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Tuesday, April 9, 2019
GCAC selects its Athletes of the Week for the week of April 1-7
Stillman Tigers Drop Two at Faulkner, 5-1, 8-1
Softball: Stillman Tigers Drop Two at Faulkner, 5-1, 8-1
— Stillman Athletics (@gostillman) April 10, 2019
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Nuggets, winner of 31 of last 36, hold steady at No. 3
The Gold Nuggets, 15-4 this season and winner of 31 of their last 36 dual matches, are No. 3 for the ninth consecutive poll. That streak began April 24, 2018. It's the Gold Nuggets' 63rd consecutive appearance in the top 25 and their 108th all-time.
XULA was 3-0, all against ranked opponents, since the previous poll March 26. The Gold Nuggets are 9-0 this season against top-25 teams.
The Gold Nuggets will not compete this week but will play three straight days on the road April 18-20 to close the regular season. Coach Alan Green said Tuesday that an April 18 match at No. 11 Mobile has been added to the schedule. Already set were matches in Pensacola, Fla., against No. 2 Keiser and West Florida, 22nd-ranked in NCAA Division II.
XULA will not play in a conference or unaffiliated group end-of-season tournament for the fifth consecutive year, but the Gold Nuggets are expected to earn an at-large bid to the NAIA National Championship tournament, which will begin May 14 in Mobile, Ala. Qualifiers will be announced April 29, and the 24-team bracket will be revealed April 30.
NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll (first-place votes in parentheses — records through April 7) |
RANK | PREVIOUS | SCHOOL | RECORD | POINTS |
1 | 1 | Georgia Gwinnett (13) | 13-1 | 343 |
2 | 2 | Keiser (Fla.) | 14-3 | 332 |
3 | 3 | Xavier (La.) | 15-4 | 321 |
4 | 5 | William Carey (Miss.) | 9-2 | 310 |
5 | 6 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 9-1 | 296 |
6 | 7 | William Woods (Mo.) | 9-5 | 287 |
7 | 8 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 10-6 | 279 |
8 | 10 | Middle Georgia | 8-4 | 264 |
9 | 11 | Indiana Wesleyan | 26-6 | 254 |
10 | 12 | Brenau (Ga.) | 9-6 | 245 |
11 | 13 | Mobile (Ala.) | 8-3 | 225 |
12 | 14 | Westmont (Calif.) | 16-4 | 213 |
13 | 18 | Union (Ky.) | 11-3 | 211 |
14 | 4 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 5-5 | 190 |
15 | 9 | LSU-Alexandria (La.) | 5-4 | 181 |
16 | 16 | San Diego Christian (Calif.) | 14-2 | 175 |
17 | 17 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 11-4 | 171 |
18 | 22 | Loyola (La.) | 9-6 | 163 |
19 | 20 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 8-5 | 147 |
20 | 19 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 15-3 | 145 |
21 | 14 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 10-5 | 128 |
22 | 20 | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 8-8 | 116 |
23 | RV | Martin Methodist (Tenn.) | 7-9 | 88 |
24 | 24 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 10-5 | 87 |
25 | 25 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 8-7 | 74 |
Others Receiving Votes: Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 73, Missouri Valley 63, Webber International (Fla.) 41, Asbury (Ky.) 30, Coastal Georgia 15, Tennessee Wesleyan 14, Marian (Ind.) 10, Southwestern (Kan.) 9.
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Congrats to former Tiger and OVC Champion, Christian Lowe on being named the new Langston University Head Volleyball Coach!
Congrats to former Tiger and OVC Champion, Christian Lowe on being named the new Langston University Head Volleyball Coach! #BigBlueRising pic.twitter.com/UcfJJEeXrd
— TSU Volleyball (@TnStateVB) April 9, 2019
2019 Black College Nines HBCU Top 10 Baseball Polls – Week 3
2019 Black College Nines HBCU Top 10 Baseball Polls – Week 3 (3/25/19-4/07/19) - https://t.co/reqPTGtQC3 pic.twitter.com/Pmh7vPU8AW
— Black College Nines (@HbcuNines) April 9, 2019
Congratulations to Wiley's Jude Atwell on winning @RRACSports Track Athlete of the Week!!!
