NEW ORLEANS -- Xavier University of Louisiana remained at No. 3 Tuesday in the first NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 of the regular season.
The Gold Nuggets (4-3) are in the top three for the eighth consecutive poll and in the top 10 for the 18th straight time. All three of their losses are to NCAA Division I opponents.
The top five teams are the same as they were in the preseason poll Jan. 27. Defending NAIA champion Georgia Gwinnett received all 13 first-place votes. Embry-Riddle (Fla.), which eliminated Xavier in the 2014 national semifinals, is No. 2.
Xavier will visit the University of New Orleans at 3 p.m. Saturday. Then at 2 p.m. Monday, Xavier will play No. 7 Brenau at Mobile, Ala., a neutral site. It will be the Gold Nuggets' first dual of the season against a ranked opponent.
The next team rankings will be announced March 3.
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NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through Feb. 15)
Rank | Team | Record | Points | Last |
1 | Georgia Gwinnett (13) | 2-0 | 343 | 1 |
2 | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | 3-1 | 332 | 2 |
3 | Xavier | 4-3 | 321 | 3 |
4 | Lindsey Wilson | 1-1 | 310 | 4 |
5 | Auburn Montgomery | 1-2 | 299 | 5 |
6 | SCAD Savannah | 3-2 | 283 | 8 |
7 | Brenau | 0-2 | 282 | 6 |
8 | Northwood (Fla.) | 1-3 | 261 | 7 |
9 | Oklahoma Baptist | 0-0 | 257 | 9 |
10 | Arizona Christian | 5-0 | 242 | RV |
11 | Westmont | 4-2 | 227 | tie-12 |
12 | Davenport | 2-1 | 223 | tie-12 |
13 | Concordia (Calif.) | 2-2 | 205 | 10 |
14 | Milligan | 1-1 | 185 | 14 |
15 | Vanguard | 2-3 | 183 | 11 |
16 | Indiana Wesleyan | 14-1 | 174 | 15 |
17 | Coastal Georgia | 0-1 | 165 | 16 |
18 | Cardinal Stritch | 6-1 | 143 | 18 |
19 | Graceland | 1-0 | 139 | NR |
20 | Lewis-Clark State | 2-5 | 137 | 17 |
21 | Northwestern Ohio | 4-2 | 118 | 19 |
22 | Marian (Ind.) | 12-1 | 105 | 20 |
23 | William Carey | 0-2 | 94 | RV |
24 | Cambellsville | 16-9 | 92 | 21 |
25 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 2-1 | 85 | 22 |
Others receiving votes: Olivet Nazarene 72, McPherson 55, Cumberland 41, St. Thomas (Fla.) 37, LSU-Alexandria 21, Evangel 18, Georgetown (Ky.) 8, Aquinas 7, Ashford 4, Bethel (Kan.) 3 |
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Ed Cassiere, Sports Information
Director
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