Stretching 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.
Continue ReadingThe Pita Pit Male Blazer Athlete Of The Month - October
Congratulations to Ben Klassen of the Men's Soccer Team on being selected The Pita Pit Male Athlete of the Month for October. Klassen was a major factor in the stretch run for the Blazers that rendered a run of nine matches undefeated, beginning September 26th and ending, to the disappointment of the team, in the MCAC Conference Championship Men's Soccer Final when CMU was defeated 2-0 by The University of St-Boniface.
Continue ReadingThe Pita Pit Female Blazer Athlete Of The Month - October
Congratulations to Anna Lysack of the Women's Soccer Team on being selected The Pita Pit Female Athlete of the Month for October. The rookie midfielder played a huge part in the Blazers' climb up the MCAC standings this season, and when the injury bug caught up with CMU in October, the steady Lysack continued to display her box to box style; helping support the attackers whilst at the same time remaining committed to her defenders.
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