Congratulations to Jude Atwell on winning @RRACSports Track Athlete of the Week!!! pic.twitter.com/p6SKkSlbgZ
— Wiley Athletics (@WileyAthletics) April 9, 2019
No. 7 Rush make 71st consecutive top-10 appearance
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana men's tennis extended its NAIA-best streak and maintained its No. 7 ranking Tuesday in the sixth coaches poll of the season.
XULA's active streak of 101 consecutive top-25 appearances is the longest in NAIA men's tennis. The streak began April 4, 2007. XULA also made its 71st consecutive top-10 appearance, extending a streak that began May 3, 2011.
The Gold Rush (13-6) were 3-2 since the previous poll, including 5-4 road losses at Reinhardt and Point — both are in the new top five — and a 5-4 home victory Saturday against William Carey, which dropped from sixth to eighth.
Point climbed from 13th to fifth. Reinhardt (12-0) remained second for the third consecutive poll. But everyone's still chasing Georgia Gwinnett (20-0), the five-time defending national champion and a unanimous No. 1 for the 43rd straight poll.
The Gold Rush will not compete this week but will play three straight days on the road April 18-20 to close the regular season. First of the three matches will be at No. 15 Mobile, followed by matches in Pensacola, Fla., against No. 6 Keiser and West Florida, 10th-ranked in NCAA Division II.
XULA will not play in a conference or unaffiliated group end-of-season tournament for the fifth consecutive year, but the Gold Rush are expected to earn an at-large bid to the NAIA National Championship tournament, which will begin May 14 in Mobile, Ala. Qualifiers will be announced April 29, and the 24-team bracket will be revealed April 30.
NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll (first-place votes in parentheses — records through April 7) |
RANK | PREVIOUS | SCHOOL | RECORD | POINTS |
1 | 1 | Georgia Gwinnett (13) | 20-0 | 343 |
2 | 2 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 12-0 | 332 |
3 | 3 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 12-4 | 321 |
4 | 4 | Middle Georgia | 10-2 | 302 |
5 | 13 | Point (Ga.) | 12-5 | 299 |
6 | 5 | Keiser (Fla.) | 13-4 | 295 |
7 | 7 | Xavier (La.) | 13-6 | 279 |
8 | 6 | William Carey (Miss.) | 9-3 | 268 |
9 | 9 | William Woods (Mo.) | 12-2 | 254 |
10 | 10 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 10-4 | 244 |
11 | 16 | Union (Ky.) | 8-7 | 226 |
12 | 12 | Arizona Christian | 15-1 | 220 |
13 | 8 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 5-5 | 216 |
14 | 18 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 10-4 | 199 |
15 | 15 | Mobile (Ala.) | 10-2 | 189 |
16 | 14 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 11-5 | 182 |
17 | 17 | Hope International (Calif.) | 17-4 | 167 |
18 | 20 | Marian (Ind.) | 20-6 | 142 |
19 | 11 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 12-6 | 130 |
20 | RV | Southwestern (Kan.) | 10-2 | 124 |
21 | 22 | Coastal Georgia | 11-4 | 120 |
22 | 24 | Indiana Wesleyan | 21-9 | 108 |
23 | 23 | Northwestern Ohio | 9-9 | 104 |
24 | 21 | Missouri Valley | 9-5 | 93 |
25 | 19 | McPherson (Kan.) | 4-6 | 92 |
Others Receiving Votes: Westmont (Calif.) 70, Asbury (Ky.) 48, Texas A&M-Texarkana 31, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 27, Loyola (La.) 24, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 16, Southeastern (Fla.) 13, SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 5, Webber International (Fla.) 5, Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.) 3.
