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Morehouse's Mandell Ray Invited to Oakland Raiders Rookie Minicamp


Albany State at No. 10 in 2019 NCAA Division II Men's Golf Regional Championship


Howard Lacrosse Falls in Season Finale Against Kennesaw State


Week 12: SIAC Baseball Players of the Week


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August Of Saint Augustine's Selected To All-CIAA Softball Team


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Former Granby coach Lonnie Blow named Division II winner of the Clarence "Big House" Gaines coach of the year


Maryland men’s basketball assistant Kevin Broadus intends to become Morgan State head coach


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Savannah State hosting MEAC Men's Golf Championship for seventh straight year


A&T's Darryl Johnson kept faith through long NFL Draft wait


Mark Berman: Hall of Famer Cynthia Cooper will be named the new head coach of the women's team at Texas Southern, with announcement coming tomorrow by TSU


AAMU's Bethune signs free agent contract with Atlanta Falcons


Alabama State Baseball clinches East Division outright with win Sunday afternoon


Lady Hornets head to top-seeded Georgia in the NCAA Opening Round


ASU Hornets draw seventh-seeded Mississippi State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament


Alabama State Baseball and Troy to meet at Riverwalk Stadium


Gold Nuggets headed to nationals for 8th straight year

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana women's tennis, ranked third nationally and winner of 33 of its last 39 dual matches, received Monday another at-large bid to the NAIA National Championship tournament.
     
The Gold Nuggets (17-5) qualified for nationals for the eighth consecutive year, the 11th time in 12 years and the 13th time overall.
     

The final pretournament step — the NAIA's announcement of the bracket and seedings — will occur Tuesday. The five-day tournament will begin May 14 at Copeland-Cox Mobile Tennis Center in Mobile, Ala.
     

The XULA women are 11-1 this season against top-25 teams and closed their regular season with a 4-3 victory April 20 at West Florida, then ranked No. 15 in NCAA Division II and currently 14th. Neither XULA team played in an end-of-season conference or unaffiliated group qualifying tournament.
     

The top eight seeds will receive first-round byes and play their first matches May 15. The XULA women, No. 3 in every coaches poll this season, are expected to receive a bye, same as they did in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018.
     

The Gold Nuggets reached the national semifinals in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2018. That 2013 team was the first in any XULA sport to reach the semifinals of an NAIA national tournament.
     

This is the eighth consecutive year and the 10th time in 11 years that both XULA tennis teams qualified for nationals. The XULA men received their school-record 11th consecutive bid to nationals Monday.

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