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NEW ORLEANS -- Xavier University of Louisiana, ranked 10th in NAIA men's tennis, closed its regular season Thursday with a 5-3 loss to NCAA Division I's Alcorn State.
Both teams are 9-10. The Braves snapped the three-dual win streak of the Gold Rush and prevented Xavier from moving above .500 for the first time this season. The Rush were trying for a third consecutive victory against an NCAA Division I opponent.
It was the first Gold Rush loss this season in four duals.
The Gold Rush will play Tougaloo at 9 a.m. Friday at XU Tennis Center in the opening round of the NAIA Unaffiliated Group 2 Tournament. The Xavier-Tougaloo winner will play Oklahoma Baptist or the University of the Southwest in the semifinals at 1 p.m. Friday at the University of New Orleans.
Also at UNO, Xavier's women will play a 2 p.m. Friday semifinal against Oklahoma Baptist or Our Lady of the Lake. Women's and men's championship matches will be played Saturday at Xavier.
Xavier led 1-0 and 3-2 before Alcorn clinched with three consecutive singles victories. Nischay Rawal ended the dual with a 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 decision against Jordan Harrell at No. 3.
Freshmen Tushar Mandlekar and Adam Albrecht won in singles for Xavier, and Mandlekar and Kevin Chaouat teamed for an 8-2 victory against Garry Amor and Rawal at No. 2 doubles.
Albrecht beat Amor 6-3, 6-0 at No. 6 singles, and Mandlekar defeated Max Tkachenko 6-2, 6-1 at No. 4.
Ernesto Santillan and Nikita Kostikov won in doubles and singles for Alcorn. Santillan and Kostikov beat Kyle Montrel and Nikita Soifer 8-5 at No. 1 doubles, and Santillan beat Montrel 7-5, 6-4 at the top singles flight.
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Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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