The fourth National Christian College Athletic Association Coaches' Poll of the season for DII Women's Volleyball has been released and the Thunder hold steady at #6. The Thunder have won five straight since the last coaches' poll was announced on October 8th. The Thunder look to finish their season strong as they have four more matches before postseason play begins. The Thunder sit at 16-5 overall, 5-0 in the Midwest Christian College Conference, and 10-0 in NCCAA Central Region play. For the full top-10 rankings for DII Women's Volleyball, click this link.

The Thunder will host the Barclay College Bears tonight in a MCCC match at 6:00 PM. They will finish conference play on Friday, October 25th with a top-10 match against the #8 Emmaus University Eagles and on Saturday, October 26th against the Faith Baptist Bible College Eagles. These matches will be at 7:00 PM and 1:00 PM, respectively, at Howie's Activity Center.

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The Thunder volleyball team traveled to Kansas City, Missouri to take on the Central Christian College of the Bible Saints in a non-conference match. The Thunder would win the match by way of sweep (25-2, 25-12, 25-10). This match would not be considered a Midwest Christian College Conference contest, but would still count as a NCCAA Central Region match. The Thunder would dominate the first set as freshman, Natalie Jensen would serve 19 times in a row with four being aces to take the early one set lead. Jensen would finish the match with 31 service attempts and six aces. As a team, the Thunder would have a 0.420 attack percentage, led by junior, Jacey Schurle who had eight kills on 10 attempts for a 0.800 attack percentage. Freshman, Ellie Wilson would lead the attack with 11 kills. Also, NCCAA All-American, junior, Hali Clark, who missed the first 20 matches of the season due to injury, recorded her first kill of the season. With their fifth straight win, the Thunder improve to 16-5 on the season and 10-0 in NCCAA Central Region play.

The Thunder will finish MCCC play with three home matches next week. They will host the Barclay College Bears on Tuesday, October 22nd at 6:00 PM at Howie's Activity Center.

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The Thunder volleyball team returned home for the first time in 25 days to take on the Spurgeon College Knights on Tuesday evening. The Thunder topped the visiting Knights in straight sets (25-12, 25-14, 25-12) to improve to 15-5 on the season and 9-0 in NCCAA Central Region play.

The Thunder will head to Kansas City, Missouri for a neutral site, non-Midwest Christian College Conference match against the Central Christian College of the Bible Saints on Saturday, October 19th at 1:00 PM at Mathena Student Center on the campus of Spurgeon College.

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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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After a tough four game stretch, the #6 ranked Thunder volleyball team needed a rebound win and they did just that on Tuesday night with a win by sweep (25-15, 25-20, 25-9) over Midwest Christian College Conference opponent, the Barclay Bears. With the win, the Thunder improve to 12-5 overall and 5-0 in the MCCC.

The Thunder will finish off the road swing this weekend when they travel to Missouri to take on NAIA and AMC member, the Cottey College Comets, and MCCC rivals, the Ozark Christian College Ambassadors. The Thunder will battle the Comets on Friday, October 11th at 6:00 PM in Nevada, Missouri before traveling to Joplin on Saturday, October 12th to take on the Ambassadors at 1:00 PM.

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The third National Christian College Athletic Association Coaches' Poll of the season for DII Women's Volleyball has been released and the Thunder come in as the #6 ranked team. After a 1-3 week, with all three losses coming against top-5 teams, the Thunder drop five spots in the most recent poll. The Thunder look to get back on track this week as they finish their road swing with three matches. The Thunder are now 11-5 overall. For the full top-10 rankings for DII Women's Volleyball, click this link.

The Thunder will head to Haviland, Kansas today to play the Barclay College Bears in a Midwest Christian College Conference match at 6:00 PM. They will take on NAIA and AMC member, Cottey College, who they swept at the Thunder Invitational in an early season match, on Friday, October 11th at 6:00 PM at the Hinkhouse Center in Nevada, Missouri, before taking on conference rival, Ozark Christian College, on Saturday at 1:00 PM at the Multi-Purpose Building in Joplin, Missouri.

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The Thunder volleyball team would face their third top-5 opponent in their last four matches with a Saturday morning contest with the Randall University Saints. The Thunder would be toppled by the #4 ranked Saints, 3-0, (20-25, 28-30, 23-25) to drop their second straight match. The Thunder were led by juniors, Liv Lubbers and Jacey Schurle who combined for 19 kills, three services aces, and six block assists. Josie Mehl had 27 assists, while Abby Blake paced the defense with 21 digs. With the defeat, the Thunder drop to 11-5 overall.

The Thunder will pick up Midwest Christian College Conference play with a match against the Barclay College Bears on Tuesday, October 8th at 6:00 PM on the campus of Barclay College in Haviland, Kansas.

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The Thunder volleyball team took their #1 ranking to Gallatin, Tennessee to participate in the Welch College Tournament where there were three other top-10 teams in attendance. The Thunder would open up tournament play on Friday afternoon with a rematch of the 2023 NCCAA Division II National Championship with a match against the #5 ranked Bob Jones University Bruins. The Thunder and Bruins would split the first two sets before the Bruins would take the final two sets to win the match, 3-1 (20-25, 25-22, 22-25, 20-25). Jacey Schurle would lead the offensive attack with 16 kills and a 0.414 attack percentage. Liv Lubbers and Jayda Juenemann would have 11 and 10 kills, respectively. Jozie Kanode would also have six service aces to contribute to the offense. Abby Blake would pace the defense with 36 digs, while Schurle would total five blocks (four assists, one solo).

On Saturday morning, the Thunder won their 11th match by way of sweep over the Trinity Baptist College Eagles (25-14, 25-8, 25-9). The Thunder would have an attack percentage of 0.422 along with 20 service aces. They were led again by Schurle who had 11 kills and Kanode who had five services aces. Lubbers would have nine kills, while Hannah Beukelman was right behind with eight kills to round off the offensive attack. Josie Mehl would have 32 assists for the Thunder.

In their second match of the day, the Thunder would take on the #3 ranked Boyce College Bulldogs. The Bulldogs would jump out to a 2-0 lead before the Thunder grabbed the third set. The Thunder would ultimately fall in four to the Bulldogs (19-25, 18-25, 25-20, 24-26). A balanced offensive attack led by Lubbers (15 kills), Ellie Wilson (12 kills), Beukelman (9 kills), and Schurle (8 kills) was not enough to overcome the Bulldogs. Head coach Lauren Sanders had this to say after the weekend, "It was an incredible weekend of volleyball. We battled every point, made great adjustments when we needed to and fought on every play. We know the level we need to play at the rest of the season." After a 1-2 weekend, the Thunder move to 11-4 overall.

After playing two ranked teams, the Thunder will continue that trend where they will travel to the #4 ranked Randall University Saints on Saturday, October 5th. This match will be at 11:00 AM at the Activity Center on the campus of Randall University.

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