NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana remained eighth Tuesday in the
newest NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll. It's the 16th consecutive top-10
appearance for the XU men — a streak which began in May 2011 — and their 19th in
the last 20 polls.
Xavier (10-6) won 3-of-4 dual matches since the March
19 poll, including road victories against NCAA Division I New Orleans and
Northwood (Fla.), which is ranked 15th in the NAIA. The Gold Rush have five
victories this season against teams in this week's top 25 — also No. 9
Cumberland, No. 14 Belhaven, No. 17 Oklahoma Baptist and No. 20 Webber
International — and three against NCAA D-Is.
This the 46th consecutive
Gold Rush appearance in the top 25. That streak began with the poll of April 4,
2007.
Xavier has four losses against top-7 teams, and two will face the
Rush this week in rematches. Xavier will travel to Hattiesburg, Miss., to play
No. 6 William Carey at 3 p.m. Friday, then the Rush will play No. 1 Auburn
Montgomery at 2 p.m. Saturday at the new XU Tennis Center. AUM defeated Xavier
5-4 on March 10 on the final day of the AUM Invitational. AUM's score included
two matches Xavier defaulted because of insufficient players.
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NAIA Men's
Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses —
records through Sunday, March 31)
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Last |
| 1 |
Auburn Montgomery (6) |
12-3 |
306 |
1 |
| 2 |
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (4) |
14-2 |
302 |
2 |
| 3 |
Vanguard (2) |
17-0 |
298 |
3 |
| 4 |
Lindsey Wilson |
6-2 |
279 |
4 |
| 5 |
Westmont |
8-9 |
272 |
5 |
| 6 |
William Carey |
7-2 |
262 |
6 |
| 7 |
Bethany (Kan.) |
11-1 |
253 |
7 |
| 8 |
Xavier |
10-6 |
246 |
8 |
| 9 |
Cumberland |
9-2 |
229 |
11 |
| 10 |
Concordia (Calif.) |
8-9 |
223 |
9 |
| 11 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
16-1 |
210 |
10 |
| 12 |
Lewis-Clark State |
5-1 |
203 |
12 |
| 13 |
Aquinas |
14-4 |
192 |
13 |
| 14 |
Belhaven |
10-3 |
187 |
14 |
| 15 |
Northwood (Fla.) |
9-4 |
166 |
15 |
| 16 |
Campbellsville |
5-5 |
147 |
17 |
| 17 |
Oklahoma Baptist |
10-7 |
145 |
16 |
| 18 |
Northwestern Ohio |
9-4 |
137 |
22 |
| 19 |
McPherson |
12-5 |
132 |
19 |
| 20 |
Webber International |
10-7 |
127 |
RV |
| 21 |
Olivet Nazarene |
3-8 |
119 |
18 |
| 22 |
Warner |
8-6 |
108 |
RV |
| 23 |
Graceland |
10-5 |
84 |
RV |
| 24 |
Martin Methodist |
12-6 |
83 |
RV |
| 25 |
Spring Arbor |
15-4 |
77 |
23 |
Others receiving votes: St. Thomas (Fla.)
54, Pikeville 53, Indiana Wesleyan 39, Coastal Georgia 31, Martin Methodist 31,
Cumberlands 10, Hope International 5, Asbury
3. |
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By Ed Cassiere, SID
XULAATHLETICS
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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