Men’s Volleyball

Veteran leadership, balanced scoring and improving depth are just three of the reasons why the #4-ranked CMU men’s volleyball team feel that they could pull-off an upset next weekend when they face the first-place University of Winnipeg College Wesmen the semi-final of the 2012 MCAC men’s volleyball championships at Providence University College in Otterburne. The [...]

CMU responded in a big way on Friday night when they hosted Universite de St-Boniface in MCAC men’s volleyball action, rebounding from deficits in every set to upset the #3 ranked Voyageurs in straight-sets (25-22, 28-26, 25-23). It was a thrilling win for the home team, who on Thursday night dropped a 3-1 result to [...]

Winless through their first six conference matches this season, the CMU men’s volleyball team welcomed the Assiniboine Cougars to the Loewen Athletic Centre on Saturday afternoon for a December matinee, and picked up back to back victories (3-1 and 3-1) to move into fourth place in the standings, improving their record to 2-6. After winning [...]

Though the match-victory continues to elude CMU, Tuesday night’s performance against the MCAC’s men’s volleyball powerhouse from Red River College showed signs that the good-ship Blazer has some wind in her sails and is pointing in the right direction. After dropping the first set 25-16, Todd Reimer and the Blazers showed fight in the second [...]

Shawn Franz and the CMU men’s volleyball team rebounded from a poor performance on Saturday evening, a straight-set loss to University of Winnipeg, with a hard-fought 3-1 loss on Sunday night, (19-25, 25-23, 24-26, 12-25). The 6’4 second-year right-side was an offensive monster for the Blazers in the match, posting 13 kills and pitching-in defensively [...]

Todd Reimer scored 9 kills over four sets for CMU on Wednesday night, but it wasn’t enough as the Freemen handed the Blazers their second home court loss of the season, 3-1 (25-14, 17-25, 25-16, 25-20). A bright point for CMU in the match was the emergence of first-year left-side Rodger Toews as a secondary [...]

Todd Reimer‘s 11-kill performance was not quite enough to elevate CMU over the defending MCAC men’s volleyball champions from Red River College on Wednesday night. The third-year power-hitter recorded 11 kills and 5 digs to compliment a 4 service-ace performance in the 4-set match that saw the Blazers defeated 3-1 by scores of 25-15, 22-25, [...]

The CMU men’s volleyball team travels to Toronto this weekend to compete in the Seneca Cup Challenge hosted at Seneca College in Markham. The Blazers hope to duplicate what was a very successful tournament for them last season – a top-three finish against Ontario’s top CCAA volleyball programs. CMU begins their week with an exhibition [...]

The inaugural CMU Challenge Cup proved to itself to be a difficult preseason test for the Blazers. The four-team round-robin tournament gave spectators a very entertaining volleyball weekend with no single team going undefeated in the round-robin portion and a final that saw Winnipeg’s Red River College defeat Lakeland College of Lloydminister, Alberta in straight [...]

The 2011 CMU men’s volleyball team is amidst preparation for opening weekend in the preseason schedule as they host the CMU Challenge Cup this weekend. The Blazers will tune-up for their upcoming MCAC season against the likes of the Lakeland Rustlers of the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference, the Red River Rebels of the local Manitoba [...]