Team Effort Needed From Short-Handed Blazers On Championship Weekend
The path to glory for Men's Basketball will not be an easy one this weekend at the MCAC Basketball Championships, hosted at Red River College. The Blazers will faceoff against their league rival Providence Pilots in tomorrow's semi-final round. Though CMU comes into the game as underdogs with a 1-3 season record against the Pilots, things are more balanced between the two teams than they may appear. The winner of each contest has won by a margin of 10 points or less in all but their final meeting.
Continue ReadingHayter And Penner Ranked In The MCAC's Best In Men's Basketball
On Wednesday, the Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference released their 2016 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team as the final four prepare to compete this weekend for the 2016 Conference Championships at Red River College.
It was no surprise to see CMU second-year guard Jon Hayter listed in the MCAC's elite. The 6'0 scoring dynamo from little Pinawa High School averaged 16.9 points per game and was recently named the MCAC's Athlete of the Week for his 19 point, 9 rebound performance in a home win over the Providence Pilots, who will enter Saturday's Men's Semifinal as the #2 ranked team and will match up as CMU's first round opponent.
Continue ReadingWomen's Basketball Duo Listed Among The MCAC's Best
With only days remaining before the MCAC Championships tip off at Red River College this weekend, the Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference have released their 2016 selections for All-Conference Women's Basketball team and it is no surprise to see two Blazers listed in the MCAC elite.
One of the MCAC's best shooters, Sarah Townsend made an immediate impact on the MCAC in her rookie season leading the conference offensively with 13.3 points per game. The product of Winnipeg Wolves and the Linden Christian Wings also finished second in scoring from beyond the 3-point line, scoring an average of 2.42 threes per game.
Continue ReadingRiding High When It Matters; Men's Volleyball Finishes On Fire
Men's Volleyball made a big step forward on Friday night defeating the Providence Pilots 3-1 (25-20, 27-25, 19-25, 25-20) in front of a capacity crowd in the Loewen Athletic Centre. Winners of ten in row and leaders of the conference, the soaring Pilots carried a 10-1 record into the final regular season match of 2015-16.
"We were pretty confident that we could pull off a win against them," said third-year setter Jason Friesen, "most of the sets have been really close, we just hadn't been able to get it done in our previous meetings."
Continue ReadingThe Pita Pit Male Athlete Of The Month - January
Congratulations to Matt Warkentin of the Men's Basketball Team on being selected The Pita Pit Male Athlete of the Month for January. The 6'2 second-year guard has taken a big step forward in his sophomore season with the Blazers and his biggest strides came in January when he averaged over 16 points per game.
"From the moment that Matt commited to CMU, almost two years ago, he has been committed himself to hard work," said Warkentin's head coach Billy Isaac, "That effort has translated into a great month where he has been asked to guard our opponent's biggest threats and to care for much of our offense due to numerous injuries this month."
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