Covering UMHB Athletics and the stories behind the score
With just three weeks left in the regular season, UMHB (4-3, 2-1 ASC) has already faced the entirety of its ASC opponents: Hardin-Simmons, Howard Payne, and ETBU. But starting with Saturday’s 1 p.m. home game, The Cru is about to match up with all three again.
True To The Cru’s Luke Zayas was at field-level for Saturday’s win over Howard Payne inside Crusader Stadium, capturing all the action through photos. Below is a collection of his high-quality photos.
BELTON — There was a point on Saturday afternoon’s 41-17 win for UMHB—right around the time that the fourth quarter began—when it looked as if the Crusader offense might succumb to the same second-half fate as it did against Texas Wesleyan a week ago. Then the switch flipped.
BELTON — It was the day after the 27-point loss to Hardin-Simmons that Larry Harmon learned he would need to find a new starting middle linebacker.
BELTON — After a momentary pause, American Southwest Conference action is back on the docket for UMHB this week.
BELTON — For the first five games of this fall, and the entirety of his sophomore year in 2024, Gavin Brzezinski’s role for UMHB defense was in the secondary, playing downfield from the line of scrimmage as a safety.
After three weeks spent on the road, UMHB is set to kickoff in Crusader Stadium on Saturday for the first time since battling UW-Whitewater on Sept. 20. Larry Harmon’s squad, 2-3 overall to this point, will do so on homecoming weekend against NAIA Texas Wesleyan, a high-caliber team ranked No. 19 in Monday’s NAIA Coaches Poll.
ABILENE — The sequence spanned just five plays in the first quarter, a relatively small fraction in a game that saw 127 plays run. And yet it encapsulated the day that was; a microcosm of what went so wrong for No. 22 UMHB, and what went so right for ninth-ranked Hardin-Simmons that ultimately led to the Cowboys’ largest margin of victory against their longtime rival in over two decades.
Mary Hardin-Baylor, ranked No. 22 in the nation, makes the trip to Abilene for a 1 p.m. duel at No. 6/9 Hardin-Simmons on Saturday. Our preview breaks down three storylines we’re watching, livestream info, two-deep depth charts, and more.
BELTON — UMHB and Hardin-Simmons will clash for the fourth time in the last 12 months when the two meet at Shelton Stadium on Saturday.