All 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.
Continue ReadingKirsten Friesen - September's Recovery Spot Female Athlete Of The Month
Congratulations to Kirsten Friesen of Women's Soccer on being selected The Recovery Spot Female Athlete of the Month for September.
The second-year forward was the first Blazers on the scoresheet to open the 2016 MCAC Women's Soccer campaign when she lifted her team to a 1-0 lead over Providence on September 10th. The 2014 graduate of MCI in Gretna, Manitoba then showed her versatility as she moved into midfield adjusted to playing as an outside defender to help her team through some challenging conference opponents.
Continue ReadingAidan Beckingham - September's Recovery Spot Male Athlete Of The Month
Congratulations to Aidan Beckingham of Men's Soccer on being selected The Recovery Spot Male Athlete of the Month for September.
In his second season with the green and gold, the talented left back is coming into his own as a big contributor to his team on both ends of the pitch. Beckingham was a major factor in CMU's 2-1 away victory to the defending champion USB Rouges on September 17th, creating the first pass on many of the left-side attacks for CMU and also slotting into centerback in the second half to help lock down the win.
Continue ReadingBlazers Win Big Over Briercrest To Start 2016-17 Preseason
It was just one win, but it was a win that may carry a lot of significance as Women's Basketball prepares for preseason competition on Thanksgiving Weekend in the Alberta Collegiate Athletic Conference and from there, to their first season as members of two conferences.
Winners of eleven out of twelve MCAC regular season games in 2015-16, CMU has never had a dominant record when playing teams outside of their home province to date. On Friday night, those tides turned as the Blazers hosted the ACAC's Briercrest Clippers and entertained their home crowd to the tune of a 68-49 win.
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