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| Coach Alan Green (black jacket) begins his 10th season as XU's tennis coach. |
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier Univerity of Louisiana will begin the fall portion of its 2012-13 men's and women's tennis schedules Friday in the Big Easy Classic at the University of New Orleans.
The three-day event will be played at UNO's University Tennis Center. In addition to Xavier and the host school, participating teams will be the men of South Alabama and Tulane, the women of McNeese State, Troy and Southern Illinois and the men and women of Alcorn State, Loyola and Nicholls State.
There will be three flights of singles, one flight of doubles and a consolation bracket for first-round losers. The Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets also will compete Sept. 28-30 in the USTA / ITA NAIA South Regional in Gainesville, Ga. Brenau University will be the host.
Alan Green, in his 10th season as coach of XU's men and women, said he plans to add one more fall event to the schedule. Xavier will announce its schedule of spring-semester dual matches near the end of 2012 or in early 2013. The Gold Rush were ranked seventh and the Gold Nuggets 19th in the 2012 NAIA postseason coaches poll.
By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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