Thursday, February 28, 2019

Rust College Jordan Jackson Selected 2018-19 GCAC Freshman of the Year


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Tougaloo College Senior Forward Tonzell Handy Named 2018-19 GCAC Defensive Player of the Year and 2018-19 GCAC Player of the Year


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Talladega College Coach Kevin Herod Named 2018-2019 GCAC Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year


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Talladega Tornadoes Softball Splits Double Header At Bryan College


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Tabitha Robinson scores career-high 25 points as Stillman advance to SSAC Semifinals


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Top-Seed Stillman College Advances to SSAC Semifinals


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Three reasons North Carolina A&T could be a sleeper in the NCAA Tournament if they win big in the MEAC


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Hampton Pirate Does 700 Lbs. Squat!


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NSU Baseball Back at Home to Face Quinnipiac this Weekend


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Home Date with CSU, Final MEAC Road Game Next Up for NSU


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Spartans Can Clinch Regular Season Title during Home-Away Weekend


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Maryland Eastern Shore Baseball opens at home versus Fordham


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Five Eastern Shore Hawks Boston Bound for IC4A/ECAC Championships


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UMES Hawks Travel to Gardner-Webb for Weekend Tournament


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Elizabeth City State Upsets Bowie State, Advances To Semifinals



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Chicago State Matthew Brown Named WAC Men's Freshman Outstanding Athlete ( 2nd Video)



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Congratulations to Chicago State Cougars' Austin Dobrescu and Kaylee Shimizu on being named WAC Golfers of the Week


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SWAC Women's Basketball Notebook: February 28


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Morgan State's Joshua Miles Ready to Participate in NFL Combine


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Morris Brown College Taps Kevin James As Interim President


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Bill would mandate funding for Maryland's historically black colleges and universities


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Week 3: SIAC Tennis Players of the Week


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TSU Men's Basketball Heads to the Cape to Face SEMO On ESPN+@8:45 ET

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TONIGHT ON ESPNews TV Channel @ 7 pm ET: Winthrop Eagles Head To Hampton For Nationally-Televised Game In Regular Season Finale

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SEMO Redhawks Welcome Tennessee State Thursday@6:15 ET on ESPN+

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TSU Softball Returns Home to Host Tiger Classic


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A Behind the Scenes Look at the TSU Softball Photo Shoot

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America’s Oldest HBCU Is Fighting For Survival (Video)


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Mercer Baseball Wraps up Mid-Week Series with win over FAMU


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Will its legacy, fans and money follow the CIAA to Baltimore?


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Toledo adds UMass, Central Connecticut, Norfolk State to future schedules


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Video: Remembering Ben Jobe – Men's Basketball — Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets


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FAMU's Taylor Darks has done more during her college career than some do in their entire life • Athlete • Scholar • Author



Florida A&M Basketball player Taylor Darks is fierce on the court. She's also brilliant in the classroom. Additionally, she's also a published author. The sky is the limit for this MEAC All-Academic Team member and FAMU Athletic Director's 4.0 Club member. See how she balances it all.
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MSU Bears Prepare For Road Test At Delaware State On Saturday


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Coppin State Baseball Leads Early but Falls at Navy, 5-3


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HU Bison WLAX Drops Season Opener at Bucknell


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Aggies Lose Second Straight at Home


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NCCU Eagles Slip against Presbyterian


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Lady Tigers to visit UAPB and MVSU


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Rattler Football Prepares for Spring Practice


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Cats Tennis's Ncube Takes MEAC Weekly Honors


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BCU TRXC's Morrison Slated For 2nd NCAA Indoor Nationals Appearance


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ASU baseball falls to UAB, eyes conference opener this weekend


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Jackson State Sweeps Stillman, 6-0 and 12-4


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South Alabama Defeats Jackson State Women's Tennis


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Tuskegee's men end season at SIAC Basketball Tournament


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Lane Lady Dragons Hand Benedict First loss of Season; Advance to Semifinals in SIAC Tourney


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Cinderella Lions Upset #1 Morehouse In Quarterfinals of SIAC Tournament


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Quarterfinal Round Riddled with Rivalries and Upsets


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Kentucky State Henry becomes all-time wins leader


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Miles College ‘thriving’, provides blueprint for HBCUs nationwide


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Morehouse upset in SIAC quarterfinals


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SWAC Softball Midweek Recaps


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Second Half Rally Helps Lift Shaw Past Saint Augustine's, Bears Advance To CIAA Semifinals


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Trojans Use Tough Defense to Stifle Vikings, Advance to Semifinals


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Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Gold Rush continue mastery of NCAA Division I Nicholls

Xavier University of Louisiana men's tennisNEW ORLEANS — NAIA men's power Xavier University of Louisiana extended its win streak against Nicholls, beating the NCAA Division I opponent 5-0 Wednesday at XULA Tennis Center.
     
It was the fourth consecutive year that the Gold Rush (3-1), ranked third nationally, defeated the Colonels (2-7). The dual match was scored using NAIA rules.
     