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Video: NFL Hall of Fame player Chris Carter shares a mentoring story about former Grambling State University standout Jake Reed
NFL Hall of Fame player Chris Carter shares a mentoring story about former Grambling State University standout Jake Reed. @GSU_TIGERS @GramFanatics @Grambling1901 pic.twitter.com/aM0CWZyLaG
— David C. Hughes (@DavidCHughes2) April 9, 2019
Duncan Named All-Tourney; SAU Golf Places Fifth At CIAA Northern Division Championship
Duncan Named All-Tourney; Saint Augustine's Golf Places Fifth At CIAA Northern Division Championship @CIAAForLife @SAU_News @HBCUGameday https://t.co/3N3uuwEyha
— SAU Athletics (@SAUFalcons) April 9, 2019
Blue and White Spring Game 🔵⚪️ Saturday, April 13 | 3PM
Blue and White Spring Game 🔵⚪️
— TennesseeSt Football (@tsu_football) April 9, 2019
Saturday, April 13 | 3PM
Hale Stadium#BigBlueRising #ClawsUp pic.twitter.com/2LZ9vTT4nM
Congrats to LU's Rene Medley, Javan Gray & Ryan Brown on being named The MIAA Co-Athletes of the Week!
Congrats to Rene Medley, Javan Gray & Ryan Brown on being named @TheMIAA Co-Athletes of the Week! https://t.co/VvJ3d9FLwr#TrueBlue #miaatf pic.twitter.com/ns74nedxc4
— Lincoln Athletics (@GoBlueTigers) April 9, 2019
Former MLB manager Dusty Baker meets with baseball team at FAMU
Dusty Baker made his first-ever trip to #FAMU on Tuesday. He poured into @BaseballFamu. I caught up with him to share the highlights of his historic day. https://t.co/Uk4OpYZsD0— RattlerNews.com (@RattlerNews) April 9, 2019
Check out the photo gallery of Dusty Baker with @BaseballFamu. https://t.co/MeCPSRGB3J v— RattlerNews.com (@RattlerNews) April 9, 2019
Lincoln Men No. 3, Women No. 4 in National Rankings
Lincoln Men - No. 3 in @NCAADII— Lincoln Athletics (@GoBlueTigers) April 9, 2019
Lincoln Women - No. 4 in DII https://t.co/BQ7BKiLtKS#ThisIsLincoln #TrueBlue #miaatf pic.twitter.com/SHG0kMDz6k
Here are the top-5 teams in the @NCAADII Women's Outdoor T&F National Rating Index! #MakeItYours— USTFCCCA (@USTFCCCA) April 9, 2019
1. @GVSU_XC_TF
2. @AngeloSports
3. @MoSoXCTF
4. @GoBlueTigers
5. @WTAMUTrackXC
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Lady Lions Basketball Signs 2 Student-Athletes
Lady Lions Basketball Signs 2 Student-Athletes https://t.co/u3XhiRXfn3
— Go Fmu Lions (@GoFmuLions) April 9, 2019
Hawks head to La Salle for Wednesday matchup
Hawks head to La Salle for Wednesday matchup #OurShoreOurTeam https://t.co/3lAF1iazvq
— Hawk Baseball ⚾️ (@ESHawksBase) April 9, 2019
The record breaking 🏆 NCAT Aggie Track program will have their first home meet of the season this weekend.
The record breaking 🏆 #NCAT Aggie Track program will have their first home meet of the season this weekend.
— Aggies All In (@AggieMarketing) April 9, 2019
Meet us in BB&T Stadium starting on Friday. 🏃🏾♀️ 🏃🏾 💨 pic.twitter.com/V4qiFUD3DD
The Tougaloo College Bulldog Baseball Team travel across town to take on intercity rival Jackson State University today in a doubleheader
CROSSTOWN SHOWDOWN
— Tougaloo College (@TCAthletics) April 9, 2019
The Tougaloo College Bulldog Baseball Team travel across town to take on intercity rival Jackson State University today in a doubleheader. First pitch is set… https://t.co/zkMOpwtKon
Check out the Top-10 Marks of the Week That Was in collegiate outdoor track & field
Did you see some of the MONSTER marks that collegians turned in this past weekend around the nation?
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If not, we got them all right here!
Check out the Top-10 Marks of the Week That Was in collegiate outdoor track & field.
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Lincoln Blue Tigers Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Teams Ranked in Top 4 In DII National Poll
Here are the newest @NCAADII Outdoor Track & Field National Rating Index for Week 4! #MakeItYours— USTFCCCA (@USTFCCCA) April 9, 2019
There were some SEISMIC shifts as 2⃣2⃣ of the top-25 men's teams and 2⃣4⃣ of the top-25 women's teams shuffled about.
