Thursday, May 22, 2014

XU Gold Rush are No. 8, make 4th consecutive top-10 finish

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:

 
NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through end of season)

RankTeamRecordPointsLast
1Georgia Gwinnett (12)21-0312 3
2Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 21-43021
3Auburn Montgomery 24-42912
4 Vanguard20-52834
5Lindsey Wilson17-3272 5
6Cumberland15-62616
7Bethany (Kan.)21-325110
8Xavier13-122439
9Westmont14-72287
10Belhaven16-52278
11Concordia (Calif.)12-1120711
12Northwestern Ohio22-420612
13Aquinas25-519313
14Graceland12-6182tie-14
15Coastal Georgia13-817416
16Webber International13-1014518
17Davenport19-713819
18Warner12-212220
19SCAD Atlanta10-5118RV
20Pikeville15-711321
21Olivet Nazarene12-811123
22Mobile10-8105NR
23Lewis-Clark State5-119222
24William Carey9-985tie-14
25Northwood (Fla.)8-96124

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.

Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
XULAATHLETICS
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA

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