Gabriel Niculescu and Shaikh Abdullah won in doubles and singles for XULA. Niculescu and Samir Chikhaouigave the Gold Rush a 3-0 lead with an 8-5 victory against Moritz Borges and Nestor Giribet Lopez at No. 3 doubles, then Niculescu made it 4-0 when he beat Eduardo Marino 6-3, 6-0 on the fourth singles court.
     
Abdullah clinched on the third singles court with a 6-2, 6-2 victory against Giribet Lopez. Abdullah and Santiago Perez scored the first point of the dual with an 8-2 victory at No. 1 doubles against Oleksandr Podgursky and Tobias Lentz.
     
The No. 2 doubles team of Chris Anders and Pierre Andrieu scored the other point in an 8-3 victory against Marino and Alvaro Barranco.
     
XULA led in three of the four unfinished singles matches. The dual lasted slightly less than three hours and was contested under sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 70s.
     
XULA has won three consecutive duals and allowed only one point since an opening loss to South Alabama. Nicholls is 0-5 on the road.
     
XULA's men and women will travel to Hattiesburg, Miss., to play William Carey at 1 p.m. Friday on Carey's campus. Starting time was pushed up one hour. XULA's women are ranked third in the NAIA, William Carey's women are ninth, and its men are 11th.

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XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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Rush earn quick rematch with Panthers in postseason

NEW ORLEANS — Four days after defeating Philander Smith in the regular-season finale, Xavier University of Louisiana will get another look at the Panthers in a win-or-go-home scenario.
     
The Gold Rush (17-13) and the Panthers (11-18) will meet at 11 a.m. EST Friday in the opening round of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament at Jacksonville, Fla. The venue will be the Adams-Jenkins Sports and Music Complex (1859 Kings Road, zip code 32209) at Edward Waters College.
     
Xavier University of Louisiana men's basketballXULA is seeded fourth, and Philander is fifth.
     
XULA head coach Alfred Williams isn't a fan of playing the same opponent in consecutive games, but he's certain of what his team must do to advance to Saturday's semifinals.
     
"We have to be able to match Philander Smith's toughness, and we have to able to execute," Williams said. "Philander is a scrappy, tough, defensive-minded team. They will make adjustments after Monday's game."
    
Monday's game was one of XULA's best of the season: a 93-76 home victory. William Loyd and Ed Carter scored 27 points apiece for the Gold Rush, and Carter made eight 3s to tie the XULA game record.
     
There have been other highlights this season — including Rayshawn Mart's last-second scores in victories against William Carey, Virgin Islands and Campbellsville — but this year's Gold Rush team enters the postseason with five fewer victories than it had a year ago. Last season the Gold Rush finished 24-9, shared the GCAC regular-season championship with Dillard, lost to the Bleu Devils in the GCAC Tournament final, then earned an at-large bid to the NAIA Division I National Championship tournament.
     
"This has been a roller coaster season that didn't quite meet expectations," Williams said. "But we are excited about going to the conference tournament with some momentum and think we can keep it going. Hopefully we have learned from our setbacks during the regular season. I really feel that we haven't peaked yet — we haven't played our best basketball yet."
     
The XULA men may be on the right track. They closed the regular season with three straight double-digit home victories against GCAC opponents. Conversely, the Gold Rush were 1-5 against the three teams ahead of them in the conference standings: Tougaloo (0-2), Talladega (0-2) and Dillard (1-1).
     
Loyd, a 6-foot-5 junior forward from Baton Rouge, La., leads the Gold Rush with 13.9 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. Mart (6-3 sophomore guard, Houma, La.) averages 12.3 points, Carter (6-1 sophomore guard, Detroit) averages 10.0, and Jeff Dixon (6-2 senior guard, New Orleans) averages 9.8.
     
The XULA-Philander Smith winner will play top-seeded Tougaloo (ranked fourth nationally) or eighth-seeded Rust in the semifinals at 7 p.m. EST Saturday. The championship game is scheduled for 4:15 p.m. EST Sunday. The tournament champion will receive the GCAC's automatic bid to the national tournament March 20-26 at Kansas City, Mo.
     
If the Gold Rush win the GCAC Tournament, it will be a major drought-breaker. The XULA men have not won this event since it beat SUNO 81-66 in the final on March 2, 1996, at Mobile, Ala.

 Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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Top-seeded Nuggets to meet SUNO at 5 p.m. EST Friday

Xavier University of Louisiana women's basketballNEW ORLEANS — Women's basketball city rivals will meet for a third time this season when top-seeded Xavier University of Louisiana meets SUNO at 5 p.m. EST Friday in the opening round of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament at Jacksonville, Fla.
     
The GCAC announced pairings, venues and times late Tuesday. Top-seeded XULA (23-6) and eighth-seeded SUNO (6-22) will play in the Adams-Jenkins Sports and Music Complex (1859 Kings Road, zip code 32209) at Edward Waters College.
     
