The Pita Pit Female Athlete Of The Month - February
Congratulations to Marijka Yaschyshyn of Women's Futsal on being selected the Pita Pit Female Athlete of the Month for February. It's been a long road to recovery for the graduate of Winnipeg's College Jean Sauve who had a knee injury delay her rookie season with the Blazers by a full year, but the midfielder has found her stride on the futsal court and is getting stronger and stronger with every match.
Continue ReadingFifth Set Freeze Locks Men's Volleyball Out Of Championship Appearance
CMU surrendered two match-point opportunities in the fourth set of Saturday night's 2016 MCAC Men's Volleyball Semifinal, only to see the defending champion Red River Rebels claw back to steal the fourth and advance to Sunday's Championship Match with a 3-2 win (20-25, 25-21, 18-25, 26-24, 17-15).
The first and third sets were all CMU. Midway through the opener, 2016 All-Conference selection, John Nieckarz showed his offensive versatility when he pounded a kill for a CMU sideout and followed it with an ace from the service line to give the Blazers a 15-12 advantage in the set. The scoring run continued as fellow All-Conference selection Joel Kliewer pushed the score to 16-12 on a kill from left-side to force the Rebels into a timeout. CMU would go on to take the set 25-20.
Continue ReadingWomen's Volleyball Overpowered In Semis By Top Ranked Wesmen
MCAC teams combined for only two wins all season against the conference's top-seeded University of Winnipeg College Wesmen and there were no surprises this afternoon as the fourth-ranked Blazers succumb to a 3-0 semifinal exit (25-19, 25-18, 26-24).
The match was not without hope of an upset as several players in the CMU rotation stepped up at key moments of the match. Recently named 2016 MCAC All-Conference selection Kim Town made an early impression on her team's first possession, pounding a kill from right side and following that with an ace from the service line to give her team a 2-0 lead in the first set. Jocelyn Bartos scored two aces of her own for the College Wesmen late in the set to give Winnipeg a 23-16 advantage that they would not look back on.
Continue ReadingTwin Powers Headline 2016 Men's Volleyball All-Conference Selections
The Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference released their selections to the 2016 Men's Volleyball All-Conference team on Wednesday afternoon and leading the way were CMU's rookie outside hitter John Nieckarz and third-year left side Joel Kliewer.
Playing mostly left-side in his first season at CMU, Nieckarz has made a big impact on the MCAC after spending the 2014-15 season as a red-shirt for the University of Manitoba Bisons. Now with the Blazers, the 6'4 product of River East Collegiate has shown his pedigree by leading his team in total kills (149), kills per set (2.92) and in kill percertage (40.8%). Nieckarz has also unleashed his powerful jump serve on the MCAC, to the tune of 25 aces.
Continue ReadingTown Leads CMU As MCAC Announces 2016 All-Conference Team
As the 2015-16 MCAC Volleyball season focusses for its final weekend of competition, the conference has announced it's selection of the Women's Volleyball All-Conference Team and not be be overlooked in CMU's rookie middle blocker Kim Town.
Town led her team to a much improved record of 8-12, good for a fourth-place finish and a trip back to the MCAC Final Fours after the Blazers missed out on the 2015 Playoffs. The 6'1 native of southern Ontario burst into the CMU rotation this season, leading her team in service aces and stuff blocks and providing leadership and energy to an improving roster.
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