Sunday, September 26, 2021

XULA Cross Country and Volleyball Recaps - Sept. 25

Volleyball:  XULA lost 19-25, 26-28, 25-22, 25-23, 15-13 to Huston-Tillotson, then defeated Wiley 25-19, 25-18, 25-13 in Red River Athletic Conference matches at DeSoto Texas. Huston-Tillotson snapped XULA's 55-match win streak in regular-season conference play -- a streak which began in October 2016. XULA -- 3-5 overall and 3-1 in conference -- will play its first home match of the season at 1 p.m. next Saturday (Oct. 2) against RRAC opponent Texas College at the Convocation Center.

 

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Cross Country:  After missing three meets because of Hurricane Ida, XULA's distance runners traveled to Lake Charles, La., for their first meet of the season, the Lake Charles Toyota Cowboy Stampede. The men did not qualify for team scoring, but the women did and finished sixth out of eight schools. The Gold Nuggets finished ahead of NCAA Division I opponents Texas Southern and Northwestern State. XULA is a longtime NAIA member. Top finishers for XULA were Skylah Barton (35th place, 21 minutes, 14.2 seconds for 5,000 meters) in the women's race and Steven Wilson (52nd place, 24:52.2 for four miles) in the men's. Barton and Wilson are freshmen.

Ed Cassiere

Associate Athletics Director for Strategic Communications 

Department of Athletics & Recreation 

Xavier University of Louisiana 

xulagold.com

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