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Here are the top-5 teams in Week 4 of the @NCAADII Men's Outdoor Track & Field National Rating Index! #MakeItYours— USTFCCCA (@USTFCCCA) April 9, 2019
1. @AngeloSports
2. @WTAMUTrackXC
3. @GoBlueTigers
4. @Lion_Track
5. @GVSU_XC_TF
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Tuesday’s Coppin Softball Doubleheader at Fairleigh Dickinson Cancelled
Tuesday’s @Coppin_Softball Doubleheader at Fairleigh Dickinson Cancelled https://t.co/glpcMpxDuV
— Coppin Sports (@coppinsports) April 9, 2019
Big Sean Gives HBCU Students an Opportunity To Participate in Entrepreneurship
Shoutout to @BigSean for his commitment to the empowerment of our community through #FinancialLiteracy. Congratulations to the @FAMU_1887 team for their winning proposal! #BlackExcellence https://t.co/fzuOTIfRiK
— OneUnited Bank (@oneunited) April 8, 2019
Former MLB manager Dusty Baker visits FAMU and talks with Rattlers baseball squad. Stay tuned for full recap.
FAMU president @LRobinsonFAMU got a visit today form an MLB legend, Dusty Baker. @BaseballFamu pic.twitter.com/gdWUE2jX1C— FAMU Athletics (@FAMUAthletics) April 9, 2019
Former #MLB manager Dusty Baker visits #FAMU and talks with @BaseballFamu squad. Stay tuned for full recap. pic.twitter.com/NPDMN63iTk— RattlerNews.com (@RattlerNews) April 9, 2019
The Rattler baseball team got a visit form an MLB legend, Dusty Baker. @BaseballFamu pic.twitter.com/kpwvQ9tgp0— FAMU Athletics (@FAMUAthletics) April 9, 2019
The Rattler baseball team got a visit form an MLB legend, Dusty Baker. @BaseballFamu pic.twitter.com/plS8lrq4vX— FAMU Athletics (@FAMUAthletics) April 9, 2019
The Rattler baseball team got a visit form an MLB legend, Dusty Baker. @BaseballFamu pic.twitter.com/QDVhxOuXQ4— FAMU Athletics (@FAMUAthletics) April 9, 2019
The Rattler baseball team got a visit form an MLB legend, Dusty Baker. @BaseballFamu pic.twitter.com/OojplnFaac— FAMU Athletics (@FAMUAthletics) April 9, 2019
The Rattler baseball team got a visit form an MLB legend, Dusty Baker. @BaseballFamu pic.twitter.com/fAgxrXqCPj— FAMU Athletics (@FAMUAthletics) April 9, 2019
The Rattler baseball team got a visit form an MLB legend, Dusty Baker. @BaseballFamu pic.twitter.com/UIaKx5QOgv— FAMU Athletics (@FAMUAthletics) April 9, 2019
Alcorn Announces Baseball, Softball Schedule Changes
Alcorn Announces Baseball, Softball Schedule Changes https://t.co/k4Y1rb7zUf
— Alcorn Sports (@BRAVESSPORTS) April 9, 2019
TODAY NCCU Baseball will battle against Duke University at the Durham Athletic Park!
TODAY #NCCUBASEBALL will battle against Duke University at the Durham Athletic Park! $5 admission, Students & Children (12 & under) Free! There will be free prize giveaways & on field contests so make sure you’re in attendance‼️⚾️ #EagleEra pic.twitter.com/M27tYCHPtY— NCCU Fan Central (@NCCU_FanCentral) April 9, 2019
It's GAMEDAY for #NCCUBaseball! The Eagles host Duke tonight at 6 PM at the Durham Athletic Park, and admission is $5! #NCCU students and children 12 and under are free!#EaglePride pic.twitter.com/CVkiF9eCIS— NCCU Athletics (@NCCUAthletics) April 9, 2019
The MIAA bestowed 30 Lincoln Blue Tigers with academic honors today!
The MIAA bestowed 30 Blue Tigers with academic honors today! https://t.co/3a6zNuYmZc#TrueBlue #miaamb #miaawb #miaabowl #miaatf pic.twitter.com/DkfkoSYkeY
— Lincoln Athletics (@GoBlueTigers) April 9, 2019