NEW ORLEANS -- Xavier University of Louisiana's Brion Flowers and Jordan Harrell were chosen Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Players of the Week in tennis for March 3-9.Flowers, a sophomore from Lafayette, La., and a graduate of St. Thomas More High School, was 3-0 in doubles and 2-0 in singles to help the Gold Nuggets win all three of their dual matches at the AUM Invitational. Her 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory against Paula Diaz on Sunday clinched the Gold Nuggets' 5-4 victory at Auburn Montgomery, which is No. 1 in the NAIA and a three-time defending national champion. Flowers and Kourtney Howell and teamed for an 8-6 victory against AUM's Jade Curtis and Chanel Cunningham, the ITA's eighth-ranked NAIA doubles team.
This is the first GCAC award of the season for Flowers and the second of her career.
Harrell, a freshman from Lithonia, Ga., and a graduate of Martin Luther King Jr. High School, was 3-0 in singles, all against ranked teams, at the AUM Invitational. Two of his victories came after losing first sets, including a 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-4) decision against Francisco Mendieta of second-ranked AUM. This is Harrell's first GCAC weekly award.
Xavier's women will play NCAA Division I's Oral Roberts at 2 p.m. Wednesday at XU Tennis Center. The next Gold Rush dual will start at 1 p.m. Saturday at NCAA Division I's Troy. The Gold Nuggets (7-4) are ranked fifth in the NAIA, and the Gold Rush (4-6) are ninth.
By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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