Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Nuggets No. 3 nationally; fourth climb in five polls

Xavier University of Louisiana women's tennisNEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana, still awaiting its postseason details, climbed Tuesday from fourth to third in the NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25.
     
The Gold Nuggets (17-7) possess their highest national ranking since Feb. 17, 2015, when they were No. 3. Excluding the 2005-06 academic year, when XULA did not compete, the Nuggets are in the top 25 for 100th time in the last 110 polls.
     

XULA has climbed in four of the last five polls.
     

XULA was 4-0 since the previous poll April 10 to close the regular season with a school-record 14-dual-match win streak. The Gold Nuggets won 5-3 April 15 at West Florida, then-No. 2 in the NCAA Division II rankings and currently No. 3.
     

XULA will not compete in a conference or unaffiliated group tournament. The NAIA will announce May 7 the next top 25 poll and the 24 women's teams and 24 men's teams that qualified for the NAIA National Championships. Tournament brackets will be revealed May 8, and the first round will begin May 15 at Copeland-Cox Mobile Tennis Center in Mobile, Ala. This year the women will play the morning matches. The championship finals are scheduled for May 19.
     

If the Gold Nuggets are one of the top eight seeds, they would receive a first-round bye and play their first match at nationals May 16 in the round of 16.
     

Here are all the Gold Nuggets' active poll streaks:
     •  55 consecutive appearances in the top 25 . . . streak began May 1, 2012.
     •  55 consecutive appearances in the top 20 . . . streak began May 1, 2012.
     •  14 consecutive appearances in the top 15 . . . streak began Feb. 28, 2017.
     •  5 consecutive appearances in the top 10 . . . streak began Feb. 27, 2018.
     •  4 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 22)
RANKPREVIOUSSCHOOLRECORDPOINTS
11Keiser (Fla.) [14]20-2374
22Georgia Gwinnett14-2362
34Xavier (La.)17-7350
45Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)12-2334
56William Carey (Miss.)11-5316
612Brenau (Ga.)15-7306
73SCAD Savannah (Ga.)10-5300
87William Woods (Mo.)13-5298
98Cardinal Stritch (Wis.)9-6286
109Indiana Wesleyan29-4257
1114Northwestern Ohio13-4253
1210LSU-Alexandria (La.)8-6251
1311San Diego Christian (Calif.)11-6244
1413Middle Georgia State10-6218
1515Westmont (Calif.)9-11202
1615SCAD Atlanta (Ga.)11-6201
1719Arizona Christian10-11171
1821Union (Ky.)15-5167
19RVCumberlands (Ky.)10-10161
2017Campbellsville (Ky.)12-7142
2123Loyola (La.)12-7140
2220Cumberland (Tenn.)13-10125
2322Reinhardt (Ga.)12-7108
2418Mobile (Ala.)11-6100
2525Marian (Ind.)17-475
Dropped from the Top 25: St. Thomas (Fla.)
Others Receiving Votes: Georgetown (Ky.) 68; St. Thomas (Fla.) 57; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 29; Southwestern (Kan.) 28; Missouri Baptist 19; Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 19; Tennessee Wesleyan 8; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 6; Huntington (Ind.) 6; Hastings (Neb.) 3; Asbury (Ky.) 3

Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications
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