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FOOTBALL: MARSHALL, Texas (10/29/15) - Kendall Roberson didn't break the NCAA Division III rushing record but he sure did run for a lot of yards. Roberson became only the eight NCAA Division III and 17th NCAA player to rush for over 400 yards in a game on Saturday, October 24, against Belhaven University.

VOLLEYBALL: TYLER, Texas (10/17/15) - For the fifth time in as many matches, the East Texas Baptist University volleyball team won via sweep as it topped Howard Payne University, 3-0. Playing on Saturday in its third and final match as part of the American Southwest Conference Crossover Tournament hosted by University of Texas-Tyler, ETBU (20-3, 8-2 ASC) bested Howard Payne (1-17, 1-9 ASC) by set scores of 25-13, 25-12, 25-18.

For the match, ETBU had a team attacking percentage of .313. In comparison, Howard Payne hit .067 as a team.

VOLLEYBALL: JACKSON, Miss. (10/10/15) - Playing for the first time since Tuesday night, the East Texas Baptist University volleyball team claimed a straight-set win at Belhaven University on Saturday afternoon inside of Rugg Arena. Set scores for ETBU were 25-15, 25-15 and 25-6. With the non-conference victory, ETBU pushes to 16-3 overall, while Belhaven slips to 7-13 this season.

CROSS COUNTRY (M): MARSHALL, Texas (10/3/15) - Landon Price added another title to his resume as he was the Texas Division III champion at the Texas Division III Championships hosted by East Texas Baptist University. Price finished third overall in the meet but won the Division III title as the top runner finishing in front of runners from Texas-Tyler, LeTourneau, Texas Dallas, Dallas, Hardin-Simmons, and Sul Ross State.

BASKETBALL (M): CHARLOTTE, N.C. (10/1/15) - What a way to start off the preseason receiving top 10 news from the Sporting News NCAA Division III poll as East Texas Baptist University is number seven. In the first major men's basketball poll of the year, ETBU has earned national respect after last year?s NCAA Tournament run.

"We are very honored to receive this ranking," says head coach Bert West. "This shows the respect for our region of basketball. It's nice to have your program recognized but this is a new year and we have to earn that ranking again with a new team this year."