Thursday, April 3, 2014

Gold Nuggets climb to 19th in NAIA postseason rankings

NEW ORLEANS -- Xavier University of Louisiana moved up one spot to 19th in the NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Coaches' Postseason Top 25 poll on Wednesday.

The Gold Nuggets were 24-10 in 2013-14, won the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament and upset defending champion Westmont 66-53 in the opening round of the national tournament on March 19. Xavier lost 59-55 to Campbellsville in the second round.

This is the fifth consecutive year and the 11th time in the last 13 seasons that Xavier appears in the final top 25 of the season. This is the third straight year that the final poll occurred after the national tournament.

GCAC regular-season champion Talladega ranked 25th.

National champion Oklahoma City was a unanimous No. 1. Xavier lost 72-70 in overtime at Oklahoma City on Nov. 29.

The top 25:

  
NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Coaches'
Postseason Top 25 Poll

(first-place votes in parentheses — records through end of season)

RankTeamRecordPointsLast
1Oklahoma City (10)27-4250 5
2Freed-Hardeman36-2242 2
3Vanguard 27-22291
4Westminster (Utah)26-32213
5Campbellsville32-42194
6Wiley30-521811
7John Brown28-820019
8 Our Lady of the Lake27-51899
9Oklahoma Baptist29-61836
10Georgetown (Ky.)21-91758
11Baker27-716612
12The Master's24-91577
13MidAmerica Nazarene28-415114
14Columbia (Mo.)26-814110
15Loyola23-12134RV
16Bethel (Tenn.)23-11133RV
17Lewis-Clark State27-613015
18Westmont20-1011713
19Xavier24-1011620
20Montana State-Northern22-109621
21Shawnee State20-138725
22Hope International23-108216
23Lyon24-97517
24Wayland Baptist20-126218
25Talladega26-55922

Others receiving votes: Cumberlands 47, Mobile 46, Langston 36, Southern Poly , William Woods 16, Martin Methodist 9.


By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
XULAATHLETICS
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA

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