The Gold Nuggets have started the season 2-2, including home victories against NCAA Division I Texas State and city rival Loyola, which climbed one place to 20th. XULA's losses were to DIs South Alabama and New Orleans.
Coach Alan Green announced an additional match for the Nuggets: 11 a.m. Saturday at Northwestern State in Natchitoches, La. The Lady Demons are one of seven DIs on the XULA schedule.
The Gold Nuggets' active poll streaks:
• 59 consecutive appearances in the top 25 . . . streak began May 1, 2012.
• 59 consecutive appearances in the top 20 . . . streak began May 1, 2012.
• 18 consecutive appearances in the top 15 . . . streak began Feb. 28, 2017.
• 9 consecutive appearances in the top 10 . . . streak began Feb. 27, 2018.
• 8 consecutive appearances in the top 5 . . . streak began March 13, 2018.
• 6th consecutive appearance in the top 4 . . . streak began April 10, 2018.
• 5th consecutive appearance in the top 3 . . . streak began April 24, 2018.
The next rankings will be announced Feb. 26.
| NAIA Women'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) | 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 XULAgold.com twitter.com/xulagold |
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