Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Gold Nuggets 4th nationally for first time in 3 years

Xavier University of Louisiana women's tennisNEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana climbed Tuesday in the NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 for the third time in four attempts and has its highest ranking in three years.
     
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)
RankPreviousSchoolRecordPoints
11Keiser (Fla.) [14]18-2374
22Georgia Gwinnett11-2362
34SCAD Savannah (Ga.)9-3342
45Xavier (La.)13-7337
53Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)6-2334
66William Carey (Miss.)7-3305
77William Woods (Mo.)8-3303
810Cardinal Stritch (Wis.)5-5293
99Indiana Wesleyan25-3275
1011LSU Alexandria (La.)6-5266
1112San Diego Christian (Calif.)8-6246
1214Brenau (Ga.)11-6244
1313Middle Georgia State9-5225
148Northwestern Ohio7-4223
1516SCAD Atlanta (Ga.)9-5202
1515Westmont (Calif.)8-8202
1718Campbellsville (Ky.)10-4174
1822Mobile (Ala.)10-5166
1917Arizona Christian10-9164
2019Cumberland (Tenn.)10-7158
2121Union (Ky.)11-4153
2224Reinhardt (Ga.)10-5108
23NRLoyola (La.)10-6107
2423St. Thomas (Fla.)6-887
25NRMarian (Ind.)16-386
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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