NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's Catalin Fifea and Antoine Richardwere repeat selections Tuesday on the 2018 NAIA Men's Tennis All-America first team, and Samir Chikhaoui was named to the second team.
Two XULA streaks continued. It's the seventh straight year that the Gold Rush are represented on the first team and the third straight year that Rush have a pair of first-team players.
Richard, from Laval, Quebec, is the first Gold Rush player to make the NAIA's committee-selected first team as a freshman and sophomore. Fifea is a senior from Bucharest, Romania, and Chikhaoui is a sophomore from Lille, France.
Receiving honorable mention was XULA's Shaikh Abdullah, a freshman from Hyderabad, India.
Fifea, Richard, Chikhaoui and Abdullah helped the Gold Rush finish 13-12, reach the semifinals of the NAIA National Championships and earn a No. 4 national ranking entering the tournament.
XULA, NAIA champion Georgia Gwinnett, runner-up Keiser and quarterfinalist Campbellsville were the only schools with multiple first-team selections.
End-of-season honors still to be announced include ITA All-America and the Louisiana Sports Writers Association's All-Louisiana team.
Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications
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