Harper, McCullough Repeat as SWAC Weekly Winners

Harper, McCullough Repeat as SWAC Weekly Winners https://t.co/HUorqj4NyP

— Alcorn Sports (@BRAVESSPORTS) September 30, 2019

#SWACFB Players of the Week- Sept. 30

Congratulations to @BRAVESSPORTS Felix Harper and Corey McCullough, along with @SouthernUsports Calvin Lunkins, @PVAMUPanthers Dewonya Tucker, and @TXSOTigers Donnie Corley for being named #SWACFB Players of the Weekhttps://t.co/eMsx8qeyTf

— Southwestern Athletic Conference (@theswac) September 30, 2019

SAU Head Coaches, Selected Players Set For CIAA Basketball Virtual Media Day Tuesday

SAU Head Coaches, Selected Players Set For CIAA Basketball Virtual Media Day Tuesday @SAU_News @CIAAForLife @HBCUGameday @WRAL @WNCN @ABC11_WTVD @SpecNewsRDU @TriTribune @TheCaroNews @Onnidan https://t.co/jOZGWF9uD3

— SAU Athletics (@SAUFalcons) September 30, 2019

WATCH: FAMU linebacker Elijah Richardson on being a semifinalist for the Campbell Award

WATCH: FAMU linebacker Elijah Richardson on being a semifinalist for the Campbell Award https://t.co/LFdsEJI7z4

— Tallahassee Democrat (@TDOnline) September 30, 2019

Lady Bears Stung By Delaware State, 3-2

🐻🏐Zoe McBride recorded a match-high 25 kills and added 11 digs, but it wasn't enough, as visiting @DSUHornets🐝 earned a 3-2 @MEACSports Northern Division victory over the Lady Bears on Sunday at 📍Hill Field House.
Recap 📝https://t.co/23pxkziQAd pic.twitter.com/zFWOr5USBj

— Morgan State Bears (@MorganStBears) September 30, 2019

Congratulations to Alexia Souza on repeating as @RRACSports Setter of the Week!!!

Congratulations to Alexia Souza on repeating as @RRACSports Setter of the Week!!! #ClawsOut pic.twitter.com/QSqNWPslmT

— Wiley Athletics (@WileyAthletics) September 30, 2019

TSU Women's Basketball Holds First Practice - Photo Gallery

Got after it today!
📷➡️https://t.co/ySnbNGFinq#BigBlueRising pic.twitter.com/HXUZWRXZTf

— TSU Lady Tigers (@tsuladytigers) September 30, 2019

Fort Valley State quarterback Slade Jarman named BOXTOROW National Player of the Week

. @FVSUATHLETICS quarterback Slade Jarman named BOXTOROW National Player of the Week https://t.co/eySBB2wFFH

— BOXTOROW MEDIA (@boxtorow) September 30, 2019

California governor signs bill that makes it easier for college athletes to profit from name, likeness

California governor signs bill that makes it easier for college athletes to profit from name, likeness https://t.co/yTdkhplpHq via @usatoday

— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) September 30, 2019

LeVelle Moton keeps on winning at N.C. Central, but how long is he going to stay?

With a series of NCAA Tournament appearances and a spot with USA Basketball, LeVelle Moton's star is rising. So how long will he stay with N.C. Central? via @clbrownhoops https://t.co/vkCm9PfNDf

— The Athletic CBB (@TheAthleticCBB) September 30, 2019

FAMU kicks off 2019 Homecoming week

Homecoming is more than a week of fun. It's a time where @FAMU_1887 alumni come back and help clear a path for baby #Rattlers. https://t.co/J5GRxcFkFV

— WTXL ABC 27 (@abc27) September 30, 2019

WATCH: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wins historic 4th 100m title at Track and Field Worlds | NBC Sports

Fraser-Pryce’s record-breaking victory came two years after she gave birth to her son, Zyon (corrects son’s age) https://t.co/aP9s01ElaS

— CNN (@CNN) September 30, 2019

Price, Wilson lead XULA runners at McNeese meet

Results:  Men    Women

LAKE CHARLES, La. — Senior Taylor Price and freshman Ahmad Wilson were Xavier University of Louisiana's first finishers Saturday in the Lake Charles Toyota Cowboy Stampede cross country meet at Enos Derbonne Sports Complex.
     
