Red And Green: Christmas Comes Early In MCAC Men's Soccer Semis
There was alot of expectation from the men's soccer team for 2014, but after a few midseason slip ups the Blazers found themselves sneaking into the playoffs on the final weekend of the regular season and now charged with the unenviable task of taking the pitch against the conference's top-ranked and undefeated USB Rouges this Saturday morning in the MCAC Men's Soccer Semifinals at Providence University College in Otterburne,
Continue ReadingBlazers Take to the Skies in Toronto
The CMU Women's and Men's Volleyball Teams get their final taste of the pre-season this weekend in the Greater Toronto Area where the women will compete in the Wannamaker Invitationa at Sheridan College in Oakville, and the men will take to the court at Seneca College in Markham for the Sting Challenge.
The women will face the Conestoga Condors and the Fleming Knights on Friday, and the Durham Lords and Mohawk Mountaineers in round-robin play before playoffs on Saturday. The men's team faces Niagara Knights and University of Ottawa Gee Gees on Friday, before finishing round-robin play against Durham on Saturday prior to playoffs. "I've found this tournament to be a great primer for the MCAC season," says Joshua Ewert, the third-year Assistant Coach on the men's team and former Blazer, "as a player I found it refreshing to get away from the typical league competition; it really forces us to bring up our level of play."
Continue ReadingBlazers Ready To Roar At Red River Invitational
New head coach Don Dulder can hardly wait to get the preseason started for his Men's Volleyball team when they take the court tonight at Red River College against the Lakehead Thunder Wolves at 9:30pm in the Rebels Invitational.
"It is really exciting to see our team on the court," said Dulder, who recently led his Winman club team to a National Championship. "We will have a chance to try some different combinations this weekend and see how we size up against the competition."
Continue ReadingMassive Win Pushes Women's Soccer Into Playoff Picture
Mackenzie Friesen's goal in the 82nd minute on Sunday afternoon's away match against the Assiniboine Cougars was a much needed boost to a Women's Soccer team that managed only a single point through the first-half of the 2014 MCAC season. Now sitting on four points, the Blazers find themselves atop the Cougars and grabbing at the tail of the third-place Brandon Bobcats who sit only one point above CMU in the standings.
Continue ReadingFirst Serve: Young Blazers Step Onto The Court In Preseason
A new coach and a roster that will consist of more than half a team of first-year players, the CMU Women's Volleyball team will quite literally be facing their first challenges in the Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference tonight when they take to the court at Providence University College in preseason tournament action.
The group has been working hard to gel together. "This weekend provides an opportunity to test ourselves against our conference as we endeavour to find the right lineup combinations and witness a few positional battles for the upcoming season," said rookie head coach Eku Malcolm.
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