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BELTON—Building a program from the ground up comes with natural challenges. Establishing a recruiting base, scheduling, and development all come with time and no shortage of serious effort. UMHB head beach volleyball coach Mark Pryor can attest to that fact.
BELTON-UMHB head volleyball coach Mark Pryor reached a milestone achievement on Friday night, winning his 100th match as the Crusaders’ head coach. And it could not have come against a more formidable opponent. ETBU entered Friday night’s match with a perfect 8-0 record in American Southwest Conference play, leading UMHB by a game in the […]
After winning matches in Jackson, Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee, last weekend, UMHB Volleyball is on the road to begin conference play on Friday night.
BELTON- For the third straight season, UMHB volleyball’s regular season began with a sweep. But it did not come easily.
BELTON- The UMHB volleyball team has a target on its back entering the 2022 season.
Just last week, the Cru was picked to win the ASC. For several years now, UMHB has been amongst the league’s best, having won the ASC tournament title in the spring of 2021, and the regular season championship last fall, as they posted a 24-2 record.
BELTON- In an unexpected announcement Tuesday night, UMHB volleyball’s starting setter, Alli Pierce, said that she is stepping away from the sport after two seasons with the Cru.
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.
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 […]
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- 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 […]