Manhattan Christian College Athletics is excited to announce the hiring of Danika Hepner and Hannah Chaon as co-head coaches for the women's soccer program. 

Hepner and Chaon, both 2024 graduates of MCC will work together to recruit, train and invest in the women's soccer student athletes helping to rebuild the program. 

Hepner, originally from Derby, KS came to MCC in 2020. She participated in four years of women's volleyball helping lead the team to two Final Four finishes and a Runner-up finish at the NCCAA DII National Volleyball Championships. Coach Hepner currently works in the Admissions Office at MCC. 

Chaon, originally from Hastings, NE also came to MCC in 2020. She participated in four years of women's soccer. Coach Chaon currently works at Catholic Charities as an Emergency Assistance Coordinator. 

"With both Hepner and Chaon, as co-head coaches, the future is bright for the women's soccer team. Both coaches bring a wealth of knowledge in soccer, team building, spiritual mentorship and service. The opportunity to have two alumni student athletes lead the future women's soccer student athletes is exciting!" said athletic director Lauren Sanders. 

Also added to the coaching staff will be Tyler Hepner, as the assistant women's soccer coach. Coach Hepner played at collegiate soccer at both Nebraska Christian College and Manhattan Christian College. "We are thrilled to welcome, Tyler, as well to the women's soccer coaching staff! His soccer experience will be a great addition to the soccer program!" said Sanders. 

Both coaches will begin recruiting right away as they plan for the fall 2025 season. 

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The Thunder women's soccer team would have one player earn NCCAA Scholar-Athlete honors for the 2024 season. To be a NCCAA Scholar-Athlete the player must be a junior, senior, or graduate student, be a competing student-athlete or a varsity letter winner, and they must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.40. Junior, defender, Bella Logsdon would earn those honors this season. Logsdon is the first NCCAA Scholar-Athlete for the Thunder women's soccer team since 2020. To see the full list of NCCAA DII women's soccer Scholar-Athletes, click this link.

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The Thunder women's soccer team concluded their season last week with an overall record of 2-6. The Thunder would win their first match since the 2020 season against Spurgeon in early September and then defeat them again at home in to start October. The Thunder would be led offensively by sophomore, Olivia Van Donge who had two goals and two assists on the season. Junior, Bella Logsdon had one goal on the season, while sophomore, Grace Ryan tallied one assist. Freshman goalkeeper, Alexis Romero would start all eight matches in goal for the Thunder. Head coach, Joe Lopez had this to say about the women's soccer season, "I was proud that we got a couple of wins, it's great for the program. I just wish we could have done more and gone further. We had a great group of girls."

We want to thank all of the fans, students, faculty and staff for supporting our women's soccer team this season! We look forward to next season. Roll Thunder!

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The Thunder women's soccer team traveled to Arlington, Texas to take on the Arlington Baptist University Patriots on Thursday afternoon. The Thunder would fall to the Patriots by a score of 5-0.

On Friday afternoon, the Thunder would travel north to Moore, Oklahoma to take on the Randall University Saints. The Thunder would come up empty against the Saints dropping the match, 9-0. With the two losses, the Thunder are now 2-6 on the season.

The Thunder will head to Iowa for their final match of the regular season to face the Faith Baptist Bible College Eagles on Saturday, October 26th at 12:00 PM at Pyche Field in Ankeny, IA.

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It was a double-header afternoon for the Thunder soccer teams as they took on the Spurgeon College Knights at Frank Anneberg Park. The men's soccer team would battle for 90 minutes before their match would end in a 1-1 tie. The Thunder fell to the Knights, 3-2, in Kansas City on September 6th. The #10 ranked Knights would strike first with a penalty kick goal, but the Thunder would respond with a penalty kick goal of their own by junior, Lucas Kaneko. With the tie, the Thunder move to 3-6-1 overall and 1-3-1 in NCCAA Central Region play.

The Sons of Thunder will be back at home on Friday, October 4th where they will host the Dallas Christian College Crusaders for Senior Night at 7:00 PM at Frank Anneberg Park. They will honor seniors, Hagan Dyer and Andrew Davis.

The Thunder women's soccer team would have the second game of the double-header where they would defeat the Knights for the second time this season by the same score of 2-1. Sophomore, Olivia VanDonge would lead the way for the Thunder with one goal and one assist, while junior, Bella Logsdon would score the second goal off the corner kick assist from VanDonge. The Thunder move to 2-4-0 on the season and finish NCCAA Central Region play 2-0-0.

The women's soccer team will have a 16 day gap between games as they will travel to Texas to take on the Arlington Baptist University Patriots on Thursday, October 17th at 3:00 PM at Gateway Park.

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The Thunder men's soccer team had the opportunity to start off the double header in Kansas City, Missouri this morning against the Spurgeon College Knights. The Thunder jumped out to a 2-0 lead at the half, but would give up 3 goals in the second to fall to the Knights, 3-2. This NCCAA Central Region defeat moves the Thunder to 1-2-0 overall.

The Sons of Thunder have a quick turnaround as they travel to Springfield, Missouri tomorrow to take on the Mission University Patriots at 1:00 PM at Allison Sports Town.

The afternoon match of the double header gave our Thunder women's soccer team its first win of the season, a 2-1 victory over the Spurgeon College Knights. This win was the first for the Thunder women's team since the 2020 season, when they defeated Arlington Baptist, 3-1. This NCCAA Central Region win provides great momentum for the second half of the season.

The Thunder will have 13 days before their next match. They will travel to Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa to face the Beavers on Thursday, September 19th at 2:00 PM at J. Leslie Rollins Stadium & Peterson Field.

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