Plett Powers Women's Soccer Into First Place In The MCAC Standings
Women's Soccer picked up six more points from matches this weekend, at home to ACC on Friday night and away to Providence on Sunday afternoon, to leap-frog the idle Brandon Bobcats and claim top spot in the MCAC as the teams enter Week 3.
Central to the Blazers success was the offensive output of Manitoba Bisons transfer, Camille Plett who pounded in five goals and was directly involved in the creation of the four others in a 7-0 and 2-0 win.
Continue ReadingBlazers And Rebels Split Points In Passionate Scoreless Women's Soccer Draw
Women's Soccer kicked off their 2017 MCAC campaign on Sunday evening with a difficult Week 1 match-up with last season's Championship Runner's Up; Red River Rebels. Despite the goalless scoreline the match didn't disappoint the spectators with it's level of excitment.
The first big chance of the match came early when Esther Schwarzkopf led Camille Plett in behind the Red River defense and the debutant slid a pass in to the right boot of Janelle Wride only to have her attempt blocked en route to goal.
Continue ReadingMen's Basketball Inks One Of Manitoba's Best For New Season
Men's Basketball is very happy to announce the commitment of Fort Richmond Collegiate's Kniel Sullera for the 2017-18 MCAC and NIAC seasons. The dynamic scorer helped the Centurions to back to back Final Four appearances in the Manitoba High School 'AAAA' Provincials and averaged 18 points and 13 rebound in his Grade 12 season.
Continue ReadingChasing Gold: Leading The Next Generation Into The Canada Summer Games
The last time that Evelyn Kampen was representing her province it was 2006 and the former River East Kodiak left-side was competing for Manitoba in the Western Canada Games. Fast forward to 2017, and the third-year CMU Women's Volleyball head coach is right back at it but in a very different role, assistant coaching with Manitoba's under-18 Canada Summer Games Team who are scheduled to take the court for the first time on August 7th in Pool D action against Team Yukon.
Continue ReadingWhen Opportunity Knocks: Friesen's Gap Year With The Canada Summer Games
Winnipeg is set to officially welcome the 2017 Canada Summer Games this Friday when the eyes of the country will be focused on the Bell MTS Place. Behind the scenes, CMU student-athlete Thomas Friesen has been quietly making his mark on this high profile national event.
The Communications and Media major had just completed his fourth year of study at CMU and had plans to return for his final year of university sports eligibility as both a Men's Volleyball libero and Men's Soccer goalkeeper, when the Canada Summer Games came calling.
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