Price, leading the Gold Nuggets for the third time in as many meets this season, ran 5,000 meters in 20 minutes, 59.4 seconds to finish 53rd out of 100 women. Wilson, leading the Gold Rush for the first time in his XULA career, ran four miles in 25:26.5 to place 88th out of 104 men.
     
\Also finishing for the XULA women were Maliya Vaughan (87th place, 25:02.8), Alexis Williams (90th, 25:56.1), Darryan Horton (91st, 25:58.2) and Hajjia Mohammed (98th, 27:34.3). Horton, a freshman, made her collegiate debut.
     
The other finishers for the XULA men were Ghassan Alansi (91st, 26:11.2), Adrian Thornton (93rd, 27:36.7) and Devin Macklin-Jackson (94th, 27:48.5). It was the first collegiate race for Thornton, a freshman.
     
In women's team scoring, the Gold Nuggets collected 359 points to finish 13th out of 14 schools. A longtime NAIA member, XULA finished ahead of NCAA Division I Alcorn State. XULA did not qualify for men's team scoring.
     
Individual champions were Arina Kleshchukova (17:34.6) of New Orleans in the women's race and Daniel Saina (19:51.7) of McNeese, the host school, in the men's. Houston won both team titles, outscoring its city rival, Rice, 44-55 in the women's division and McNeese 46-50 in the men's.
     
Next competition for XULA will be the Watson Ford Invitational Oct. 12 at Choctaw Trails Course in Clinton, Miss. The women's 6,000-meter race will start at 8:30 a.m., followed by the men's 8,000-meter race at 9:15 a.m.

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Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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Sizzling September! Nuggets win at SUNO, move to 7-0 in GCAC

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana volleyball finished September unbeaten after its 25-11, 25-19, 25-19 victory at SUNO Saturday.
     
The Gold Nuggets (15-4 overall, 7-0 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference) were 7-0 during the month — the fourth time in the program's 12-year history that XULA did not lose during a calendar month.
     
"We've started well in the first half of the conference schedule," XULA head coach Pat Kendrick said. "We're continuing to work on our consistency as we move toward GCAC Tournament play."
     
Bria Mayes had nine kills and hit .533, and Jaida Dowd and Vivica Price-Spraggins had seven kills apiece for the Gold Nuggets, who finished at .308 and hit .300 for the first time in 14 matches.
     
Other XULA statistical leaders were Tiffany Phillips and Eva Le Guillou with 14 assists apiece, Taylor McGee and Melody Scales with two aces apiece, McGee and Jennifer Torres with nine digs apiece and Price-Spraggins and Adili Rikondja with five blocks apiece.
     
Destinee Cain had eight kills, Kennedy Williams seven and Taikedra Joseph six for SUNO (1-6, 1-6), and Kennedy Cooper had 12 digs.
     
XULA limited SUNO to .099 hitting and had advantages of 40-26 in kills, 35-20 in assists, 8-0 in aces, 44-34 in digs and 10-1 in blocks.
     
XULA closed the first set with an 18-6 run, but SUNO played much more competitively the final two sets. Three late Price-Spraggins kills gave the Gold Nuggets the second set after trailing 13-10 and 15-14, and in the third set Mayes had three kills and Dowd two to help XULA turn a 3-0 deficit into a 15-5 lead. Mayes ended the match with a kill.
     
There were four GCAC matches Saturday at SUNO. XULA won 25-6, 25-18, 25-22 against Tougaloo in its other match. Dillard, in second place in the GCAC at 6-1, defeated SUNO 23-25, 25-16, 25-15, 25-14 and Tougaloo 25-15, 25-14, 25-22.
     
In the GCAC regular season, XULA has won:
     •  Its last 34 matches in a row.
     •  Its last 15 sets in a row.
     •  103 of its last 105 matches.
     •  102 of its last 104 sets.
     
