Lydia Balsillie - October's Recovery Spot Female Athlete Of The Month
Congratulations to Lydia Balsillie of Women's Soccer on being selected The Recovery Spot Female Athlete of the Month for October.
The rookie goalkeeper led CMU's push for the playoffs, collecting nine points in October after a difficult start to the 2016 MCAC Season that had the Blazers sitting uncomfortably at the bottom of the standings, unable to take even a single point from their opening five matches.
Continue ReadingLetkeman Receives First MVP Selection As MCAC Announces 2016 All-Conference Team
As Men's Soccer prepares for the biggest weekend of their season, on Friday afternoon the MCAC announced the eleven players selected to the All-Conference Team and the 2016 Most Valuable Player.
Receiving the most votes for outstanding performance was CMU's fifth year midfielder Andrew Letkeman (pictured centre). The veteran Blazer was recognized in each of his previous four seasons in the MCAC with All-Conference honours, but the title of the MCAC's top player had always been held by his counterparts.
Continue ReadingMen's Soccer Limps Into Championship Weekend With High Expectations
Hampered by a serious string of injuries through the critical month of October, Men's Soccer is preparing for the biggest weekend of their season beginning Saturday afternoon when the #3 ranked Blazers kickoff with the #2 Red River Rebels in the first round of the 2016 MCAC Final Fours.
The string of problems started for the Blazers when leading goal-scorer Ben Wride received a head injury at training that has kept the fourth year out of the CMU lineup since October 2nd.
Continue ReadingTriumphant Home Opening Win For Men's Basketball Over Rival Providence
Sam Kinsley, Nick Bueno and Ridel Ebreo accounted for almost seventy-percent of the Blazers offense on opening night as Men's Basketball soared to a 114-94 win last Friday in front of a capacity crowd at the Loewen Athletic Centre.
After two seasons away from the basketball court, Kinsley's return to MCAC action showed no signs of rust. The 6'5 second year forward pounded the paint for 9 first quarter points and finished the first half with a game-high 23 points including 6 offensive rebounds.
Continue ReadingMen's Volleyball Is Ready To Take On All Challengers In Toronto This Weekend
With five preseason wins under their belt from the MCAC preseason tournament hosted last weekend at Red River College, Men's Volleyball takes their perfect record to the Ontario Colleges Athletic Conference this weekend and the 2016 Seneca Sting Challenge.
CMU took convincing wins over USB, Providence, Red River, ACC and University of Winnipeg to capture their first tournament win in the MCAC and to make themselves the early favourites in their home province. "We were expecting to have a very strong team this season, but we weren't sure how the others would stack up," said Men's Volleyball Assistant Coach, Josh Ewert, "we had good matches with everyone, it just seemed that we have really improved in our ability to close out games and that will help us alot this season."
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