Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Nuggets remain No. 5, but there's a change at the top

Xavier University of Louisiana women's tennisNEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana, 2-0 since the previous NAIA women's tennis coaches poll, maintained its No. 5 position Tuesday in the fifth national ranking of the season. But there was a significant shift at the top.
     
Keiser earned its first-ever No. 1 ranking as a result of its 5-4 Saturday victory at the previous No. 1, Georgia Gwinnett. The Grizzlies had been atop the last 16 polls, the last 14 as a unanimous No. 1.
     

Keiser received 12-of-14 first-place votes. Georgia Gwinnett, now No. 2, and No. 3 Lindsey Wilson received one first-place vote apiece.
     

The Gold Nuggets (11-7) improved their win streak to eight, their longest since 2013, with a 7-2 Saturday home victory against LSU-Alexandria, which remained 11th. The XULA women have eight victories this season against top-20 NAIA opponents.
     

XULA is idle this week. The Gold Nuggets will begin a three-dual home stand April 6 — one week from Friday — at 3 p.m. against NCAA Division I Southern.
 

NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through March 25)
RANKPREVIOUSSCHOOLRECORD POINTS
13Keiser (Fla.) [12]17-1373
21Georgia Gwinnett [1]11-2361
32Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) [1]2-1348
44SCAD Savannah (Ga.)9-2336
55Xavier (La.)11-7331
66William Carey (Miss.)6-1314
78William Woods (Mo.)7-3291
87Northwestern Ohio4-3290
99Indiana Wesleyan23-2276
1010Cardinal Stritch (Wis.)5-5275
1111LSU-Alexandria (La.)6-3251
1212San Diego Christian (Calif.)6-5247
1313Middle Georgia State9-4229
1416Brenau (Ga.)7-6220
1515Westmont (Calif.)7-5202
1614SCAD Atlanta (Ga.)6-4192
1718Arizona Christian9-8182
1817Campbellsville (Ky.)9-1178
1920Cumberland (Tenn.)6-7155
2019Martin Methodist (Tenn.)3-7148
2122Union (Ky.)7-3132
2221Mobile (Ala.)8-5129
2323St. Thomas (Fla.)5-6106
2424Reinhardt (Ga.)7-5100
2525Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)5-474
Others Receiving Votes: Georgetown (Ky.) 57; Huntington (Ind.) 48; Marian (Ind.) 28; Southwestern (Kan.) 24; Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 21; Tennessee Wesleyan 15; Loyola (La.) 13; Cumberlands (Ky.) 13; Coastal Georgia 12; Asbury (Ky.) 9

Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications
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