Charles-Alfred and Bashir are seeded 1st, Perez 3rd at ITA Cup

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's Angela Charles-Alfred and Lailaa Bashir have earned the No. 1 seed in the women's NAIA doubles division of the ITA Cup tennis championships at Rome, Ga.
     
XULA's Santiago Perez is seeded third in men's NAIA singles.
     
The four-day event will begin Thursday at Rome Tennis Center at Berry College. Perez will play at 11 a.m. EDT in the opening round against Tennessee Wesleyan's Valentin Popescu. Charles-Alfred and Bashir will play at 2:45 p.m. EDT against Cardinal Stritch's Lisa Keller and Assya Trimari.
     
Weather website darksky.net predicts a temperature of 54 degrees when Perez begins his match and 65 degrees when Charles-Alfred and Bashir start theirs. Skies will be clear.
     
Charles-Alfred and Bashir earned an automatic berth in this event by winning the ITA NAIA South Regional title Sept. 22 at XULA. Perez, the men's ITA NAIA National Rookie of the Year last season, received an at-large bid.
     
Charles-Alfred and Bashir are 7-0 this fall as a doubles team. They also won the A-bracket of the HBCU National Championships in September.

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