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Football: Thomsen sees
leadership in seniors
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and total offense. Sopho-
more Brock Pierce did
some of the play calling
last year but will be con-
tested for playing time by
two recruits.
Blinn Junior College
transfer Daniel Marshall
and Tulane transfer Billy
Junior George Carstens returns the ball at the NCAA Division II
Central Regional Championship May 6 at the Eager Tennis Pavilion
Hoods:
make sure that it comes out
OK. I feel really comfortable
making the Jump to this
level at Abilene Christian."
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The Hdods come to ACU
in the middle of a string of
successful track and field
and cross country seasons.
Don D. takes over a pro-
gram that has won eight
straight NCAA Division II
track and field titles (four
indoor and four outdoor)
while Derek is inheriting
a cross country program
at its very best. The men's
cross country team has
won 14 straight Lone Star
Conference team titles five
straight NCAA Division II
South Central Region titles
and finished in the top
three at each of the last five
NCAA Division II national
championship meets. ACU
has also produced the first
two individual national
champions in school his-
tory in the past five years
Alfred Rugema in 2000
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Mallonc bring depth to the
quarterback position.
Marshall threw for
2000 yards last season
for BUnn and Mallone
signed with Tulane in
2002 after being a top na-
tional recruit.
Thomsen is the most
outspoken about his class
of seniors.
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and 2002 and Nicodemus
Nalmadu in 2004.
While Don D. recognizes
the program's past and
present successes he fore-
sees even greater things in
the future.
"I think we've got enough
confidence to know that
what we'e done in the past
has worked and there are
a lot of different was to
win" he said. "So we're not
going to tip-toe; we're going
to hit the ground running
and really get after it and
see what happens."
Derek met with the cross
country squads Sunday
night to acclimate them
to his family and practice
will begin Wednesday. He
said Murray built two very
good-looking teams for the
2005 season.
"From what I see on pa-
per it is depth and that is
a luxury that hasn't been
afforded in the past" he
said. "ACU's always had
some really good runners
and teams but this year it
looks like we might have
some more depth than
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"All of those guys have
been around a long time"
Thomsen said. "We've
got a really good group
of seniors that have tak-
en the leadership role of
this team. That should do
something for us."
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Tennis:
Artin Tafazoli was se-
lected to the all-American
team last year as a senior
and is now a graduate as-
sistant for Jones. Tafazoli
is the first men's tennis
all-American for ACU in
seven years and he is the
only man not returning
dream
other years. If I can keep
these guys healthy and
the training goes along as
I expect we ought to have
a good shot at doing really
well at nationals - in the
men and women."
Both Hoods already have
seen coaching success but
they see their most recent
opportunity as the most
exciting and important of
their careers.
"This is a great oppor-
tunity for this program to
flourish a little better than
what it has" Don D. said.
"They asked me what our
goal was to come here and
1 said 'Well man it can't
be to win - we're already
winning. I guess to win by
more.' I think we've got a
chance to do that."
And adding up the al-
most 80 combined years of
coaching between Don Der-
ek and Don D. along with
all the national chanipions
and Olympians between
them one has to believe
what coach says.
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Head coach Thomsen addresses
Jones' expectations high
from last year's team.
"We're adding several
new players" Jones said.
"It's a great problem for
the coach because these
are all really talented
players. Where everyone
else will end up I won't
know that until mid-
spring." Even with the loss of an
Don D. and Derek Hood grew up running around tracks where their father coached. Don Hood Don D. ;
and Derek's father coached at ACU from 1978-88 and led the Wildcats to 13 national championships.
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his team during practice last week
all-American Jones says
that he expects his team to
be better than his 2004-05
squad.
"I'm really looking for-
ward to it. I think we could
be better than last year I
really do" Jones said. "I
expect to be better than
last year."
The players' first chance
in preparation for their first game.
to compete this year is
Sept. 9-10 when ACU hosts
the ACU Wal-Mart Open.
Jones says he's optimis-
tic about his team.
"I'm really looking forward
to it" Jones said. "I think
it's going to be fun."
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