Covering UMHB Athletics and the stories behind the score
It’s a new week in Cru Country, and there’s plenty to watch for as April gets going. This Monday morning breakdown is intended to do just that, highlighting some of the notable moments and accomplishments from the previous seven days, while giving a look ahead at what is upcoming for UMHB Athletics.
BELTON — Addy Todd broke for third base, then turned the corner and headed home in perhaps the most memorable play of Monday’s doubleheader.
It’s a new week in Cru Country, and there’s plenty to keep an eye on. This Monday morning breakdown is intended to do just that, highlighting some of the notable moments and accomplishments from the previous seven days, while giving a look ahead at what is upcoming for UMHB Athletics.
BELTON — When Melissa Mojica fills out her lineup card ahead of Friday’s season-opener at Texas Lutheran, it will look fairly different from the way it did last season.
MARSHALL, Texas — It didn’t take much for UMHB Softball to go from being in the thick of a one-run tournament game to eyeing a significantly more daunting four-run deficit. All it took, in fact, was one swing with two outs in the sixth inning on Thursday afternoon.
BELTON — There are plenty of situations when home field advantage can be labeled as overrated. But not in the case of UMHB Softball.
BELTON — Coming into Saturday, just two teams had come away with a win over defending national champ ETBU: Case Western Reserve and Virginia Wesleyan. Both were ranked in the nation’s Top 10 at the time of those wins over the top-ranked Tigers.
BELTON — It takes a certain kind of player to excel in the leadoff spot.
The expectation is to be a spark at the top of the order, the sort of offensive contributor who can lay down a perfect bunt, or beat out an infield single in the game’s first at-bat.
This is Part 1 of a two-part series on the success of UMHB’s baserunning in baseball and softball this spring. The series originated from our conversations with head baseball coach Mike Stawski and head softball coach Melissa Mojica, as UMHB is currently one of three D-III institutions whose baseball and softball teams each rank in the Top 15 nationally in stolen bases per game. Part 2 featuring Cru Baseball and Mike Stawski will be published on April 8.
File photo by Luke Zayas/True To The Cru BELTON — There was no shortage of excitement at Dee Dillon Field on Saturday afternoon, and that went all the way to the final play of the ASC doubleheader between UMHB and LeTourneau. With one out and the bases loaded in a game tied at 6-6, Jordan […]