Saturday, May 26, 2018

No. 3 Gold Rush in final top 10 for 8th straight year

Xavier University of Louisiana men's tennis


NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana climbed one place to No. 3 Wednesday in the NAIA men's tennis coaches postseason poll.
     

The Gold Rush (13-12) finished in the top 10 for the eighth consecutive year and in the top three for the third straight season. XULA was national runner-up in 2016 and 2017 and a semifinalist this year.
     

It's the Gold Rush's 13th consecutive season in the final top 25.
     

XULA extended its streak of consecutive top-25 appearances to 95. That's the longest active streak in NAIA men's tennis. The streak began April 4, 2007.
     

XULA won 2-of-3 dual matches at the NAIA National Championships in Mobile, Ala., last week. The Gold Rush had a first-round bye, then defeated Middle Georgia 5-1 in the round of 16 and William Carey 5-3 in the quarterfinals. Georgia Gwinnett eliminated the Rush 5-0 in the semifinals en route to the Grizzlies' fifth consecutive championship.
     

Georgia Gwinnett was a unanimous No. 1 for the 37th consecutive poll.
     

XULA was 4-3 this year against NAIA teams in the postseason top 25: 0-2 against Georgia Gwinnett, 2-1 against No. 4 William Carey, 1-0 against No. 11 Mobile and 1-0 against No. 13 Middle Georgia. The Gold Rush also produced four victories against NCAA Division I teams (Jackson State, Nicholls, Prairie View A&M and Troy) and two victories against teams in the final NCAA Division II top 25 (Bluefield State and Embry-Riddle [Fla.])
     

The Gold Rush active poll streaks:

     •  95 consecutive appearances in the top 25 . . . streak began April 4, 2007.
     •  86 consecutive appearances in the top 20 . . . streak began April 30, 2008.
     •  71 consecutive appearances in the top 15 . . . streak began Feb. 1, 2011.
     •  65 consecutive appearances in the top 10 . . . streak began May 3, 2011.
     •  27 consecutive appearances in the top 5 . . . streak began Jan. 26, 2016.
     •  27 consecutive appearances in the top 4 . . . streak began Jan. 26, 2016.
 

NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Postseason Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through May 19)
RANKPREVIOUSSCHOOLRECORDPOINTS
11Georgia Gwinnett (14)27-0374
22Keiser (Fla.)18-7362
34Xavier (La.)13-12350
45William Carey (Miss.)13-4327
514Reinhardt (Ga.)19-4321
63Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)14-1313
77William Woods (Mo.)16-7307
86Cumberland (Tenn.)21-4296
911Campbellsville (Ky.)20-7271
109Cardinal Stritch (Wis.)16-5265
118Mobile (Ala.)19-3261
1210Arizona Christian19-8248
1313Middle Georgia State12-8232
1417Union (Ky.)14-6208
1516Tennessee Wesleyan12-5195
1512Northwestern Ohio13-6195
1715Westmont (Calif.)8-10185
1818San Diego Christian (Calif.)8-8167
1925McPherson (Kan.)15-4164
2020Lawrence Tech (Mich.)20-6144
2119Asbury (Ky.)15-2141
2221Coastal Georgia11-7112
2322Indiana Wesleyan29-11111
2423Point (Ga.)15-894
2524Cumberlands (Ky.)8-1183
Others Receiving Votes: Texas A&M-Texarkana 82, Bethany (Kan.) 44; Loyola (La.) 40; Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 30; Missouri Valley 25; St. Francis (Ill.) 11; Aquinas (Mich.) 10; Bluefield (Va.) 7; Hastings (Neb.) 7; Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.) 6

Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications
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