Matthew Page: February's Lionheart Sports Male Athlete of the Month
Congratulations to Matthew Pagé of Men's Volleyball on being selected the CMU Lionheart Sports Male Athlete of the Month for February. Pagé was in the spotlight for the Blazers MCAC Championship win last weekend, coming up big on two critical fifth set rallies to win points for his team including an amazing stuff block for the match-winner.
Continue ReadingNothing Short Of Perfection; Blazers Win Volleyball Gold In Straight Sets
Peaking at the right time in the season is key to every championship run, and that was certainly the case for CMU on Sunday afternoon when the Blazers kept their undefeated streak going in 2020, upsetting the top-ranked USB Rouges 3-0 to raise their first Manitoba Colleges banner since 2017. The win was sweet for CMU, who were able to celebrate their gold medals on home court, inspired by raucous audience of loud CMU supporters in the Loewen Athletic Centre.
Continue ReadingUnreal Finish In 2020 MCAC Men's Volleyball Championship Final
Home court was much more than an advantage. Don Dulder and the CMU Men's Volleyball team rose to the occasion on Sunday afternoon, fighting back from a 0-2 deficit in the 2020 MCAC Championship Final to defeat the top-ranked Providence Pilots 3-2 in front of a standing-room-only crowd in the Loewen Athletic Centre. As Matt Pagé and Makoy Penner closed out the match with a championship winning stuff block to take the fifth set 17-15, it was a moment of pure emotion at the realization of what had taken place.
Continue ReadingHeroic Overtime Comeback Gives CMU First NIAC Championship
The Providence Pilots did what they could to try to ice Madison Wood, but the 2nd year product of Morden Collegiate held her nerves and calmly swished a championship-winning free-throw with 3.7 seconds left in overtime to give CMU a 72-71 lead and their first-ever NIAC championship banner.
It was an all-Manitoba final on Sunday afternoon in the 2020 Northern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's basketball championship game when the Pilots and Blazers clashed in Cass Lake, Minnesota, both teams leaving everything on the floor in an effort to bring a trophy back to Canada.
Continue ReadingFamiliar Face Chooses CMU As Her Home For 2020-21 MCAC Season
CMU Athletics is pleased to announce the commitment of Oak Park Collegiate's Delaney Gerwing for the 2020-21 MCAC Women's Volleyball season. Gerwing and head coach Jayme Menzies need no introduction. The two combined for two high school season at Oak Park for Gerwing's Grade 10 and 11 campaigns.
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