Saturday, March 2, 2019

JSU Softball Battle in Pair of Close Setbacks


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"National Read Across America Day", MVSU Athletics had a blast reading to the students at Bankston Elementary


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Alabama A&M Uses Big Third Inning To Topple Alcorn In SWAC Opener, 11-2


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Big Innings Power UAPB Lions To SWAC-Opening Win


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TSU baseball team falls to Grambling in SWAC opener


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Texas Southern Lady Tigers drop first two games at Red & White Showcase


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TSU Tigers put winning streak on the line at Alabama State


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TSU Lady Tigers set for Alabama State on Saturday


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Proud of our @TSUSoccer student-athletes who were in Austin earlier this week to advocate for the university and its athletics programs and to discuss the legislation impacting each department.


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Prairie View A&M Drops Home Opener to Arkansas Pine Bluff

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Coach Summers reacts to EWC Athletics’ win over the defending GCAC Men’s Basketball Champions Dillard (Video Highlights)


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Conference News: Day 1 -- 2019 GCAC Men's & Women's Basketball Tournament (Video Highlights)



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Men's Basketball: Thomas Billups Winning His Way at Tougaloo


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Congratulations to our GCAC 2019 Cheerleading All-Conference Team!


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Kelsi Bradford and Angelle Guillard are All-GCAC 2018-19 honorees from XULA Cheer


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Rush topple Panthers again to reach GCAC semifinals

Xavier University of Louisiana men's basketballJACKSONVILLE, Florida — Xavier University of Louisiana defeated Philander Smith 67-53 Friday to advance to the men's basketball semifinals of the Gulf Coast Athletic Tournament.
     
The Gold Rush (18-13), seeded fourth, will play top-seeded Tougaloo in the semifinals at 7 p.m. EST Saturday.
     
XULA's William Loyd, named second-team All-GCAC Thursday, scored 14 points and reached double figures for the 11th consecutive game. Jeff Dixon scored 13 points and made three 3-pointers, and Damani Flanagain had 10 points and a season-high 12 rebounds.
     
Rayshawn Mart — XULA's other second-team All-GCAC player — Dixon and Galen Smith had four assists apiece.
     
Daldric Sargent scored 14 points and Kevin Shields 12 for the Panthers (11-19), the No. 5 seed.
     
XULA defeated Philander Smith for the second time in five days. The Gold Rush won 93-76 Monday at home. It was XULA's fourth consecutive double-digit victory.
     
Tougaloo, 2-0 against XULA during the regular season, defeated eighth-seeded Rust 97-64.

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 Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
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XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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SUNO upsets Gold Nuggets 58-56 in GCAC opening round

JACKSONVILLE, Florida — Andriel Moss was the real deal Friday, producing 28 points and 14 rebounds to lead eighth-seeded SUNO to a 58-56 upset of top-seeded and 23rd-ranked Xavier University of Louisiana in the women's basketball first round of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament.
     
Xavier University of Louisiana women's basketballThe Gold Nuggets (23-7), who won the GCAC regular-season championship, will be considered for an at-large bid to the NAIA Division I National Championship. The NAIA will announce the 32-team field and pairings Wednesday, and the tournament will begin March 13 in Billings, Mont.
    
Moss scored eight points during a 14-2 run that turned XULA's 43-41 lead into a 55-45 SUNO advantage with 4:35 remaining. A Moss basket at 7:25 put the Lady Knights (7-22) ahead to stay at 45-43, and an Asia Thibodeaux 3-pointer closed the rally.
     
Freshman Anica Gacevic, who made three second-half 3s for XULA, missed from 28 feet on the Gold Nuggets' final possession.
     
GCAC Player of the Year Jas Hill had 14 points and five steals for the Gold Nuggets. Gacevic scored nine, Essence Wells had eight points and three steals, and Mikayla Bates scored seven. Maya Trench had eight assists, three steals and no turnovers.
     
Moss, a 5-foot-11 senior forward in her second season at SUNO, tied her career point high.

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 Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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Another ranked team falls; Gold Nuggets win at Carey

HATTIESBURG, Mississippi — During the past 54 weeks, Xavier University of Louisiana has built one of the most dazzling resumes in women's tennis.
     
