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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CMU announces new Director of Athletics
Cara Isaak has been appointed to Director of Athletics at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU). Isaak will work across all athletics programs and help develop and bolster the already robust athletics programming at CMU.
Isaak has spent the past seven years as a coach of CMUs women's soccer team, and, in 2018, her experience helped lead the Blazers to their first MCAC Women's Soccer Championship since 2009.
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Blazers Welcome Familiar Face to Helm the Program
The CMU Blazers Athletics program is very pleased to announce Cara Isaak as the new Director of Athletics following the departure of Russell Willms, who held the position since 2008. Isaak is a familiar face to the program, as she has co-head coached the Blazers women's soccer team alongside Lianna Bestvater since 2015.
Isaak was born and raised in Winnipeg, where she enjoyed a variety of sports including basketball, tennis, and baseball, but excelled most at soccer, which she pursued at a club level with South End United and Phoenix, and later university level with the University of Manitoba Bisons. During her time at the University of Manitoba, Isaak completed both her undergraduate studies (Bachelor of Science, Genetics) and PhD (Physiology), all while still keeping her passion for sport.
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MCAC Delays Restart on the 2021-22 Season
The second half of the Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference (MCAC) season, which was set to resume play this weekend following the holiday break, has been paused for the next two weeks, with the new restart date tentatively scheduled for January 28th.
The decision comes on the heels of skyrocketing COVID-19 case numbers amidst the Omicron variant wave firmly hitting the province. Although Provincial health restrictions do not prohibit the playing of sporting events, the resumption of studies in an online format for many schools, including CMU, would have sent mixed signals about concerns about student safety. "The health and well-being of our student-athletes, coaches, staff, and fans is foremost in our minds as we reached this decision" commented MCAC Executive Director, Shane Ray. "While public health orders allow the continuation of the season, this pause is one way the conference can contribute to the ongoing battle against COVID."
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