NEW ORLEANS — Once again the Saturday before Thanksgiving will be one of the busiest of the year for the intercollegiate athletics teams of Xavier University of Louisiana.Men's basketball, volleyball and cross country will compete — the first two on campus at the Convocation Center.
At 1 p.m. the Gold Rush will play Huston-Tillotson in the homecoming basketball game, followed at 4 p.m. by Gold Nuggets volleyball against Marian (Ind.) in an NAIA National Championship Opening Round match. Basketball ticket-buyers can watch the volleyball for free. Admission to the volleyball match only will be $5.
The XULA-Marian winner will be a first-time qualifier for the NAIA National Championship Final Site at Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 28-Dec. 2. The Gold Nuggets (23-2) were a first-round loser each of the previous six seasons; the Knights (27-5) are in the national field for the first time.
Two time zones away in Vancouver, Wash., XULA women's cross country will be one of 36 teams competing for NAIA individual and team national titles. That 5,000-meter race will start at 11:30 a.m. PST (1:30 p.m. New Orleans time). Also competing will be Gold Rush's lone qualifier, Camren Sewell, in the 8K men's race at 10:30 a.m. PST.
Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications
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