Men's Volleyball News
Markus Martens: January's Zueike Male Athlete of the Month
Congratulations to Markus Martens of Blazers Men's Volleyball on being selected the CMU Zueike Male Athlete of the Month for January. The fifth-year middle has been a dominant force in the MCAC for some time now, and his consistent play helped lead the team to take wins against each of their conference opponents this month.
A true coaches' player, Martens takes his craft seriously, always willing to adjust and improve, and has seen his star rising in the MCAC since he entered the league in 2021. The rural Saskatchewan product is a workhorse by nature, starting in more matches than any other Blazers men's volleyball player since his debut for the 2021/22 season, in which he featured for CMU in the MCAC's first appearance at a CCAA Men's Volleyball National Championships. His rise to dominance in the middle was finally recognized during the 2023/24 season when he was named to the MCAC All-Conference team, and later received the Academic All Canadian award, showcasing his talents in the classroom to go along with his work ethic on the court and in the fitness centre.
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2025/26 Men's Volleyball Roster Preview
Although it may just seem like summer is around the corner, Blazers Men's Volleyball has been on a recruiting hot streak filling their roster for the 2025/26 season. After a historic run at the 2025 CCAA Men's Volleyball Nationals, new head coach Jack Tyrrell will have his work cut out for him in topping the 2024/25 team's success on the national level, but there's a lot that needs to happen between now and next March that will determine how this year's team performs.
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Jack Tyrrell Steps Up as New Era Begins for Men's Volleyball Program
The CMU Men's Volleyball program is pleased to announce Jack Tyrrell the successor to longtime head coach Don Dulder, as the rising star in the local coaching scene proved his worth assisting Dulder in preparing the Blazers for their 2025 CCAA Nationals run.
Tyrrell has quickly moved up the ranks within the program, first as a player between 2017–2020 when his tenacity and game-sense were first noticed by the athletics staff. His well-rounded game as a player had him slot in throughout the lineup, including most frequently as libero and middle, two positions often considered polar opposites. Tyrrell's teams captured three championship titles during his four years as a student athlete, including Dulder's first in 2017, then again in 2018 and 2020.
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Men's Volleyball's Dulder Calls it a College Coaching Career
Long time men's volleyball head coach Don Dulder has decided to call it a career after enjoying many successes with the Blazers over his 11 years with CMU that saw the seasoned coach turn the program into a perennial powerhouse in the MCAC and beyond.
A local coaching legend in his own right prior to joining CMU in 2014, his coaching resume included eight provincial AA championships with Southern Manitoba's Niverville Collegiate. His Niverville teams were the only AA school to move up to the "AAAA" level eight years in a row, making the Final Fours twice. Don was the zone 13 MHSAA zone president for over 20 years while teaching and coaching at Niverville Collegiate. In 2009 he was selected as the MHSAA Coach of the year, and in 2006 he was inducted into the Manitoba Volleyball Honour Society.
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Duncan Petrie: January's Zueike Male Athlete of the Month
Congratulations to Duncan Petrie of Blazers Men's Volleyball on being selected the CMU Zueike Male Athlete of the Month for January. The veteran right side has continued to grow his game and has put in the work on and off the court to become the conference's most dominant and consistent right side attacker.
Petrie's university career thus far has been one of slow growth and continued improvement as he has found ways to become more impactful every season since he began in 2021-22. Over the last three seasons he has often been paired with another right side attacker, creating a tandem allowing head coach Don Dulder to provide some load management for his starters. Now a captain, Petrie has shrugged off the need to take games off through rigorous training in the fitness room throughout the year to keep himself healthy and ready to play every game, and it shows in his stats. Petrie led the team in kills in three of five matches this past month (including this last weekend's match with Assiniboine), and now sits fourth in the MCAC in total kills, amongst a list dominated by left sides across the league. As a right side Petrie is often tasked with facing the opposition's top left sides, but has still managed to rank in the top five in blocks per set for the conference, which eludes to growth in his defensive game as well, often contributing crucial digs while in the back row as well.
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