Men'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."
Continue ReadingCritical Point Earned As Women's Soccer Holds On To Playoff Hope
The Brandon Bobcats found the crossbar twice in the second half, but they were not able to find the back of the net as first year goalkeeper Lydia Balsillie kept the clean sheet and her Blazers held on for a scoreless tie on Saturday afternoon at The Ralph Cantafio Soccer Complex.
Powerful striker Bailee Ploshynsky gave the CMU back four all they could handle and three times found a way to get behind the defensive line in the first half, only to have Balsillie snuff out each and every scoring chance. On the other end, CMU created a few chances of their own. Marijka Yashyshyn tried her luck twice from distance in the opening half and the relentless running of Claudia Dueck came close to a Blazer goal in the 40th minute.
Continue ReadingHigh Expectations for Men's Volleyball Season Starts With A Strong Preseason
A confident, veteran group is more than ready to start their 2016-17 preseason and to find out exactly what they are up against when the matches take on meaning later this month for Men's Volleyball.
Two senior members of the rotation, fourth-year setter Jason Friesen and fellow fourth-year left side Joel Kliewer, will lead CMU into the Red River College Invitational this weekend beginning with their opening matches tomorrow night against Les Rouges de USB and later against the 2016 MCAC Champions, Providence Pilots.
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