XULA continued its success Friday, getting doubles and singles victories from Mariia Borodii and Farah Baklouti and the clincher from Angela Charles-Alfred in a 5-2 victory at William Carey. Although the Gold Nuggets (6-3), ranked third in the NAIA, dropped 2-of-3 doubles matches, they rallied with four consecutive singles victories to give the ninth-ranked Lady Crusaders (3-1) their first loss of the season.
     
Xavier University of Louisiana women's tennisBeginning with a victory at Brenau on Feb. 17, 2018, the Gold Nuggets have won 14 of their last 15 dual matches against top-25 opponents — 7-of-8 against top 10s. This year XULA is 3-0 against the top 25, 2-0 against the top 10.
     
Borodii and Baklouti defeated Xiana Garcia and Manon Benetrix 8-2 on the first doubles court. In singles, Borodii beat Valeriya Shurbina 6-4, 6-1 at No. 1, and Baklouti defeated Sabrina Goetzen 6-1, 6-2 at No. 4. Charles-Alfred ended the dual at No. 3 with her 6-3, 6-3 victory against Wijitbanjong Pakkaro.
     
Charlene Goreau was first off the court in singles, rolling to a 6-0, 6-0 decision against Garcia at No. 2.
     
"After a rough day of doubles, we regrouped and really came alive in singles," XULA coach Alan Greensaid. "Our singles lineup really came to play today."
     
These Nuggets are road warriors, too. Of those seven wins against top 10s, only one occurred at home. The shiniest gem of that bunch was at West Florida — a 5-3 XULA victory against a team that eventually finished 2018 as the NCAA Division II national runner-up.
     
XULA will return to the road March 9 — one week from Saturday — for an ambitious women's/men's tripleheader in Jackson, Miss.: 9 a.m. against Tougaloo, 1 p.m. against Rust, then 4 p.m. against NCAA Division I Jackson State. Tougaloo and Rust are Gulf Coast Athletic Conference members like XULA, and it will be the Nuggets' and Rush's first competition against the GCAC since 2015.

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 Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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Gold Rush can't hold lead, fall 5-4 at William Carey

Xavier University of Louisiana men's tennisHATTIESBURG, Mississippi — The men's tennis teams of Xavier University of Louisiana and William Carey battled through four lead changes Friday. The last one favored the Crusaders, who won on the third and fifth singles courts and rallied for a 5-4 victory in a matchup of ranked NAIA teams.
     
The third-ranked Gold Rush (3-2) led 4-3 afterSantiago Perez defeated Elvyn Nguyen 6-4, 6-3 on the first singles court. But the 11th-ranked Crusaders (3-1) tied the dual when Hugo Robuchon defeated Samir Chikhaoui 6-3, 6-2 at No. 3, then clinched when Ben Griedelbach beat Chris Anders 6-3, 6-1 at No. 5 to end a memorable day for both teams.
     
"This match was great," XULA coach Alan Green said. "It was a great nationals-type atmosphere with the William Carey crowd being loud and raucous. Of course I hate the outcome, but the Rush had some good performances. We will see those guys again at our place (April 6, noon) and it will be another battle. That Carey team is a top-5 NAIA team. They just got their top two guys cleared before this match."
     
Perez and Shaikh Abdullah won in doubles and singles. They teamed on the first court for a 9-7 victory against Griedelbach and Tim Fischer, and Abdullah defeated Akanit Pumjit 2-6, 7-6 (7-1), 6-2 at No. 2 singles.
     
The other Gold Rush point came at No. 2 doubles. Chikhaoui and Gabriel Niculescu defeated Nguyen and Enzo Simon 8-6.
     
The XULA men will play Texas A&M-Texarkana — a fifth-year program receiving votes in this week's NAIA coaches poll — at 11 a.m. Friday at XULA Tennis Center, then join the XULA women the following day for a tripleheader in Jackson, Miss.: 9 a.m. against Tougaloo, 1 p.m. against Rust and 4 p.m. against NCAA Division I Jackson State.

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 Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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Paine Lions Archie Named SIAC All-Conference


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Paine Baseball Postpones Weekend Series With Bluefield State Due To Threat Of Inclement Weather


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Lane Lady Dragons Advance; Reach SIAC Championship Game


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Miles Golden Bears to play for SIAC title


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No pumpkin for this Cinderella; 'Breds advance to SIAC Title Game


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SIAC Semifinals Mark Historical Runs


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