CALGARY - Another season has come and gone and the Mount Royal Cougars Athletics and Recreation department hosted their annual Cougar Night at the Bella Concert Hall to celebrate the successes of the latest U SPORTS season.
CALGARY - Yesterday Volleyball Canada announced the appointment of coaches for the Team Canada Youth Men and Junior Women to provide an environment of excellence in Canada to expose identified athletes to international level of education, training and competition early in their careers.
EDMONTON – Some of the top men’s volleyball players in the country were honoured Tuesday, as Canada West unveiled the 2017-18 conference all-stars and all-rookies.
CALGARY - The Cougars were celebrating their seniors with their last match on home court of the 2017/18 season. Six p.m. kicked off the match against their Calgary rivals the Dinos on Kenyon Court. The Dinos took the match in three clean sets with final scores of, 25-22, 25-20 and 25-23.
CALGARY – The No. 10 University of Calgary Dinos bounced back from a 2-1 deficit to defeat the Mount Royal University Cougars in a lengthy match Thursday night in the Jack Simpson Gym.
BRANDON – The Bobcats clinched home court advantage in the opening round of the Canada West playoffs following a four-set win over the Mount Royal Cougars on Saturday night.
BRANDON – The Bobcats emerged with a massive victory after a marathon five-set thriller against the Mount Royal Cougars in matinee Canada West men's volleyball action.
CALGARY - Becky Nash and Riley Friesen have been named the Under Armour & Players Bench Athletes of the Week for the week of January 30-February 5, 2018.
WINNIPEG — The Mount Royal University Cougars pulled off a hard fought 3-2 win in five sets (25-23, 25-12, 16-25, 13-25, 15-10) against the University of Manitoba Bisons on Fri., Feb. 2, 2018 at Investors Group Athletic Centre.
Manitoba rallied hard late to push the game to five sets but it wasn't enough.
WINNIPEG – The Mount Royal University Cougars defeated the University of Manitoba Bisons 3-2 (20-25, 18-25, 25-18, 25-13, 12-15) at the Investors Group Athletic Centre on Saturday, Feb. 3.
EDMONTON – A waterfall of untimely errors struck the MacEwan Griffins down late in third set and early in the fourth as the visiting Mount Royal University Cougars found victory in a battle of teams on the outside of the Canada West men's volleyball picture on Friday night.
EDMONTON – lt's hard to start the engine when you can't find the keys. The passing game broke down in an epic manner for the MacEwan's men's volleyball team and their entire game fell apart as a result in a 3-0 straight-sets loss (25-17, 25-10, 25-22) to the visiting Mount Royal University Cougars on Saturday night.
CALGARY - The 3-12 Mount Royal Cougars took on the 12-3 Alberta Golden Bears Saturday afternoon at Kenyon Court looking to split their home series after falling to the Golden Bears in a close match last night in 5 games. The Golden Bears were too much to handle for the Cougars on this evening, winning in straight sets 25-20, 25-20, 25-20. The Booster Juice Players of the Game were Riley Friesen for the Cougars and Alex McMullin for the Golden Bears, who both lead their team in kills.
CALGARY - Off to a strong start, things were looking good for the Mount Royal Cougars on home court. But a tenacious effort from the University of Alberta Golden Bears earned them the win on night one of a two night match up in five sets. The final scores were 23-25, 22-25, 25-15, 25-15 and 15-7. The Booster Juice Players of the game were Cougars Lightfoot and Golden Bears Sani. Both players were the leading attacker for their team. Sani with a total of 20 and Lightfoot with a total of 12. The Cougars had a total side out percentage of 56, and the Golden Bears 67. The Golden Bears team block total was 13, with the Cougars trailing close behind at 12.5
CALGARY - The Cougars turned their weekend around in the second match against the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack securing a win for a weekend split. After the first match on Friday night didn’t end in favour of the Cougars they came out hungry for their first win of the year. The Cougars took the match in four sets. The final scores were, 25-13, 19-25, 25-20 and 25-14.
CALGARY – After refuelling over the holiday break, the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack travelled to Calgary to take on the Mount Royal University Cougars. The two teams were pretty evenly matched up when looking at stats. In the end, it was the WolfPack that took the match on night one, winning three sets to one. The final scores were 25-19, 21-25, 25-17 and 29-27.
CALGARY - After a rough start to the first half of the Canada West volleyball season, the Cougars men's volleyball team looks ahead to the second half.
CALGARY – At the Academic All-Canadians breakfast on Dec. 5, presented by Enterprise, forty-one of the Mount Royal University Cougars' student-athletes in four faculties have been named U SPORTS Academic All-Canadians for the 2016-17 season.
CALGARY – UBC Thunderbirds clean sweep the weekend versus the MRU Cougars. After a strong showing on Kenyon Court Dec. 1, 2017, the Thunderbirds were able to carry the momentum into the second match on Dec. 2, 2017. The Thunderbirds took the match in three sets both nights. The final scores of the second match sets were 25-22, 21-25 and 25-21.
