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ABILENE — For the third time this season, UMHB and Hardin-Simmons will meet on the gridiron, and it goes without saying that the stakes are high. In the second round of the playoffs, the Crusaders and Cowboys each have high expectations, ready to make a statement at Shelton Stadium.
BELTON — In what is presumed to be the first time in Division III history, perhaps even in college football history, a pair of top-caliber programs will meet for a third time in a single season on Saturday.
MARSHALL, Texas — UMHB Volleyball’s legacy of success in ASC Tournament play added another chapter on Friday evening. The third-seeded Cru emerged victorious in a thrilling five-set victory over No. 2 seed Hardin-Simmons, advancing to Saturday’s tournament final.
ABILENE — UMHB had just 36 yards of total offense at the half. Hardin-Simmons had 178. And unsurprisingly, given those numbers, the score was one-sided in favor of the Cowboys by the time the two headed to the locker room with two quarters left to play.
ABILENE — Rivalry week has arrived for The Cru…again. For the second time in this 10-game regular season, the 24th-ranked Crusaders find themselves in a matchup against their nationally-ranked rivals from Abilene.
BELTON — In the words of head coach Ben Allen, it’s been a “shaping year” for UMHB men’s soccer. What exactly does that entail for a team that currently sits first in the American Southwest Conference standings? For one thing, plenty of tough matchups.
True To The Cru’s Russell Marwitz and Luke Zayas did an excellent job of capturing high-quality photos from field-level as Saturday’s game between UMHB and HSU played out at Crusader Stadium. Check out many of those photos in our postgame photo gallery.
It happened slowly, yet swiftly. Possession-by-possession, Hardin-Simmons asserted its dominance, at least on this particular day. There was no one play that put it away, but rather the collective result of a game in which the sixth-ranked Cowboys put forth a performance they will long remember, aided by one of UMHB’s most ineffective performances in recent memory.
After back-to-back seasons of the annual showdown between Mary Hardin-Baylor and Hardin-Simmons taking place in Abilene, Crusader Stadium is set to host a highly-anticipated Top 15 matchup between the longtime rivals on Saturday. We preview it all for you, with players to watch, where to follow the game live, and storylines to keep an eye on.
Anthony Avila stood alone on the sideline, a crowd of over 5,000 in the stands surrounding him, and the opportunity for a kick of redemption becoming all the more probable.