NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana was 11th in the NAIA Division I
Women's Basketball Coaches' Preseason Top 25 Poll announced Tuesday. It's the
Gold Nuggets' highest preseason ranking since 1997, when they were
seventh.
Xavier, 26-9 in 2011-12, is in the top 25 for the 32nd
consecutive time dating to January 2010. It's the Nuggets' longest top-25 streak
since 34 straight polls from Jan. 13, 2003-March 8, 2005. It's their highest
national ranking since Feb. 15, 2005, when they were 15th.
The Gold
Nuggets will visit LSU in a 7 p.m. exhibition Nov. 1, then open the regular
season at 3 p.m. on Nov. 3 against Johnson & Wales (Fla.) in XU's
Convocation Center. The XU women conducted their first practice in the new
facility Tuesday evening.
Five of the Nuggets' first 12 games will be
against NAIA teams in the preseason top
25 — No. 5 Westminster (Utah) at home Nov. 17, No. 19
LSU-Shreveport at home Nov. 19, No. 14 Langston at home Nov. 22, No. 25 Faulkner
in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at Montgomery, Ala., on Dec. 29 and No. 22
Bethel (Tenn.) at home Jan. 2.
Xavier will attempt to win 20 games for
the 12th consecutive season, which would extend a school record.
NAIA Division
I Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in
parentheses — records are from 2011-12 season)
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Last |
| 1 |
Lubbock Christian (9) |
28-6 |
280 |
3 |
| 2 |
Shawnee State |
28-6 |
269 |
tie-6 |
| 3 |
Freed-Hardeman (2) |
28-6 |
266 |
5 |
| 4 |
Vanguard |
23-7 |
251 |
tie-13 |
| 5 |
Westminster (Utah) |
23-9 |
240 |
15 |
| 6 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
24-10 |
236 |
11 |
| 7 |
Westmont |
31-4 |
229 |
4 |
| 8 |
Rogers State |
22-12 |
216 |
21 |
| 9 |
Lee (Tenn.) |
30-4 |
209 |
10 |
| 10 |
Oklahoma City |
35-1 |
196 |
1 |
| 11 |
Xavier |
26-9 |
192 |
16 |
| 12 |
Biola |
23-11 |
174 |
20 |
| 13 |
Campbellsville |
20-13 |
171 |
25 |
| 14 |
Langston |
30-4 |
168 |
tie-8 |
| 15-tie |
Lewis-Clark State |
29-5 |
154 |
12 |
| 15-tie |
MidAmerica Nazarene |
25-9 |
154 |
22 |
| 17 |
Lindsey Wilson |
20-13 |
135 |
RV |
| 18 |
Cumberlands |
28-4 |
120 |
tie-8 |
| 19 |
LSU-Shreveport |
25-9 |
116 |
RV |
| 20 |
Avila |
22-11 |
106 |
24 |
| 21 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
24-10 |
101 |
RV |
| 22 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
15-17 |
75 |
NR |
| 23 |
William Woods |
23-10 |
73 |
RV |
| 24 |
Our Lady of the Lake |
26-8 |
71 |
RV |
| 25 |
Faulkner |
20-10 |
51 |
NR |
Others receiving votes: Loyola 37, Robert
Morris (Chicago) 37, The Master's 35, Lyon 32, Cumberland 26, Talladega 25,
Carroll (Mont.) 18, Oklahoma Baptist 14, San Diego Christian 8, Benedictine
(Kan.) 5, Cal State San Marcos
3. |
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By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
VISIT: XULAATHLETICS
VISIT: XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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