CALGARY – Ringing in December the Mount Royal Cougars men’s volleyball team took on the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds on Kenyon Court. Unfortunately, the Cougars were unable to keep up in attacks and the Thunderbirds came out victorious taking the match in three straight sets. The final score of the sets were 25-20, 25-16 and 25-20.
SASKATOON – The University of Saskatchewan Huskies earned their first win of the 2017-18 Canada West men’s volleyball season with a four-set (25-23, 21-25, 27-25, 25-18) victory Friday night on Ron & Jane Centre Court at the PAC. First-year Dylan Mortensen recorded a match-high in both kills and digs with 16 and 12. Fourth-year Colin Fraser was close behind with 13 kills and nine digs. Fourth-year Tyler Schmidt lead the Cougars with 12 kills, eight digs, two assists and a service ace. With the win, the Huskies are now 1-8, while Mount Royal drops to 2-7. After trading early points, Mount Royal built the largest lead of the opening set at 13-7. The Huskies would storm back to eventually tie it at 15. The battle continued until late in the set. The Huskies secured three straight points to take the open set 25-23. Neither the Cougars or Huskies could build a large lead in the second game. The Cougars mimicked the Huskies' first set performance, scoring the final three points for the second set win, 25-21. Saskatchewan found itself in a 20-15 hole in the third set but crawled back to tie the game at 22 after a Patrick Hunchak service ace. Second-year Aidan Saladana supplied back-to-back kills to secure the win in set three, 27-25. In the final and deciding set, the Huskies built an early 13-8 lead that would provide enough breathing room the rest of the way. Saskatchewan sealed the match win with a 25-18 victory.
SASKATOON – The University of Saskatchewan Huskies completed the weekend sweep of the Mount Royal University Cougars Saturday night on Ron & Jane Centre Court at the PAC, winning in straight sets (25-17, 25-23, 25-18)
With the win, Saskatchewan’s record improves to 2-8. Mount Royal drops to 2-8.
Fourth-year Colin Fraser led the Huskies with nine kills, five digs and three assists. First-year Dylan Mortensen also recorded nine kills and added three digs.
For the Cougars, first-year Mitchell Newman recorded a match-high 11 kills. Fourth-year Tyler Schmidt chipped in with another seven kills.
In the first set, an early 7-0 Huskie run made the score 9-4. The lead would give Saskatchewan enough breathing room and went on to win, 25-17.
The second set was back and forth action, as both teams could not pull away from one another. With the score tied at 23, Fraser smashed a kill to provide a set-point opportunity for second-year CJ Gavlas, who fired off the service ace to give the Huskies the edge, 25-23.
With a 12-5 Huskie lead in the third set, an impressive 10-3 run by the Cougars tied the set at 15. But Saskatchewan recovered and took over from that point. The Huskies put together an 8-0 run to seal the sweep with a 25-18 win.
The Huskies will travel to Manitoba to take on the Bisons next weekend, while the Cougars return home for a weekend series against the UBC Thunderbirds. It will be the final weekend of men’s volleyball for the first half of the season.
LANGLEY, B.C. – The No. 1-ranked Trinity Western men’s volleyball team capped an impressive weekend sweep of Mount Royal with a 3-0 (25-16, 25-23, 25-15) win over the Cougars Saturday at the Langley Events Centre.
LANGLEY, B.C. – Second-year Eric Loeppky (Steinbach, Man.) had 11 kills and five aces to lead No. 1-ranked Trinity Western to a 3-0 (29-27 ,25-14, 25-15) win over Mount Royal Friday at the Langley Events Centre.
CALGARY – The Mount Royal Cougars men’s volleyball team got the monkey off their back with a solid 3-0 (25-15, 27-25, 25-23) win over the Regina Cougars on Kenyon Court. Outside hitter Tyler Schmidt scored a game-high 11 kills in the match, adding five digs and three aces for Mount Royal. Lachie Pollock followed that up with ten kills of his own. Setter Tanner Greves recorded a game-high 30 sets and seven digs in the Cougars’ win.
For Regina, Brennan Goski had 11 kills in the game to match Schmidt’s numbers. Setter Jake Fleming added 25 assists and a team-high five digs in the contest. Three Cougars recorded five kills including Dalton Wolfe, Matt Aubrey and Cody Caldwell.
MRU head coach Shawn Sky was pleased with the result on the second day of competition with Regina, but knows the team needs to keep improving with each match they play.
Donaghy highlights annual Cougar Night
March 28, 2018CALGARY - Another season has come and gone and the Mount Royal Cougars Athletics and Recreation department hosted their annual Cougar Night at the Bella Concert Hall to celebrate the successes of the latest U SPORTS season.
