The Gold Nuggets (19-8) dropped after three consecutive No. 1 rankings. They entered the NAIA National Championship as the top seed but lost 5-0 to William Carey in the semifinals Friday. The following day, Auburn Montgomery defeated William Carey 5-1 to win its third consecutive championship and 12th in 15 years.
Auburn Montgomery and William Carey ranked 1-2 in the postseason poll. Xavier defeated both in April.
It's the eighth time in nine seasons that the Gold Nuggets appear in the final top 25 of the season.
This is the second consecutive year that the last rating occurs after the NAIA National Championship.
The XU women were 19th in the 2012 postseason poll.
Xavier ranked 13th in the preseason, entered the top 10 on March 5 and remained there for the final seven polls. When the Gold Nuggets climbed from sixth to first on April 16, it was the first time an XU team in any sport was No. 1 in an NAIA coaches poll.
The 2013 Gold Nuggets were the first XU team in any sport to reach the semifinals of an NAIA national tournament.
| NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25
Poll (first-place votes in parentheses — records through end of season)
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By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
XULA ATHLETICS
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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