Critical 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.
Continue ReadingMen's Soccer Recruitment Starts Early, Signing Kittle For 2017 Season
The 2017 MCAC Men's Soccer season is some eleven months away, but the roster for next season's CMU squad is already beginning to take shape.
Hapnot Collegiate's Tayler Kittle signed a letter of intent with CMU in July before departing on a year-long Rotary exchange to Germany for 2016-17. The powerful central midfielder comes to CMU from the Brandon-based, Westman FC PR2 where Kittle played from the under-16 to under-18 level. He was also rostered with the Manitoba Provincial U16 boys in the summer of 2014.
Continue ReadingAll Even For Women's Volleyball Through MCAC Preseason Tournament
The result are in after Women's Volleyball completed their opening weekend of the 2016-17 MCAC preseason and after four matches against conference opponents, the Blazers appear to be right in the thick of things.
On Saturday morning, CMU opened against Les Rouges de USB and put together a solid win; 3 sets to 1. Second-year outside hitter Haley Ginter led the way for the Blazers with 17 kills and veteran opposite Tasha Enns knocked down 7 kills in support scoring from the right side.
Continue ReadingMcIntyre-Ridd Prepares To Represent Manitoba At The 2016 Nationals
After scoring two goals on Sunday afternoon as part of CMU's 4-0 victory over the ACC Cougars in Brandon, rookie defender Daniel McIntyre-Ridd is preparing to represent Manitoba this week with the Bonivital Under-18 Boys at the 2016 SportChek Canadian National Soccer Championships in Vaughan, Ontario.
McIntyre-Ridd's PR1 youth team qualified for the National Championships in mid-August after defeating Winnipeg's Phoenix SC 2-1 in the U18 boys MSA Cup Final. Bonivital SC will tackle British Columbia's Coquitlam Metro Ford on Wednesday morning to begin their competition in Group B. Regina FC (Saskatchewan), Foothills FC (Alberta) and Halifax City (Nova Scotia) make up the rest of the group.
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