Late Goal Salvages Important Point For Women's Soccer Versus Cougars
Striker Camille Plett got the finishing touch on an 88th minute equalizing goal on Sunday afternoon as Women's Soccer came back to tie the first-place ACC Cougars 1-1 at the Ralph Cantafio Soccer Complex.
With illness making it's way through the Women's Soccer roster during the past week, Sunday's point became a big one and may prove vital as the six MCAC teams jockey for four playoff positions over the final three weeks of the 2018 regular season. Plett came close to putting the home team ahead in the 19th minute when Marijka Yaschyshyn's cross came inches away from the fifth-year's sliding effort to score.
Continue ReadingAlberta Champions Clash With Manitoba Champions In Basketball Preseason
The 2018 MCAC Women's Basketball Champions open their preseason on Thursday night in the Loewen Athletic Centre against a formidable opponent in the 2018 ACAC Women's Basketball Champions; Calgary's St. Mary's University Lightning.
St. Mary's have been the dominant force in Women's Basketball in the Alberta Collegiate Athletic Conference for the past three seasons, qualifying for the ACAC Championship Final in 2016 and 2017 and in their most recent season, taking the ultimate step forward by winning the 2018 ACAC banner. The Lightning have also qualified for the ACAC playoffs for four consecutive seasons.
Continue ReadingReppin' Manitoba, Men's Soccer Enters Pair Of Friendlies Against Alberta
It has been three years since the Men's Soccer Program has stepped onto the pitch against an opponent other than an MCAC rival. 2013 was the first year that the Blazers hosted a non-conference opponent. The ACAC's Medicine Hat Rattlers made a visit to Winnipeg in the preseason and handed the Blazers a 4-1 defeat. In 2014, CMU hosted the nationally-ranked Lakeland Rustlers on Labour Day Weekend and fell 3-0 and in 2015 the Rustlers again emerged as 4-1 victors.
Continue ReadingPlett's Golden Boots Leads Women's Soccer To First Win Of Young Season
After scoring all four of her team's goals through Women's Soccer's first two matches; a 1-1 draw at home to USB and a 3-3 draw away to Assiniboine on Saturday, Camille Plett entered Sunday's critical away match to Providence firing on all cylinders. The Pilots were also flying high, soaring after a lop-sided 6-1 win over the Red River Rebels in their 2018 MCAC Home Opener.
Continue ReadingWomen's Soccer Squeaks Out a Hard-Fought Point in Opener
Two goal-line clearances by fourth year defender Anna Lysack (pictured) helped the Blazers hold on to a point on Sunday night as CMU and the USB Rouges battled to a 1-1 draw at the Ralph Cantafio Soccer Complex in Week 1 action of MCAC Women's Soccer.
A fixture that is fast-becoming worthy of circling on your calendar, CMU versus USB brought the MCAC dramatic strorylines in 2017. A six-match shutout streak snapped, ending in the Blazers first loss of the season followed by a home field semifinal defeat highlighted by a heartbreaking second half come back by Les Rouges.
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