BELTON—Days before the 2024 season opener, UMHB Volleyball head coach Mark Pryor said he didn’t think the season would be as much of a “rebuilding year” as some were expecting. Four weeks and 17 matches later, that statement has certainly rung true.
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UMHB Beach Volleyball’s AVCA Small College national title was three seasons in the making
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.
Pryor earns 100th win at UMHB as Cru Volleyball overpowers ETBU in statement sweep
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 5 matches in 3 days last weekend, UMHB Volleyball is ready for its ASC opener
After winning matches in Jackson, Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee, last weekend, UMHB Volleyball is on the road to begin conference play on Friday night.
UMHB volleyball takes down Concordia College (MN) in season-opening sweep
BELTON- For the third straight season, UMHB volleyball’s regular season began with a sweep. But it did not come easily.
UMHB volleyball coming off a strong spring, enters 2022 season picked to win ASC
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.
UMHB setter Alli Pierce stepping away from volleyball, “focusing on identity in Christ”
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.
Still undefeated, No. 8 UMHB volleyball focused on immediate future
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.
UMHB volleyball remains undefeated with ASC victories over Sul Ross, ETBU
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 […]
With quality depth, UMHB volleyball eyeing return trip to NCAA Tournament in 2021
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.