The Manhattan Christian Thunder Volleyball team are continuing to put together solid performances on the court. This past week in the Midwest Christian College Conference Tournament, the Thunder walked away as the Conference Champion, taking down both Calvary University and Ozark Christian College.

“We played well as a team this weekend. Calvary and Ozark both played very well against us and challenged us. Our defense really stepped up took control of the matches. On the offensive side, all our hitters had solid play throughout the tournament. Grace Walker and Brenna McNellis were unstoppable in the middle. Walker finished with 25 kills and a .430 attacking percentage and McNellis also with 25 kills and a .333 attacking percentage. This is the continued play that we need heading into the Regional Tournament,” commented Coach Lauren Sanders.

Along with some hardware, MCC had six players awarded to the MCCC All-Conference Team. Sophomore’s Roni Harris, Grace Walker and Danika Sinclair all received second team honors. Junior Elise Corbett and senior Grace Shurts were named to the first team and finally junior Brenna McNellis was named the MVP. 

The season is not over yet for the Lady Thunder. They will travel to Dallas Christian College for the DII Southwest Regional Tournament where they received the #1 seed and will take on #8 Southwestern Adventist. This game will be November 4 at 2:00pm.