The Montana Tech volleyball team will open the Frontier Conference Tournament against Montana Western at 7 p.m. Friday at the Montana Tech HPER Complex.

At 8-4 in conference and 16-14 overall, the Orediggers are the No. 3 seed in the tournament. Western (2-10, 6-16) is the No. 6 team. The Orediggers swept the Bulldogs in the regular season, winning each match in three sets.

Lewis Clark State will take on Carroll Collage at 2 p.m., while the University of Providence will battle MSU-Northern at 5.

Top-seeded Rocky Mountain College earned a bye. The Battlin’ Bears will play the lowest remaining seed in Saturday’s 11 a.m. semifinal match. The other two Friday winners will play in the 1 p.m. semifinal match.

The championship match will be played at 7 p.m. Saturday

Friday

2 p.m. — No. 4 Lewis-Clark State (6-6, 17-8) vs No. 5 Carroll College (6-6, 20-14)

5 p.m. — No. 2 University of Providence (8-4, 19-9) vs No. 7 MSU-Northern (0-12, 1-23)

7 p.m. — No. 3 Montana Tech (8-4, 16-14) vs No. 6 MSU-Montana Western (2-10, 6-16)

Bye — No. 1 Rocky Mountain College (12-0, 27-3)