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Thursday, May 24, 2018
Goreau is Nuggets' 1st 3-time 1st-team All-American
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's Charlene Goreau and Mariia Borodiiwere named Tuesday to the 2018 NAIA Women's Tennis All-America first team, and Angela Charles-Alfred was named to the second team.
Goreau, a junior from Toulouse, France, is the first Gold Nugget to make the first team three times. Borodii, from Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, and Charles-Alfred, from Saint-Pierre, Martinique, are freshmen.
Receiving honorable mention was XULA's Yi Chen Pao, a sophomore from Taichung City, Taiwan.
These four student-athletes helped the Gold Nuggets finish 19-8, reach the semifinals of the NAIA National Championships, earn a No. 3 national ranking entering the tournament and set a school record with 16 consecutive dual-match victories.
XULA, NAIA champion Georgia Gwinnett and runner-up Keiser were the only schools with multiple first-team selections.
It's the fourth time in five years that a Gold Nugget freshman made first-team All-America.
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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