2026/27 Men's Volleyball Season Preview
The Blazers Men's Volleyball program opened the recruiting window way back in November, and have since worked to fill the limited vacancies in the lineup, choosing instead to lean heavily on returning student-athletes to step up and produce when the season starts in October. Perhaps the silver lining of an injury bug hitting the team last year is the valuable in-game experience it will give some of this year's sophomores in pushing for those spots. A season-ending injury to Matthew Janzen, as well as time off for Curran Chan and Austin Spicer all led to some breakout performances from Deklen Vergara and Owen Giesbrecht, and with ongoing off-season training underway, the competition looks to be hot once again to crack the starting lineup in 2026/27.
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2026/27 Women's Volleyball Season Preview
Blazers women's volleyball has been one of the most active programs this off-season, with recruiting for the 2026/27 squad beginning just before the team's run in the 2025/26 MCAC playoffs, and it continued to add pieces throughout the spring. The Blazers were back in the MCAC Finals this past February, just missing out on the 2026 CCAA Nationals here in Manitoba in March, and are using that near miss as added motivation to return to the national tournament in March of 2027 in Montreal.
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Blazers Athletics Enters Partnership with FanWord to Elevate Blazers Storytelling
Blazers Athletics has signed a three-year agreement with FanWord, one of the leading AI technology and storytelling companies in college sports. Through this partnership, the Blazers will implement FanWord Assist, FanWord's AI-powered content creation platform, to enhance and expand storytelling across all of their athletic programs.
FanWord Assist streamlines the production of game recaps, award nominations, feature stories, and player bios, giving athletic communications teams the ability to create more high-quality content with greater speed and consistency. With the platform's AI-powered tools and customizable workflows, CMU will be better equipped to spotlight the achievements, personalities, and journeys of its student-athletes, coaches, and teams throughout the MCAC season and beyond.
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A New Era of Blazers Basketball Begins Under Head Coach Patrick Sumugat
The CMU Women's Basketball program is pleased to announce Patrick Sumugat the successor to head coach Sharlene Harding, who is leaving her post after two years with the program.
Sumugat assumes the role after already being involved with the team this past season as an assistant tasked with player development, and brings with him a wealth of experience at both the high school and club level in Manitoba, as well as in training high-level competitive athletes. The founder and head coach of Relentless Club Basketball, Sumugat also draws on his experience coaching the varsity girls program at Kildonan East Collegiate, and as the lead basketball skills trainer at Bout to Be Different (BTBD) Hoops in stepping up to the collegiate level head coaching role at CMU. Certified as a USA Basketball Youth Development Coach since 2023, Sumugat has quickly risen in the ranks of coaches in Winnipeg, building the connections necessary to recruit and continue to build the Blazers' program. His ties to the Filipino-Canadian community, including as head coach of the Basketball Federation of the Philippines (Canada) U16 girls team will also be a valuable connection in furthering the program's goals, in both bringing in and developing top local talent.
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CMU names head coaches for new cross-country running program
Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) has appointed Calvin Reimer and Noel Kendle as head coaches of its new varsity cross-country running program within CMU Blazers Athletics.
Reimer and Kendle bring nearly two decades of combined experience as both student-athletes and coaches with the Manitoba Running Association.
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