, 11-13 Frontier Conference record) taking on No. 6 seed Bismarck State (N.D.) (20-25 overall record, 7-17 Frontier record) at 2 p.m. (CT)/1 p.m. (MT).
The winner moves on the same day, ending Thursday's session versus Valley City State at 8 p.m. (CT)/7 p.m. (MT).
The loser's out and winner's bracket games continue Friday, May 1, and Saturday, May 2. The championship game is set for Sunday, May 3, at 12 p.m. (CT)/11 a.m. (MT), with the second championship game, if necessary, at 3:30 p.m. (CT)/2:30 p.m. (MT) (if Winner of Game 7 suffers their first defeat of the tournament).
The winner will receive the Frontier Conference's automatic bid to the NAIA Baseball National Tournament Opening Round on May 11-14 at campus sites announced by the national office.
All tournament games will be on the
Frontier Conference YouTube Channel.
For more information, go on the
2026 Frontier Conference Baseball Tournament Central.
2026 Frontier Conference Baseball Postseason Tournament and Times (Times in MT)
Location: Dakota Community Bank & Trust Ballpark – Dickinson, N.D.
Host: Dickinson State University (N.D.)
Thursday, April 30 (higher seed will be home team)
Game 1: No. 5 Mayville State (N.D.) vs. No. 4 Dakota State (S.D.) – 10 a.m.
Game 2: No. 6 Bismarck State (N.D.) vs. No. 3 Dickinson State (N.D.) – 1 p.m.
Game 3: Game 1 winner vs. No. 1 Bellevue (Neb.) – 4 p.m.
Game 4: Game 2 winner vs. No. 2 Valley City State (N.D.) – 7 p.m.
Friday, May 1
Game 5 (Loser's Out Game): Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 3 – 10 a.m.
Game 6 (Loser's Out Game): Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 4 – 1 p.m.
Game 7 (Winner's Bracket): Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 – 4 p.m.
Saturday, May 2
Game 8 (Loser's Out Game): Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 – 11 a.m.
Game 9 (Loser's Out Game): Winner Game 8 vs. Loser Game 7 – 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 3
Game 10 (Championship Game): Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9 – 11 a.m.
Game 11 (If necessary – if Winner Game 7 suffers first defeat of the tournament) – 2:30 p.m.
Winner earns Frontier Conference's automatic bid to the NAIA Baseball National Tournament Opening Round on May 11-14
