Nuggets, like Rush, chasing Georgia Gwinnett, Keiser

NEW ORLEANS — Georgia Gwinnett, followed by Keiser, followed by Xavier University of Louisiana.
     
That's the order of the top three teams in this week's NAIA women's tennis coaches poll, which was announced Tuesday. It's the same top three as in the men's poll, and it's been that way throughout the 2019 season.
     
The point totals of the Gold Nuggets, Georgia Gwinnett and Keiser are the same as they were two weeks ago. Georgia Gwinnett, the three-time defending national champion, has received every first-place vote this season.
     
The top 12 women's teams are the same as they were previously.
     
The XULA women — 5-3 with a season-best three-dual-match win streak — will play just once this week, but it's a dandy: 2 p.m. Friday against ninth-ranked William Carey in Hattiesburg, Miss. XULA will seek its third victory this season against a top-25 team; the Nuggets already have beaten No. 8 LSU-Alexandria on the road and No. 20 Loyola (New Orleans) at home.
     
The next rankings will be announced March 12.
     The Gold Nuggets' active poll streaks:
     •  60 consecutive appearances in the top 25 . . . streak began May 1, 2012.
     •  60 consecutive appearances in the top 20 . . . streak began May 1, 2012.
     •  19 consecutive appearances in the top 15 . . . streak began Feb. 28, 2017.
     •  10 consecutive appearances in the top 10 . . . streak began Feb. 27, 2018.
     •  9 consecutive appearances in the top 5 . . . streak began March 13, 2018.
     •  7th consecutive appearance in the top 4 . . . streak began April 10, 2018.
     •  6th consecutive appearance in the top 3 . . . streak began April 24, 2018.
 

NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll (first-place votes in parentheses — records through Feb. 24)

RANK	PREVIOUS	SCHOOL	RECORD	POINTS
1	1	Georgia Gwinnett [14]	0-0	374
2	2	Keiser (Fla.)	3-1	362
3	3	Xavier (La.)	2-2	350
4	4	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	0-0	330
5	5	Brenau (Ga.)	1-2	326
6	6	William Woods (Mo.)	0-1	320
7	7	Cardinal Stritch (Wis.)	0-0	296
8	8	LSU-Alexandria (La.)	1-0	285
9	9	William Carey (Miss.)	0-0	278
10	10	Indiana Wesleyan	16-1	266
11	11	SCAD Savannah (Ga.)	2-1	265
12	12	Middle Georgia	0-1	242
13	13	San Diego Christian (Calif.)	1-0	230
14	14	Westmont (Calif.)	1-3	216
15	15	Cumberlands (Ky.)	1-1	208
16	16	SCAD Atlanta (Ga.)	1-0	194
17	18	Union (Ky.)	0-1	179
18	19	Cumberland (Tenn.)	0-0	168
19	20	Arizona Christian	0-2	153
20	21	Loyola (La.)	2-2	147
21	22	Campbellsville (Ky.)	2-0	130
22	25	Marian (Ind.)	11-3	114
23	23	Mobile (Ala.)	0-0	112
24	24	Reinhardt (Ga.)	0-0	104
25	17	Northwestern Ohio	0-2	82

Dropped from the Top 25: none
Others Receiving Votes: Georgetown (Ky.) 64, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 48, Missouri Valley 36, Southwestern (Kan.) 22, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 16, Tennessee Wesleyan 15, Webber International (Fla.) 11, Asbury (Ky.) 10, Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 8, Southeastern (Fla.) 3.

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