XULA clinched a tie for the GCAC regular-season championship with a 55-54 home victory last week against SUNO, then won it outright Monday with a 66-57 home victory against Philander Smith. The championship is the Gold Nuggets' 30th of the Title IX era and their first in the GCAC regular season since 2012-13.
     
"We've really been a work in progress the whole year," 20th-year head coach Bo Browder said. "I felt like we had a good team on opening night, and it looked like our chemistry kept getting better as the season went along. I think we surprised a lot of people, but we're not surprised because we knew about the kind of team we would have if we worked hard and played together."
     
Although SUNO finished 12 games behind XULA in the regular-season standings, the Gold Nuggets needed fourth-quarter rallies to beat the Lady Knights twice this year. In addition to last week's one-point decision, XULA won 45-40 at SUNO Jan. 28.
     
Jas Hill, a 5-foot-7 junior guard/forward from Mobile, Ala., leads the Gold Nuggets in scoring with 15.0 points per game. Essence Wells (5-10 junior guard, Irving, Texas) averages 8.8 points, and Kyla Duncan (5-10 freshman forward, Metairie, La.) averages 6.6. Mikayla Bates (5-7 senior guard, Baton Rouge, La.) leads the Nuggets with 5.4 rebounds per game and 51 steals.
     
The Gold Nuggets have made 186 3-pointers, breaking the school season record of 167 set in 2003-04 and tied in 2011-12.
     
The XULA-SUNO winner will meet fourth-seeded Edward Waters or fifth-seeded Philander Smith in the semifinals at 5 p.m. EST Saturday. The championship game will tip off at 2 p.m. EST Sunday. The tournament champion will receive the GCAC's automatic bid to the NAIA Division I National Championship March 13-19 at Billings, Mont.

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Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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Burton named SIAC Baseball Player of the Week


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Tuskegee's ends season at SIAC Basketball Tournament


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Mitchell Leads Five in Double Figures as CAU Defeats Central State


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CAU Cheerleaders Win SIAC All-Female Cheerleading Championship


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CAU Lady Panthers Charge Back From Early Deficit, But Fall to Central State in Overtime


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Chervelle Cox leads Central State to 86-79 overtime win over Clark Atlanta

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FVSU Wildcats Can’t Hold Game Two Lead, Fall to Barons


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Close Game Results in 1-0 Loss for Albany State Baseball


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Golden Rams Secure Ninth Place at Georgia Southwestern State University Hurricane Invitational


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Lane Rallies To Beat Benedict, 86-84, In SIAC Men's Basketball Tournament


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BC Lady Tigers Sweep Softball Pair From Shaw


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Final from Birmingham: Lane Dragons upset top seed Benedict Lady Tigers 74-61 in quarterfinals of The SIAC Tournament


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Bowie State Cruises Past Broncos to a Quarterfinal Win at CIAA Tournament


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Defensive Effort Leads Top-Seeded Broncos to Win over Claflin


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McNeil's Record Night Leads Lady Panthers past Livingstone


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Tuskegee Women's basketball cruise past Spring Hill at SIAC Tournament


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Wheatley Ready for First Head Coaching Challenge at Morgan State


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Alcorn State Fans Witness Unforgettable Magnolia Bluffs Casino Hotel Shootout Win


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ASU Lady Braves Welcome Nicholls Thursday, TAMUT Saturday to Alcorn Softball Complex


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Eastern Shore Hawks Place Fourth In Alabama State Tournament


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Preston: Next test for Morgan State's Joshua Miles starts this week at NFL scouting combine


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Work in the weight room and classroom makes Morgan State’s Joshua Miles a surprising NFL prospect


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Morgan State’s Joshua Miles is emerging as a surprise NFL prospect


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Birmingham Bound: Record 3 NSU Spartans Qualify for NCAA Indoor TFXC Championships


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NCAT basketball running the MEAC


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Clark Atlanta Panthers and Central State Marauders Claim 2019 SIAC Cheer Champion Titles


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Western Division Dominates Day Two of SIAC Tournament


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Fisk University Head Men's Basketball Coach/Former NBA All-Star Kenny Anderson suffers stroke


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MEAC Announces Weekly Women's Tennis Honors


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MEAC Announces Weekly Men's Tennis Honors


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Nine Former TSU Student-Athletes Earn Forty Under 40 Honors


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The Journey Ahead: Paul Quinn College Expansion


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Essynce Templeton of Paul Quinn Tigers was named RRAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week for Feb. 18-24


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Lincoln Women No. 3 in the Nation, Men Crack Top-10


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Lincoln Blue Tigers Open Final Week of the Season on Wednesday


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LU Blue Tigers Set For Rematch With Southwest Baptist


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Lincoln Blue Tigers Earn 17 All-Region Awards


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The current MIAA schedule for men's and women's basketball action TONIGHT!


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Langston Falls to OCU in SAC Tournament Quarterfinals


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