3 XULA players win twice apiece at HBCU Championships

ORLANDO, Florida — Xavier University of Louisiana's Lacee Ancar, Mariia Borodii and Pierre Andrieu earned a pair of single victories Thursday during the HBCU National Tennis Championships at USTA National Campus.
     
Ancar defeated Elizabeth City State's Camryn Thompson 6-2, 6-1 in the women's B-flight round of 32, then beat Johnson C. Smith's Cierra Turner 6-1, 6-1 in the round of 16. Borodii beat North Carolina A&T's Fabiana Ramirez 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7) in the women's A-flight round of 16 and Jackson State's second-seeded Nina Zhang 6-3, 6-4 in the quarterfinals. Andrieu defeated Shaw's Diego Leal 6-4, 6-4 in the men's B-flight round of 32 and North Carolina A&T's Hayden Faulkenbury 6-1, 6-3 in the round of 16.
     
XULA's top-seeded Charlene Goreau, the women's A-flight defending champion, lost 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) to Florida A&M's Mialiniaina Rakotondrazafy in the quarterfinals.
     
XULA, a longtime NAIA power, won eight matches against NCAA Division I opponents.
     
The three-day tournament will conclude Saturday.

RESULTS:  WOMEN     MEN

Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications
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