Historic Weekend for the Blazers at MCAC Championships
It was a weekend to remember for Blazers Athletics, as for the first time since the conference began operations both basketball and volleyball championships were played on the same weekend, and the Blazers showed up in a big way, making an appearance in the finals with each of its four contending teams.
Friday night's MCAC Basketball Championship hosted by Providence University College in their new home at the Niverville Rec Centre was a raucous affair in front of a decidedly pro-Pilots crowd. Both Blazer teams came into the final after a semi final bye as the top seed in the conference, and both were matched up against the host Pilots, making for a tough setting for the teams looking to cap off their seasons on a high note.
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Seth McKenzie: February's Zueike Male Athlete of the Month
Congratulations to Seth McKenzie of Men's Basketball on being selected the CMU Zueike Male Athlete of the Month for February. The fourth-year shooting guard has been a consistent force leading the young Blazers squad to the MCAC Championship Finals this Friday in Niverville.
After the Blazers men's basketball team played themselves to a perfect record in the first half, the delayed start after the Christmas break seemed to break the group's momentum, and an early loss early in the month could have spelled disaster for the young team who were hoping to cruise to a first-round bye straight through to the MCAC finals. But the squad re-grouped, largely due to the consistent play of veteran leader McKenzie, who put in some clutch performances down the final stretch of the season. Despite their winning record, the Blazers have found themselves in a lot of close games this season, and McKenzie's big-game experience has certainly factored into the Blazers being able to come out on top more often than not.
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Lauren Ens: February's Zueike Female Athlete of the Month
Congratulations to Lauren Ens of Women's Volleyball on being selected the CMU Zueike Female Athlete of the Month for February. The first year Blazers libero has shown incredible leadership and positivity down the home stretch of the season and into Championship weekend.
The month started out strong for the Blazers women's volleyball team as they took home a win in Brandon over the Assiniboine Cougars coming off a win over the league-leading St Boniface Rouges, which had them in second place in the standings early in the second half of the season. However, the CMU squad hit a rough patch in the middle portion of the month, suffering back-to-back home losses against the Providence Pilots, which ultimately dropped the Blazers into third place in the standings, and then a tough road loss to the top-seeded Les Rouges. Despite the adversity, the Blazers found their game for their last match of the regular season, and finished off with another win over the Cougars, leaving the team tied in the MCAC rankings with the Providence Pilots, who they will matchup with on semi-final Saturday.
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Blazers Close Out Regular Season, Look Ahead to Championships
Let the madness begin! The CMU Blazers closed out their regular seasons this past weekend, and will now look ahead to a full slate of MCAC Championship tournaments in the upcoming weeks. For the first time in conference history, all three indoor court sport championship tournaments will be held in March, due to the delayed start after the Christmas break.
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Blazers Men's Volleyball Make a Power Push in the Standings
It was another busy weekend for the Blazers, with a number of high-importance games being played that will likely have ramifications for playoff seeding coming down the home stretch of the conference schedule. However, not all the games went the Blazers' way this week, unlike last weekend, when CMU teams gained points in nine of ten games played.
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