The Gold Nuggets (13-7) moved from fifth to fourth to equal their best position since the 2015 postseason rankings. XULA is 2-0 since the previous poll March 27 — home victories against NCAA Division I Southern and Jackson State to extend the win streak to 10.
XULA will play two top-10 teams in the next five days. The Gold Nuggets will play host to NAIA No. 6 William Carey at 2 p.m. Thursday, then visit NCAA Division II's No. 2 team, West Florida, at noon Sunday. Thursday's start time was pushed back one hour.
Although XULA dropped from second to third in the men's rankings, it's the first time ever that both XULA teams are in the national top four simultaneously.
Here are all the Gold Nuggets' active poll streaks:
• 54 consecutive appearances in the top 25 . . . streak began May 1, 2012.
• 54 consecutive appearances in the top 20 . . . streak began May 1, 2012.
• 13 consecutive appearances in the top 15 . . . streak began Feb. 28, 2017.
• 4 consecutive appearances in the top 10 . . . streak began Feb. 27, 2018.
• 3 consecutive appearances in the top 5 . . . streak began March 13, 2018.
NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll (first-place votes in parentheses — records through April 8) |
Rank | Previous | School | Record | Points |
1 | 1 | Keiser (Fla.) [14] | 18-2 | 374 |
2 | 2 | Georgia Gwinnett | 11-2 | 362 |
3 | 4 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 9-3 | 342 |
4 | 5 | Xavier (La.) | 13-7 | 337 |
5 | 3 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 6-2 | 334 |
6 | 6 | William Carey (Miss.) | 7-3 | 305 |
7 | 7 | William Woods (Mo.) | 8-3 | 303 |
8 | 10 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 5-5 | 293 |
9 | 9 | Indiana Wesleyan | 25-3 | 275 |
10 | 11 | LSU Alexandria (La.) | 6-5 | 266 |
11 | 12 | San Diego Christian (Calif.) | 8-6 | 246 |
12 | 14 | Brenau (Ga.) | 11-6 | 244 |
13 | 13 | Middle Georgia State | 9-5 | 225 |
14 | 8 | Northwestern Ohio | 7-4 | 223 |
15 | 16 | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 9-5 | 202 |
15 | 15 | Westmont (Calif.) | 8-8 | 202 |
17 | 18 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 10-4 | 174 |
18 | 22 | Mobile (Ala.) | 10-5 | 166 |
19 | 17 | Arizona Christian | 10-9 | 164 |
20 | 19 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 10-7 | 158 |
21 | 21 | Union (Ky.) | 11-4 | 153 |
22 | 24 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 10-5 | 108 |
23 | NR | Loyola (La.) | 10-6 | 107 |
24 | 23 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 6-8 | 87 |
25 | NR | Marian (Ind.) | 16-3 | 86 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Martin Methodist (Tenn.)
Others Receiving Votes: Georgetown (Ky.) 68; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 43; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 36; Southwestern (Kan.) 31; Huntington (Ind.) 23; Cumberlands (Ky.) 18; Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 18; Tennessee Wesleyan 8; Coastal Georgia 7; Asbury (Ky.) 5
Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications
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