Goreau, Abdullah collect GCAC awards again

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana tennis standouts Charlene Goreauand Shaikh Abdullah are Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Players of the Week for March 19-25.
     
Goreau, a junior from Toulouse, France, won for the fifth time this season and the 13th time overall to extend her GCAC career record. Abdullah, a freshman from Hyderabad, India, won for the second time.
     
Goreau won in doubles (with Angela Charles-Alfred) and singles in the Gold Nuggets' 7-2 home victory against NAIA No. 11 LSU-Alexandria. Goreau and Charles-Alfred defeated Ariadna Cabezas and Claudia van den Brink 8-3, then Goreau beat Miljana Milojevic 6-0, 6-2 to continiue her recent dominance in singles.
     
Goreau is unbeaten in singles since Feb. 10. Her current singles win streak is nine. In her last eight singles matches — seven victories and one unfinished — Goreau won 94-of-102 games. Eight of her completed 15 sets during that time were by 6-0.
     
Abdullah was the only Gold Rush player to win in doubles and singles in a 5-4 home loss to NCAA Division I Abilene Christian, the Southland Conference leader. Abdullah and Antoine Richard defeated Josh Sheehy and Paul Domanski 8-5, then Abdullah beat Niko Moceanu 6-2, 6-3.
     
Both XULA teams will return to the courts late next week — at home against NCAA DI opponents. The Gold Nuggets, ranked fifth in the NAIA, will play Southern at 3 p.m. April 6, and the second-ranked Gold Rush will play Troy at 9 a.m. April 7.

XULA's 2018 GCAC Tennis Players of the Week
Women
Jan. 22-28 — Charlene Goreau
Jan. 29-Feb. 4 — Charlene Goreau
Feb. 5-11 — Mariia Borodii
Feb. 12-18 — Mariia Borodii
Feb. 19-25 — Charlene Goreau
Feb. 26-March 4 — Charlene Goreau
March 5-11 — Mariia Borodii
March 12-18 — Mariia Borodii
March 19-25 — Charlene Goreau

Men
Jan. 15-21 — Pierre Andrieu
Jan. 22-28 — Samir Chikhaoui
Jan. 29-Feb. 4 — Catalin Fifea
Feb. 12-18 — Shaikh Abdullah
Feb. 19-25 — Samir Chikhaoui
Feb. 26-March 4 — Catalin Fifea
March 12-18 — Samir Chikhaoui
March 19-25 — Shaikh Abdullah

Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications
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