Carrying Momentum From Manitoba, Men's Volleyball Looks For Milestone Western Win
Finalists for each of the past two years at the Western Canadian College Volleyball Championships, Men's Volleyball appears poised and are more than ready to put their top performance together this weekend in Swift Current as they pursue their first Western Championship.
The Blazers showed a new level of experience and a new ability to overcome a moment of self-doubt in Tuesday night's home court win. Their opponents, the defending Western Canadian Men's Champions and defending MCAC Champions, Red River Rebels, who are also the early leaders this season with a record of 5-1.
Continue ReadingWomen's Volleyball Making A Swift Run At A Western Canadian Championship
It has been four seasons since Women's Volleyball has won any significant league or tournament championship, but this weekend's Western Canadian Tournament in Swift Current may change all that. Fresh off a straight sets win over the Red River Rebels on Tuesday night, CMU is en route to Great Plains College for a tournament that has provided the program with two previous banners, 2010 in Saskatoon and 2011 in Olds, Alberta.
Continue ReadingStretching Out: Ready To Kickoff The First Canadian Grasslands Cup
With Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference (MCAC) Futsal entering it's third official year as a sanctioned varsity sport, for the first time this weekend, Manitoba is preparing to welcome teams from Alberta and North Ontario to the first Canadian Grasslands Championship this weekend hosted on the campus of CMU.
The sport of futsal is a form of indoor soccer officially endorsed and recognized by FIFA, the global governing body of soccer. Played on a court, futsal is high speed, five against five soccer that is fast and flowing.
Continue ReadingWomen's Volleyball Faces Test Match Against Defending Conference Champs
The once mighty CMU Women's Volleyball team appears to be re-emerging as a program that is capable of challenging for an MCAC banner this season, after the Blazers missed the playoffs for the first time in the conference's history in 2015. Riding a modest two game winning streak that included victories over the USB Rouges and Red River Rebels, the Blazers host the current conference leaders and two time defending conference champions, the University of Winnipeg, on Friday night.
Continue ReadingHayt-ing The Preseason: Men's Basketball Charges Into The MCAC Schedule
With the preseason now behind them, Men's Basketball is getting their eyes fixed on the part of the season that really matters; when wins and losses make a difference in the standings of the Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference.
In what appears to have the makings of a very wide open race for the championship banner, Blazer guard Jon Hayter is expected to have even more of an impact in his second season than the Pinawa native had as a rookie in the conference, when he set a new CMU mark for points in a game by a rookie when he dropped 35 on the College Wesmen.
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