The tennis teams of Xavier University of Louisiana traveled to the central part of the state to grab three dual-match victories Sunday.
During the morning in Alexandria, the XULA women defeated LSUA 5-0 in a matchup of NAIA top-10 teams. Then in the afternoon in Pineville, the Gold Nuggets and Gold Rush dropped a combined two games in 9-0 victories against NCAA Division III Louisiana College.
The victories against LC stretched the Gold Nuggets' win streak to three and the Gold Rush's to two. The XULA women are 5-3, and the men are 2-1.
The Gold Rush will play NCAA Division I Nicholls at 3 p.m. Wednesday at XULA Tennis Center. On Friday both XULA teams will travel to Hattiesburg, Miss., to play William Carey in more matchups with top-10 NAIA opponents. Both XULA teams are ranked third; the William Carey men are fourth, and its women are ninth.
Charlene Goreau, ranked 34th among NAIA singles players, clinched against LSUA with a 6-0, 6-1 victory on the second court against No. 50 Patricia Perez. Farah Baklouti also won 6-0, 6-1 against Marie Cool on the fourth court.
Lacee Ancar and Angela Charles-Alfred earned XULA's first doubles point with an 8-2 victory against Niamh Parker and Katheryne Campos. Baklouti and Mariia Borodii, ranked 14th nationally, made it 2-0 with an 8-3 decision against Miljana Milojevic and Cool, then 19th-ranked Goreau and Yi Chen Pao completed the doubles sweep by beating Perez and Patricia Martinez 8-4.
LSUA is ranked eighth.
XULA dominated Louisiana College, losing one game in women's doubles and one game in men's singles. Borodii did not play against LC, allowing Angelica De Vincenzis to earn her first doubles victory of the spring semester and the same for Lacee Ancar in singles. De Vincenzis and Baklouti defeated Caitlyn Scheibal and Diana Soto at No. 3 doubles, and Ancar beat Soto 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6 singles.
Santiago Perez, Shaikh Abdullah, Chris Anders, Pierre Andrieu Samir Chikhaoui and Gabriel Niculescu won in doubles and singles for the XULA men, who competed for the first time in two weeks. Andrieu clinched with a 6-0, 6-0 victory against Johnathan Franklin.
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Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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