Coming off being the newly named #1 women's volleyball team in NCCAA Division II this afternoon, the Thunder volleyball team beat Spurgeon (25-15, 25-18, 25-16) this evening to move to 5-2 overall and 1-0 in NCCAA Central Region play. A balanced offensive attack had five Thunder players with at least five kills. Liv Lubbers led the way with 10 kills, while Jacey Schurle had 8, Hannah Beukelman and Jayda Juenemann each had 7, and Ellie Wilson rounded off the attack with 5 kills of her own. Schurle, Beukelman, and Juenemann all had an attack percentage of 0.583 or higher. As a team, the Thunder hit a staggering 0.413 percentage and had 12 service aces. Josie Mehl had 34 assists to pace the Thunder.

The Thunder return home to play two matches on Saturday, September 14th against Central Region opponent, the Kansas Christian College Falcons and Midwest Christian College Conference rival, the Ozark Christian College Ambassadors. The first match will be against Kansas Christian at 1:00 PM, with their second match beginning at 5:00 PM at Howie's Activity Center.

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