Avalanche Battle Blazers
The COTR Avalanche meet the CMU Blazers in the national bronze medal semi-final with their season on the line
COTR Avalanche vs CMU Blazers – Friday March 7, 7:00pm MST / 6:00pm PST
The Avalanche will try to keep their dream of a national medal alive on Friday night when they meet the Blazers from Manitoba in the bronze medal semi-final match.
On Thursday the Avalanche captured their first ever victory at the nationals, a four-set win over the host and MCAC champion Providence Pilots. Interestingly the Pilots beat the Blazers in the Conference title match.
After dropping their opening match on Wednesday, the Avalanche responded in a big way on Thursday downing the Pilots to advance to this bronze medal semi-final. Meanwhile the Blazers won their opening match on Wednesday in four-sets over the RSEQ champion Griffons de l’Outaouals but then dropped their semi-final tilt on Thursday at the hands of the PACWEST champion Douglas Royals in three-straight sets.
The Avalanche are hoping to continue the trend of PACWEST schools defeating programs from the province of Manitoba with a berth in the national bronze medal match on the line. The loser of this contest will have their season come to an end.
The bronze medal match is scheduled for Saturday afternoon at 3:00pm MST / 2:00pm PST.