No. 6 Xavier Rush have highest rank since 2014 preseason

NEW ORLEANS -- Six victories in the first seven dual matches propelled Xavier University of Louisiana to a tie for sixth Tuesday in the NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll.

It's the third poll of the season. The Gold Rush were eighth in the first two polls. The rank is the highest for the XU men since the 2014 preseason poll, when they were tied for sixth. 

Xavier's active streaks include 62 consecutive top-25 appearances and 32 straight times in the top 10.

Xavier and Bethany (Kan.) share sixth. Defending NAIA champion Georgia Gwinnett remains a unanimous No. 1.

It's the first time in 19 polls -- since Feb. 19, 2013 -- that the XU men are ranked higher than the women. The Gold Nuggets dropped from third to seventh.

Xavier will play Martin Methodist, which received poll votes this week, at noon Friday in the AUM Invitational at Montgomery, Ala. The Gold Rush have a five-dual win streak.

The top 25:

1. Georgia Gwinnett
2. Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
3. Auburn Montgomery
4. Vanguard
5. Lindsey Wilson
6. (tie) Xavier
6. (tie) Bethany (Kan.)
8. Westmont
9. Concordia (Calif.)
10. Cumberland
11. William Carey
12. Graceland
13. Northwestern Ohio
14. Belhaven
15. Northwood (Fla.)
16. Coastal Georgia
17. San Diego Christian
18. Pikeville
19. SCAD Atlanta
20. Oklahoma Baptist
21. Lewis-Clark State
22. Aquinas
23. SCAD Savannah
24. Olivet Nazarene
25. Indiana Wesleyan

Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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