Covering UMHB Athletics and the stories behind the score
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.
BELTON, Texas- The 2021 UMHB volleyball schedule has been released, and as always, head coach Mark Pryor has scheduled a quality non-conference schedule followed by 18 ASC matches.
BELTON, Texas- On Monday, the American Southwest Conference released its Academic All-Conference honors for the 2020-21 school year, with 1,008 student-athletes, athletic trainers, and sports information assistants recognized. UMHB was represented by 216 student-athletes across all 14 sports, as well as athletic trainer Hannah Alexander. In fact, the Cru had the third-most honorees amongst the […]
BELTON, Texas- On Tuesday, one week after the inaugural recruiting class for the beach volleyball team was released, the UMHB volleyball team announced its incoming recruiting class, as well as the first few matches of its 2021 fall slate.
BELTON, Texas- On Tuesday, the UMHB beach volleyball program, head coached by Mark Pryor, released its 2021 recruiting class, the first in program history. The UMHB beach volleyball program is set to debut in the spring of 2022, with its first match slated for February 25th at Texas A&M-Kingsville. Beach volleyball is currently a multi-division […]
BELTON, Texas- With an approach centered around grit, the UMHB volleyball team captured a three-set sweep on Saturday afternoon, defeating longtime rival UT Dallas and winning the ASC Tournament. The victory marks the fourth conference title in program history. UMHB and UTD had met in each of the last seven conference championship matches. “All I […]
BELTON, Texas- The West division was won on Wednesday night, as the UMHB volleyball team locked up the division title and the right to host the ASC Tournament with back-to-back sweeps over Howard Payne to close out the regular season.
However you label the UMHB volleyball team’s four matches in a span of 25 hours this past weekend in Abilene, there is no question that it showed exactly why the Cru is ranked No. 4 in the nation.
BELTON, Texas- With a three-day turnaround, the UMHB volleyball team rebounded from the first loss of the season at Concordia on Tuesday to defeat Sul Ross State in back-to-back three set sweeps Friday afternoon.