Riley Zayas
Sports Journalist at Freelance
Managing Editor at True To The Cru
Contributor at D3sports
Contributor at D3sports
Jesus is Lord • Texan • Sportswriter covering D3 athletics • #d3hoops WBB Top 25 Voter • Managing Editor @TrueToTheCru.
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1 week ago |
truetothecru.com | Riley Zayas
Photo by Luke Zayas/True To The Cru/@lukezayas_photographyMARSHALL, Texas — It didn’t take much for UMHB Softball to go from being in the thick of a one-run tournament game to eyeing a significantly more daunting four-run deficit. All it took, in fact, was one swing with two outs in the sixth inning on Thursday afternoon. With The Cru facing Hardin-Simmons in an ASC Tournament opening-round matchup, HSU’s Lindsey Ratcliffe pulled a 1-0 pitch from UMHB’s Eileigh Whyte to deep left field.
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1 week ago |
truetothecru.com | Riley Zayas
BELTON — A familiar face is returning to help lead the UMHB women’s basketball program. On Wednesday, the athletics department announced that Lauren Baker, an All-ASC honoree for the program in 2023-24, has rejoined head coach Katie Novak-Lenoir’s program as UMHB’S assistant coach. She comes back to Belton after playing professionally in Morocco this past winter.
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2 weeks ago |
truetothecru.com | Riley Zayas
Carson Hagan (pictured above) led The Cru with a 2-for-3 performance on Friday (Photo by Luke Zayas/True To The Cru)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.
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2 weeks ago |
truetothecru.com | Riley Zayas
Photo by Luke Zayas/True To The CruBELTON — There are plenty of situations when “home-field advantage” can be labeled as overrated. But not in the case of UMHB Softball. Winning at Dee Dillon Field has been near impossible for visiting opponents this season, as The Cru has taken the mentality of defending its home turf to another level, going 17-2 in Belton.
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2 weeks ago |
truetothecru.com | Riley Zayas
Photo courtesy of UMHB AthleticsMARSHALL, Texas — In the blink of an eye, everything seemed to shift in LeTourneau’s favor on Thursday afternoon. In an ASC Tournament quarterfinal between the second-seeded Yellowjackets and No. 3 UMHB, the breaks went LeTourneau’s way from the start. Hard-hit groundballs went for doubles down the line or deep into the 5-6 hole at shortstop for infield singles. Flyballs carried over the outfield wall at ETBU’s Woods Field for homers.
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