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| (l) Kyle Montrel and (r) Nour Abbes |
Montrel, a sophomore from Atlanta and a graduate of Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy, won the men's honor after going 2-2 in singles and 3-0 in doubles. He won in singles and doubles Friday in a 6-3 victory at then-NAIA No. 15 William Carey. Montrel teamed with Nikita Soifer for a 9-7 victory against the Crusaders' Jody Claassen and Philipp Mueller, the NAIA's ninth-ranked doubles team.
Montrel set a GCAC record by winning the men's weekly award four times in 2013.
Abbes, a freshman from Tunis, Tunisia, and a graduate of Lycée Sportif d'El Menzah, was 3-0 in singles and 2-1 in doubles. Abbes won in doubles with Kourtney Howell and in singles on Friday to help the Gold Nuggets win 9-0 at then-No. 2 William Carey.
Beginning Friday, the Gold Nuggets will play four duals in four days. They'll visit McNeese State at 2 p.m. Friday, then play at the XU Tennis Center against Alabama State at 3 p.m. Saturday and Southeastern Louisiana at 1 p.m. Sunday. On Monday the Nuggets will travel to Mobile, Ala., for a 4 p.m. neutral-site match against NAIA No. 5 Brenau at the University of Mobile. Xavier's men will play just once during that time — 3 p.m. Saturday at home against Alabama State.
Xavier's men are 2-4 and ranked eighth in the NAIA, and the women are 3-3 and ranked sixth. The Gold Rush and the Gold Nuggets have been in the top 10 simultaneously since March 5, 2013 — a streak of nine polls.
SCHEDULE NOTES: The Nuggets' dual against Brenau was pushed back one hour . . . Both XU teams will play Coastal Georgia at 9 a.m. on March 7 in the opening round of the AUM Invitational at Montgomery, Ala. Pikeville's men are entered; so are the men's and women's teams of Auburn Montgomery, Belhaven, Campbellsville, Cumberland and Martin Methodist. Eleven of the competing teams have top-25 rankings this week.
By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information DirectorXULAATHLETICS
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