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Football
In Joe Crousen’s last year as head coach, McMurry went 3-7 in 2006. The team beat Austin College 23-0 and Louisiana College 23-12. However, the biggest win of the season came at Homecoming against New Head Football Howard Payne. Donny Gray was Coach Donny Gray named head coach Nov. 29 after Crousen stepped down Nov. 13.
Cross Country
The women’s cross country team won its first American Southwest Conference Championship in school history in 2006. The men placed second for the sixth-straight year. Five women and seven men were named all-conference and head coach David Chandler was named the ASC Women’s Coach of the Year.
Men’s Soccer
The men’s soccer team finished 3-13-1 on the season in 2006. The team’s record could have been very different as it suffered four overtime losses. Other than giving up seven goals to Trinity on Sept. 9, the team never gave up more than four goals.
Women’s Soccer
In the program’s first five years, the McMurry women’s soccer team combined to win five games. However, in 2006 under first-year women’s head coach Steve Allan, the team matched its previous win total for the first five years of the program with a 5-11-1 season. The team finished 4-3-1 in its final eight matches.
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Volleyball
The McMurry volleyball team went 6-26 under head coach Jason McAden in 2006. The losing season was the first since 2000 and it was the first time in five years the team didn’t make the American Southwest Conference tournament. The team’s wins came against HustonTillotson, St. Gregory’s, two against Concordia-Austin, LeTourneau and Mississippi College. WINTER IN REVIEW
Swimming
McMurry’s swim team began its eighth year of competition Oct. 5. Through Jan. 20’s meet, both the men and women have had successful seasons. The teams have faced several NCAA Division II institutions this season and have competed well; McMurry also opened the season with NCAA Division I Texas Christian University Oct. 5.
Men’s Basketball
McMurry’s men’s basketball team posted its 14th-straight winning season under head coach Ron Holmes with a 20-7 record. The 20-win season was the sixth under head coach Ron Holmes and the ninth in school history. Head coach Ron Holmes, who’s in his 17th season, won his 450th career game Nov. 25 in a 73-61 win over LeTourneau in Longview.
Women’s Basketball
The McMurry women’s basketball program reached the NCAA tournament for the second-straight season and the third time in history. The team posted a 24-5 record, which made the squad 50-8 in its past two seasons under head coach Sam Nichols. McMurry lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to Puget Sound University in Newberg, Oregon.
