Covering UMHB Athletics and the stories behind the score
Above photo courtesy of the UMHB Athletics Department ABILENE, Texas- Beginning its last regular-season road stretch, with three of its next four matches away from Belton, the No. 8 UMHB volleyball team had little trouble against McMurry and Hardin-Simmons on Friday and Saturday, notching consecutive sweeps. Earlier in the week, UMHB head coach Mark Pryor […]
BELTON, Texas- By this point in the season, the group of undefeated teams in D-III volleyball is an exclusive club; just eight teams remain perfect, UMHB being the only of only two in the west region.
BELTON, Texas- Though challenged in the second set, the UMHB volleyball team notched its 12th straight victory on Friday night against Concordia, sweeping the Tornadoes 3-0 (25-8, 28-26, 25-10).
RICHARDSON, Texas- In the first meeting since the 2020-21 ASC Championship, UMHB and UT-Dallas each rose to the occasion, though the Cru maintained its status as the ASC’s top-ranked team, winning in four sets (25-20, 25-18, 26-28, 29-27). Both squads entered the match unbeaten in ASC play, and while UTD was playing on its home […]
BELTON, Texas- The votes are in, and it is time to announce True To The Cru’s Players of the Week presented by Sacrifice Training.
Above photo courtesy of the UMHB Athletics Department BELTON, Texas- The UMHB volleyball team has proved unstoppable in the early part of this 2021 season, putting together seven wins, six of which came on the road, and having dropped just one set in the first two weeks of play. That lone lost set came in […]
JACKSON, Miss.- Five matches. And UMHB has not dropped a set. The Crusader volleyball team could not have started the 2021 season any better, going on the road, getting an ASC win over Belhaven before dominating at the Millsaps tournament on Friday and Saturday. UMHB entered the week ranked No. 15 in the nation by […]
JACKSON, Mississippi- The UMHB volleyball team, ranked No. 15 in the nation, began its 2021 season with a victory, sweeping Belhaven 3-0 (25-13, 25-15, 25-11) on Thursday afternoon.
Above photo by Riley Zayas/True To The Cru BELTON, Texas- Though ranked two spots behind UT-Dallas in the Preseason American Volleyball Coaches Poll (AVCA), the UMHB volleyball team enters the 2021 season as the favorite to win the ASC title, according to the conference’s Preseason Poll, which was released Friday. The Cru, ranked No. 15 […]
BELTON, Texas- It has been three years since the UMHB volleyball team reached the NCAA Tournament. But there is a belief throughout head coach Mark Pryor’s program that the Cru will be booking another trip to the postseason come November.