Covering UMHB Athletics and the stories behind the score
BELTON — Alex Hill says he didn’t know what to expect when he toed the rubber for his first start of 2026. The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps lineup—which featured five hitters who hit above .300 in 2025—was undoubtedly the best he had ever faced, stacked with veteran bats whose Game 1 performance in the season-opening series the day before yielded 11 runs.
GEORGETOWN — Pitching on the road for the first time in 2026, UMHB ace Alex Hill looked just as comfortable at Rockwell Family Field on Friday night as he did in his opening two starts of the season at UMHB’s Red Murff Field.
BELTON — The 2026 UMHB baseball season may be just two weeks old. But The Cru hasn’t wasted any time making waves on a national level.
BELTON — Mike Stawski estimates he made the call to Webster Groves, Missouri no fewer than five times a week during his first year at Spalding University as a 26-year old head coach.
Photo of Nolan Williams courtesy of UMHB Athletics BELTON — After being held to just three runs over the first two games of its season-opening series against high-powered No. 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, UMHB’s bats came alive in the finale on Sunday afternoon. Home runs from center fielder Nolan WIlliams and catcher Jacob Newland bolstered an offense […]
BELTON — The way Mike Stawski sees it, UMHB Baseball’s marquee opening weekend series against 12th-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps has no real downside.
BELTON — The tests will come early and they will come often for UMHB Baseball in its 2026 campaign. When it’s all said and done, The Cru will have faced four D3baseball.com Preseason Top 25 teams along with two others who received votes in Tuesday’s preseason poll, forming one of the toughest non-conference slates in Mike Stawski’s seven seasons as head coach.
BELTON — For the second time in program history, UMHB Baseball has a Preseason All-American. Third baseman Riley Bender, a 2025 First Team All-Region selection, was named Second Team D3baseball.com Preseason All-America on Wednesday, giving UMHB added momentum as it looks towards the 2026 campaign. The Crusaders have had just one prior D3baseball.com Preseason All-American […]
UMHB baseball bolstered its incoming class with the addition of two transfers on Thursday, an NAIA left-hander who should contribute out of the bullpen, and a former D2 starter who may compete for a starting job in the infield.
MARSHALL, Texas— On Thursday afternoon, it was a big first inning from LeTourneau that sank UMHB in an eventual 19-9 loss at the ASC Tournament. But in Friday’s elimination game, the opposite unfolded. This time, an outburst in the ninth inning from Hardin-Simmons proved to be the difference.