The Thunder volleyball team would finish off their road swing in Missouri on Friday and Saturday and will come home with two wins. The #6 ranked Thunder would travel to Nevada, Missouri on Friday to take on NAIA and AMC member, the Cottey College Comets. The Comets would take the first set, but the Thunder would rally to take the final three sets (22-25, 25-19, 25-21, 25-22) to win the match, 3-1. The Thunder would have five players with at least nine kills led by junior, Liv Lubbers with 16. Junior, Jacey Schurle would stuff the stat sheet with 14 kills, two service aces, and three solo blocks. Josie Mehl would have 57 assists for the Thunder.

On Saturday, the Thunder would travel south to Joplin to take on Midwest Christian Conference rival, the Ozark Christian College Ambassadors. The Thunder would take the first two sets, the Ambassadors took the third, and the fourth went to the Thunder (25-17, 25-11, 25-27, 25-13) to take the match, 3-1. Lubbers would lead the offense again with 15 kills, while freshman, Jeydan Umberger would chip in with three kills on seven attempts for a 0.429 attack percentage. As a team, the Thunder would have 11 services aces, while on the defensive side, everyone who played a set had at least one dig. With the two victories, the Thunder improve to 14-5 overall and 6-0 in the MCCC.

The Thunder will return home for the first time since September 20th with a NCCAA Central Region match against the Spurgeon College Knights on Tuesday, October 15th at 7:00 PM at Howie's Activity Center.

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