NEW ORLEANS — For the fourth consecutive year, Xavier University of Louisiana's men's tennis team is in the final top 10 of the season. The Gold Rush were No. 8 in the postseason coaches poll announced Wednesday.
The Gold Rush (13-12) climbed one spot after reaching the quarterfinals of the NAIA National Championship for the third consecutive year.
Additional Gold Rush poll streaks include:
• Ninth consecutive appearance in the final top 25 of the season.
• Twenty-ninth consecutive appearance in the top 10.
• Fifty-ninth consecutive appearance in the top 25.
Xavier won seven of its final 10 dual matches to finish with a fourth consecutive winning record. Six Gold Rush victories this year were against teams in the postseason top 25, including No. 6 Cumberland and, in the NAIA quarterfinals, No. 10 Belhaven.
National champion and unbeaten Georgia Gwinnett was unanimously chosen No. 1.
The postseason top 25:
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NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll (first-place votes in parentheses — records through end of season)
Rank | Team | Record | Points | Last |
1 | Georgia Gwinnett (12) | 21-0 | 312 | 3 |
2 | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | 21-4 | 302 | 1 |
3 | Auburn Montgomery | 24-4 | 291 | 2 |
4 | Vanguard | 20-5 | 283 | 4 |
5 | Lindsey Wilson | 17-3 | 272 | 5 |
6 | Cumberland | 15-6 | 261 | 6 |
7 | Bethany (Kan.) | 21-3 | 251 | 10 |
8 | Xavier | 13-12 | 243 | 9 |
9 | Westmont | 14-7 | 228 | 7 |
10 | Belhaven | 16-5 | 227 | 8 |
11 | Concordia (Calif.) | 12-11 | 207 | 11 |
12 | Northwestern Ohio | 22-4 | 206 | 12 |
13 | Aquinas | 25-5 | 193 | 13 |
14 | Graceland | 12-6 | 182 | tie-14 |
15 | Coastal Georgia | 13-8 | 174 | 16 |
16 | Webber International | 13-10 | 145 | 18 |
17 | Davenport | 19-7 | 138 | 19 |
18 | Warner | 12-2 | 122 | 20 |
19 | SCAD Atlanta | 10-5 | 118 | RV |
20 | Pikeville | 15-7 | 113 | 21 |
21 | Olivet Nazarene | 12-8 | 111 | 23 |
22 | Mobile | 10-8 | 105 | NR |
23 | Lewis-Clark State | 5-11 | 92 | 22 |
24 | William Carey | 9-9 | 85 | tie-14 |
25 | Northwood (Fla.) | 8-9 | 61 | 24 |
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma Baptist 58, Bethel (Tenn.) 47, Campbellsville 43, Indiana Wesleyan 39, McPherson 35, Missouri Valley 17, St. Francis (Ill.) 5, Huntington 5, Hastings 4, IU Southeast 3. |
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Ed Cassiere, Sports
Information Director
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