After an excellent weekend for the Manhattan Christian College Thunder, the Volleyball team walked away with their 9th Midwest Christian College Conference Tournament Championship. Defeating Emmaus Bible College in the semifinals on Friday October 27th, a night they also honored four members of their program. Seniors Roni Harris and Dani Hepner, junior Mia Tapko and team manager Zoe Coffman. On Championship Saturday, the Thunder swept Calvary University to take home the hardware. 

All-Conference Team awards were handed out to five MCC Volleyball players. Honorable Mention went to Hannah Beukelman, 2nd Team honors when to Roni Harris and Hali Bloomdahl received 1st team honors. Liv Lubbers was named MVP of the Conference. 

MCC heads into the Central Region Tournament this weekend, hosted by Kansas Christian College. Manhattan will play Saturday, November 4 at 1:00pm against KCC. With a win they will advance to the Championship game at 5:00pm. 

The Men's Soccer team also competed in the MCCC Conference Tournament up in Ankeny, IA over the weekend. A very tough weekend that resulted in both games being decided with penalty kicks. Kicking off the tournament against #2 seed Emmaus Bible College finishing the game 2-2 but MCC came out ahead in PK's 5-4. The championship match was against #1 Faith Baptist Bible where after a 1-1 regulation score they headed into 2OTs. Sadly the Thunder fall short in the PK 1-3. 

Five Manhattan players were named to the All-Conference Team; Hagan Dyer and Chris Sosa named to the 2nd team. 1st team honors went to Cristian Gutierrez, Chris Smith and Kante Basubeche. 

The NCCAA Central Regional Tournament starts today for the Thunder. They will play against Spurgeon College at 7:00pm in Overland Park. Should the team win, they will advance to the Championship match against Kansas Christian College on Friday, November 3rd at 1:00pm. 

Check our social media and website for all updates on the tournament. Best of luck to both teams this week!