Haviland, KS – On Friday, October 19th and Saturday, October 20th, seven teams in the Midwest Christian College Conference (MCCC) went head to head in order to crown a tournament champion.

After finishing the regular season with a perfect 10-0 record, Manhattan Christian College (Manhattan, KS) not only earned the #1 seed but also a first round by. The other top seeds were #2 Ozark Christian College (Joplin, MO), #3 Faith Baptist Bible College (Ankeny, IA), and #4 Barclay College (Haviland, KS).

Of the nine tournament matches, six were decided in three sets. The two fives set matches were when #4 Barclay College and #5 Central Christian College of the Bible (Moberly, MO) played in first round action and when #2 Ozark Christian and #3 Faith Baptist played in the semifinals. Both matches saw the lower seed pulling off the upset.

It took #1 Crusaders of Manhattan little time to dispatch Central Christian in the semifinals but then was pushed in the finals against Faith Baptist. Faith was able to take the first set before the Crusaders stormed back to win the next three convincingly to win the championship. Defending champions Ozark Christian won the consolation match for 3rd place.