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Laredo Morning Times | lmtonline.com | Sunday, April 12, 2020 | E5 50th Anniversary Celebration of Life TAMIU Planetarium 15th anniversary Trailblazer Tower Dedication 25th annual University Life Awards Sixth annual International Mariachi Festival Ring Ceremony 2045 Dinner Pre-Commencement Ceremonies Commencement TAMIU Enrichment Day TAMIU 50th Birthday Bash/Founders Day Canceled Pending Pending Canceled Postponed Postponed May 2020* Postponed Postponed May 21 Sept. 202 Upcoming Schedule CreatingOpportunities ship game in their final season in the RRAC, losing 5-1 to Northwood in 2005. She led the team into Division II staying with the program the next four seasons, but after racking up only one win her last two years, the school turned to a familiar face. In 2010, Arias began pulling dou- ble duty as he took over the women’s soccer team along with the men’s. And soon after, he took them to their two most successful seasons in DII. Arias’ group finished 11-7-1 in 2012 and 7-7-3 in 2014, securing their only two trips ever to the Heartland Conference tournament. They were shut out each time by Dallas Baptist in the opening round. Arias’ last season was 2015 when the injury-riddled group went 2-13- 2, finishing his six-year stint at 28- 68-7. And deciding to refocus on just one sport, he handed the reins over to a man he was very familiar with – his brother. Felipe Arias, who served previ- ously as Claudio’s assistant coach on both the men’s and women’s teams, took over and saw his team’s win to- tals slightly increase during each of his first three years before a 2-13-2 campaign in 2019, finishing his run at 10-53-5. He stepped down to pur- sue other career opportunities out- side of collegiate athletics. Jon Hussak was hired in the off- season to lead the program into 2020’s fall start. He has a decade of experience and was most recently an assistant coach at West Florida. “I congratulate TAMIU for its 50th anniversary celebration as well as (President Dr. Pablo) Arenaz and all the people that make TAMIU an outstanding university,” Felipe Arias said. “I had a great experience while coaching alongside phenomenal professionals.” While the group never turned the corner under Felipe Arias, he was able to coach the best player the program has ever seen in Cio Bargallo. The Blanes, Spain native set the school’s career goals record with 32 dur- ing her first three sea- sons. She left after her junior year after exhausting her eligi- bility due to playing earlier in her career in Spain. Bargallo was a three-time All-Con- Photo by Danny Zaragoza / Laredo Morning Times TAMIU’s all-time leading scorer Cio Bargallo in 2018.