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ABILENE — Generally, the first week of January is a time to turn the page, begin anew, and to set the tone for the coming year.
Saturday’s road test McMurry came towards the midpoint of the regular season for the UMHB women’s basketball team, but it featured much of the same mentality that comes with the beginning of a new calendar year, as The Cru looked to put its December struggles in the rearview mirror.
Facing a McMurry lineup that had hit above .300 in each of its previous six contests, The Cru shut the Warhawks down at the plate, leading wire-to-wire in a doubleheader sweep at home. McMurry hit just .111 in the twinbill, as UMHB won by scores of 3-0 and 8-1.
The American Southwest Conference has found stable footing after years of uncertainty and questions surrounding the future of the league’s four remaining institutions in Division III.
Heading into Wednesday’s de-facto championship game at the Cru Classic, there was no question that a lack of depth would challenge UMHB. Faced with going to a rotation of just seven players for the second-straight day, and already feeling the fatigue of storming back from a 19-point deficit to upset Wartburg just 24 hours prior, The Cru dug deep for four quarters against McMurry.
BELTON — Facing a quality opponent for the second straight day at the Cru Classic, fatigue and a lack of depth caught up with UMHB, as McMurry put together a 25-9 run in the fourth quarter en route to a 74-64 victory for the Warhawks on Wednesday evening.
ABILENE — Playing for the third time in five days, UMHB men’s basketball was pushed to the brink on Sunday afternoon. It has become almost a given that when The Cru and McMurry meet on the court, a competitive duel follows. Each of last season’s meetings in American Southwest Conference play were decided by single […]
True To The Cru’s Russell Marwitz was at field-level for UMHB women’s soccer’s shutout victory over McMurry on Saturday, capturing the action through photos. Here is a collection of several of his high-quality photos from the match, with more photos available on russellmarwitz.com.
UMHB baseball, ranked No. 20 in the nation, took down McMurry in a fifth-straight series win this past weekend. A collection of Bob Sanford’s photos from the weekend in Belton are featured below.
In his hometown of Abilene on Saturday afternoon, Payton Brooks emerged as the hero for the UMHB men’s basketball team.
Arieona Rosborough scored the most points ever in a single game in program history as the No. 19/20 UMHB women’s basketball team rolled to a 108-96 victory at McMurry on Saturday.