It happened Friday in the AUM Invitational. The Gold Nuggets defeated Cumberland 9-0 in the morning at the AUM Tennis Complex, then the Gold Rush beat Coastal Georgia 6-3 in the afternoon at Lagoon Park Tennis Center. Both XU teams are ranked 10th, and both opponents are 22nd.
The Gold Nuggets' victory was their third of the season against a ranked team. They also snapped a nine-dual losing streak in this event dating to 2010. The XU men won their second consecutive dual, both against ranked opponents.
The Gold Nuggets did not lose a set, and Kourtney Howell, Brion Flowers, Amanda Materre and Simone-Alyse Ewell won in doubles and singles. Ewell clinched the dual with a 6-0, 6-1 victory against Sandra Munoz Poletti at No. 4 singles, and Materre won for a team-leading seventh time in nine singles matches this semester in a 7-6 (7-2), 6-1 decision against Anita Racz at No. 3.
Loic Didavi, Nikita Soifer, Kyle Montrel and Viktor Svoboda won in doubles and singles for the Gold Rush. Svoboda defeated Malhar Mali 6-0, 6-3 at No. 4 singles to put Xavier ahead to stay, 3-2, and Didavi clinched with his 7-6 (7-5), 6-0 victory against Louis Volclair at No. 1. Didavi and Montrel, XU's No. 1 doubles team, improved to 8-0 for the semester with an 8-4 victory against Volclair and Jose Zaatini.
Soifer lost his first set 6-0 to Zaatini at No. 2 singles, then roared back with 6-4, 6-4 victories.
The XU women are 5-5 — they had dropped four of their previous five duals — and the men, climbing above .500 for the first time in nearly three weeks, are 5-4. Cumberland is 0-2, and Coastal Georgia is 4-3.
The Gold Nuggets will play 16th-ranked Coastal Georgia at 9 a.m. Saturday at AUM, and the Rush will 11th-ranked Cumberland at 12:30 p.m. at Lagoon Park.
Results: Men Women
By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
XULAATHLETICS
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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