No. 3 XULA Gold Rush make 29th consecutive top-5 appearance

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana was No. 3 Tuesday, same as it was three weeks ago, in the NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll.
     
The Gold Rush (1-1) are in the top five for the 29th consecutive time — that streak began Jan. 26, 2016.
     
The Gold Rush lost at NCAA Division I South Alabama, then earned a home victory against NAIA and city rival Loyola, which is among the "others receiving votes" at 28th place.
     
The XULA men will not compete this week, but their next dual match — 4 p.m. Feb. 22 at the University of New Orleans — will begin a workload of six competitions in eight days.

     The Gold Rush active poll streaks:
     •  97 consecutive appearances in the top 25 . . . streak began April 4, 2007.
     •  88 consecutive appearances in the top 20 . . . streak began April 30, 2008.
     •  73 consecutive appearances in the top 15 . . . streak began Feb. 1, 2011.
     •  67 consecutive appearances in the top 10 . . . streak began May 3, 2011.
     •  29 consecutive appearances in the top 5 . . . streak began Jan. 26, 2016.
     •  29 consecutive appearances in the top 4 . . . streak began Jan. 26, 2016.
     The next rankings will be announced Feb. 26.
 

NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll (first-place votes in parentheses — records through Feb. 10)

RANK	PREVIOUS	SCHOOL	RECORD	POINTS
1	1	Georgia Gwinnett (14)	1-0	374
2	2	Keiser (Fla.)	3-2	361
3	3	Xavier (La.)	1-1	351
4	4	William Carey (Miss.)	0-0	336
5	5	Reinhardt (Ga.)	0-0	324
6	6	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	0-0	310
7	7	William Woods (Mo.)	1-0	309
8	8	Cumberland (Tenn.)	0-0	291
9	9	Campbellsville (Ky.)	3-0	277
10	10	Cardinal Stritch (Wis.)	0-0	268
11	11	Mobile (Ala.)	0-0	252
12	12	Arizona Christian	1-1	244
13	14	Tennessee Wesleyan	1-0	227
14	15	Union (Ky.)	0-1	211
15	13	Middle Georgia	0-2	191
16	24	Point (Ga.)	2-3	184
17	17	Westmont (Calif.)	1-1	177
18	19	McPherson (Kan.)	0-0	149
19	16	Northwestern Ohio	0-2	144
20	23	Marian (Ind.)	15-3	143
21	25	Cumberlands (Ky.)	2-0	141
22	22	Coastal Georgia	3-1	119
T-23	NR	Hope International (Calif.)	2-1	117
T-23	21	Asbury (Ky.)	1-0	117
25	18	San Diego Christian (Calif.)	0-1	95

Dropped from the Top 25: Lawrence Tech (Mich.)
Others Receiving Votes: Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 72, Indiana Wesleyan 61, Loyola (La.) 29, Texas A&M Texarkana 25, Ottawa (Kan.) 15, St. Francis (Ill.) 8, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 8, Georgetown (Ky.) 8, Missouri Valley 8, St. Thomas (Fla.) 7, Judson (Ill.) 4.

Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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