NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana has three Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Players of the Week for Jan. 22-28, the GCAC announced Tuesday.
XULA recipients are Jalen David in men's basketball, Charlene Goreau in women's tennis and Samir Chikhaoui in men's tennis. David and Chikhaoui are first-time honorees; Goreau won for the first time this season and the ninth time in her career.
David — a senior guard/forward from Mount Vernon, N.Y., and a former Mount Vernon High School and Moberly Community College standout — averaged 16.7 points and six rebounds and shot 54.1 percent from the floor in three games and scored a season-high-tying 21 points in consecutive games against Philander Smith and Loyola. David scored 15 points in the final 10 minutes during a 38-13 rally that gave XULA an 82-72 home victory against Loyola and the first season sweep of its city rival in seven years.
Goreau, a junior from Toulouse, France, won in doubles and singles Sunday at home against Loyola. Goreau teamed with Manon Bonada for an 8-3 victory against Koral Martinez and Nadja Ochsner, then beat Martinez 6-3, 6-1. Goreau's career total of GCAC awards is one fewer than the league record held by Nour Abbes, now a XULA graduate assistant.
Chikhaoui, a sophomore from Lille, France, and a former Eastern Florida State College standout, won in doubles and singles against Loyola and helped Alan Green earn his 200th career victory as coach of the Gold Rush. Chikhaoui and Pierre Andrieu beat Sean Presti and Tiger Cheung 8-4, then Chikhaoui defeated Presti 6-4, 6-2. Chikhaoui had three unfinished matches Friday against NCAA Division I Louisiana-Lafayette, and he led at No. 2 singles in the second dual match of that evening.
Next competition for each team:
• Men's tennis: 2 p.m. Friday at home vs. Jacksonville State.
• Women's tennis: 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Louisiana-Lafayette.
• Men's basketball: 7:30 p.m. Monday at home vs. Edward Waters.
Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications
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