Will Anderson: October's Lionheart Sports Male Athlete Of The Month
Congratulations to Will Anderon of Men's Soccer on being selected the CMU Lionheart Sports Male Athlete of the Month for October. The first-year midfielder quietly went about his work anchoring the Blazers midfield from the bottom of the four-man diamond. The product of Winnipeg's Bonivital Soccer Club and Focus 9 Soccer Academy, Anderson's technical and tactical abilities are his strengths but it is his ability to read the play that allows his teammates the freedom to push forward to attack while providing them cover defensively.
Continue ReadingNaomi Klassen: October's Lionheart Sports Female Athlete Of The Month
Congratulations to Naomi Klassen of Women's Soccer on being selected the CMU Lionheart Sports Female Athlete of the Month for October. The fourth-year midfielder was much of an unsung hero in her team's starting eleven this season. Making key distribution decisions in the attack as she linked play from the defenders to the attackers and also upsetting the central transition areas for their opponents to limit the counter-attacks.
Continue ReadingDefense Wins Championship: Men's Soccer Edges Undefeated Bobcats In Final
Generally thought to be unlucky, the thirteenth season turned out to be just the opposite for Men's Soccer as CMU lifted their first MCAC Conference Championship Trophy since 2005 on a 1-0 win over Brandon University on Sunday afternoon at the Ralph Cantafio Soccer Complex.
Undefeated through the regular season, with 9 wins and 1 draw, the Bobcats would certainly test the fortitude of the CMU squad and the tactics of first-year head coach Anderson Pereira. This would be the third meeting between the two teams, after the Bobcats won both previous encounters 3-2 in Brandon and 4-1 earlier this month at Ralph Cantafio.
Continue ReadingBlazers Shut Down Bobcats To Win MCAC Women's Soccer Championship
Goals from Susanna Derksen and Camille Plett lifted Women's Soccer to their first MCAC Conference Championship win since 2009 on Sunday afternoon, but beating the two-time defending Champions and top-seeded Brandon Bobcats was no simple task.
After backstopping her team to a semifinal victory on Saturday over the Providence Pilots in penalty-kicks, Lydia Balsillie was at it again on Sunday showing off her ability to organize defenders, stop shots and time challenges. Selected Championship Most Valuable Player, Balsillie's first big moment to shine came in the 22nd minute. After Janelle Wride hit the Brandon crossbar moments after the kickoff and Derksen was denied by Sydney Carter-Squire, Bobcats midfielder Hosana Church sent Sarah Suchan towards goal with a bit of space and the rookie striker launched a rocket from 20-yards out that a well-positioned Balsillie was ready for and equal to.
Continue ReadingYaschyshyn And Plett Represent Women's Soccer On All-Conference Team
One helps keep goals out and one helps put goals in. Together the duo of Marijka Yaschyshyn (left) and Camille Plett (right) have been central to the CMU's success in Women's Soccer over the past two seasons, with both receiving recognition today in the 2018 Manitoba Colleges All-Conference Elite Eleven one day before the MCAC gathers to host Final Fours at Winnipeg's Ralph Cantafio Soccer Complex.
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