XULA will go out of town for three matches in two days next week — 3 p.m. Friday at the University of Mobile in Mobile, Ala., then Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla., against GCAC opponents Talladega at 1 p.m. EDT and Edward Waters at 6 p.m. EDT.

BOX SCORE

Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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Gold Nuggets defeat Tougaloo in 1st of 2 GCAC matches at SUNO

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana hit .688 in the first set Saturday en route to a 25-6, 25-18, 25-22 volleyball victory against Tougaloo in the first of two Gulf Coast Athletic Conference matches for the Gold Nuggets at SUNO's The Castle.
     
XULA (14-4, 6-0) will play SUNO in the other match at 6 p.m.
     
Maya Smith and Vivica Price-Spraggins had seven kills apiece for the Gold Nuggets, and they hit a combined .722 in 18 attacks. Kayla Black and Zora Barnett had six kills apiece, and Ema Causevic and Bria Mayes had four kills apiece.
     
Taylor McGee had match highs of three aces and 12 digs. Jennifer Torres had 10 digs, Causevic served two aces, and Smith had two blocks. Eva Le Guillou had 21 assists, and Tiffany Phillips had eight.
     
Kierstin Salley and Kayelyn Salley had five kills apiece for Tougaloo (5-12, 3-4), and Briana Hodge had four blocks.
    
XULA outhit Tougaloo .235 to .038 — .280 to minus-.078 through the first two sets — and had advantages of 39-18 in kills, 35-15 in assists, 8-1 in aces and 37-20 in digs. Tougaloo had a 5-4 edge in blocks.
     
The victory was the Gold Nuggets' sixth in a row, a season high, and their ninth in their last 10 matches. In the GCAC regular season, XULA has won 33 matches in a row and 102 of its last 104.
     
XULA is 20-0 all-time against Tougaloo. The teams will meet again at 6 p.m. Oct. 19 at XULA's Convocation Center.

BOX SCORE

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#SWACVOLLEYBALL Recap: September 29

#SWACVOLLEYBALL Recap: September 29 - Southwestern Athletic Conference https://t.co/W6n7w9Xzif

— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) September 30, 2019

#SWACSOCCER Recaps: September 29

#SWACSOCCER Recaps: September 29 - Southwestern Athletic Conference https://t.co/PrzscBmxDM

— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) September 30, 2019

MEAC Volleyball Recap, Sept. 29

#MEACVB @MEACSports Volleyball Recap, Sept. 29 #RespectTheMEAC https://t.co/a1VdwNVzQo

— Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (@MEACSports) September 29, 2019

KYSU Football upsets JSU in Circle City Classic

KYSU Football upsets JSU in Circle City Classic https://t.co/UymA0vXn7O

— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) September 30, 2019

Savannah State Football picks up third consecutive win and second in new conference

Savannah State Football picks up third consecutive win and second in new conference https://t.co/1vYCixDHmV

— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) September 30, 2019

SHC XC Men finish in 5th place at UAH

SHC XC Men finish in 5th place at UAH https://t.co/g6prqHaF5q

— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) September 30, 2019

SHC Women's Cross Country finishes 6th in Huntsville

SHC Women's Cross Country finishes 6th in Huntsville https://t.co/2gBehueXiN

— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) September 30, 2019

BC Lady Tigers Have Best-Ever Finish At Queens Invitational

Lady Tigers Have Best-Ever Finish At Queens Invitational https://t.co/fPCRjtNdqi

— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) September 30, 2019

SIAC Football Recap Week 4, September 28

SIAC Football Recap Week 4, September 28 https://t.co/G5xtaCVZ1G

— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) September 30, 2019

Week 5 Black College Football Player of the Year Spotlight: @FSUBroncos WR Stevie Green

Week 5 Black College Football Player of the Year Spotlight: @FSUBroncos WR Stevie Green had 154 yds rushing and 3 TDs in their 55-12 win over Elizabeth City State. pic.twitter.com/ybvy1sPFu0

— BlackCollegeFootball (@BCFHOF) September 29, 2019