#SWACSB Recaps: April 16-17 - Southwestern Athletic Conference https://t.co/6NEELdOcPo
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Friday, April 19, 2019
SWAC Softball Recaps: April 16-17
MEAC Softball Recap, April 18
#MEACSB: @MEACSports Softball Recap, April 18 https://t.co/DK8bucsavl
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MEAC Baseball Recap, April 18
#MEACBSB: @MEACSports Baseball Recap, April 18 #IBackTheMEAC https://t.co/q6anFajh0I
— Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (@MEACSports) April 19, 2019
Jaguars, Tigers set to open weekend series at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans at 7 p.m.
Jaguars, Tigers set to open weekend series at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans at 7 p.m. https://t.co/exAmV3UcOz
— Southern U. Sports (@SouthernUsports) April 19, 2019
Jayla Adams Set To Join BCU Women's Basketball
Jayla Adams, who led Spruce Creek to a 2018 9A state championship, is set join to program. Story: https://t.co/9YRwu1uAmO
— 🏀BCU WBB (@BCUWBB) April 19, 2019
The XULA family wishes you a Blessed Good Friday!
The #XULA family wishes you a #Blessed #GoodFriday! pic.twitter.com/5ciWP7wBN2
— Xavier Univ. of LA (@XULA1925) April 19, 2019
Congratulations to Devlon Noble on earning All-Conference!!!
Congratulations to Devlon Noble on earning All-Conference!!! pic.twitter.com/wy3TawCiyZ
— Wiley Athletics (@WileyAthletics) April 19, 2019
Congratulations to Ashton DeMurrell on earning All-Conference!!!
Congratulations to Ashton DeMurrell on earning All-Conference!!! pic.twitter.com/Kj3mBKBT3i
— Wiley Athletics (@WileyAthletics) April 19, 2019
Women's Outdoor Track & Field: Wiley's Charles repeats as discus champion, qualifies for nationals
Women's Outdoor Track & Field: Charles repeats as discus champion, qualifies for nationals
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Video: Calah Williams broke her discus school record, repeated as GCAC champion.
Calah Williams broke her discus school record, repeated as GCAC champion.#TeamGold #HailAllHailXU #NAIATrack
— XULA Athletics (@xulagold) April 18, 2019
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Video: Maliya Vaughan was hungry for street tacos after being named Most Valuable Track Woman Performer at the 2019 GCAC Track and Field Championships
Maliya Vaughan was hungry for street tacos after being named Most Valuable Track Woman Performer at the 2019 @GCACInfo Track and Field Championships.#TeamGold #HailAllHailXU @XULA1925 @XULAStuAffairs @_MeUandXU @HBCUGameday @BlackCollegeExp @TheYardHBCU @izzos @HBCUToday pic.twitter.com/5gxjtbTBoK
— XULA Athletics (@xulagold) April 19, 2019
Nuggets, Rush defeat ranked Mobile teams on road
MOBILE, Ala. — Xavier University of Louisiana began a three-day tennis trip Thursday with victories against Mobile. The Gold Nuggets, ranked third in the NAIA, defeated the 11th-ranked Mobile women 8-1. The Gold Rush, ranked seventh, rallied for a 7-2 victory against UM's 15th-ranked men.The Gold Nuggets (16-4) and Gold Rush (14-6) will play next in Pensacola, Fla. — 11 a.m. Friday against Keiser (women ranked second, men sixth in NAIA) and 10 a.m. Saturday against West Florida (women ranked 15th, men eighth in NCAA Division II). Both days XULA will compete at West Florida's Ralph "Skeeter" Carson Complex.
Angela Charles-Alfred, Mariia Borodii, Yi Chen Pao and Farah Baklouti won in doubles and singles for XULA's women. Charles-Alfred clinched with a 6-1, 6-1 victory against Maria Toledo and won for the 12th time in her last 13 singles decisions.
Charles-Alfred and Goreau defeated 22nd-ranked Emily Chang and Sina Marchione 8-6 in doubles.
The Gold Nuggets have won 21 of their last 22 dual matches against ranked opponents — all 10 this season.
For the XULA men, Gabriel Niculescu and Chris Anders won in doubles and singles. They earned XULA's only doubles victory — 8-6 against Luca Cirenza and Illya Filanchuk — and Niculescu earned his team-leading 16th singles victory of the season with a 7-6 (7-2), 6-0 decision against Filanchuk.
Santiago Perez and Shaikh Abdullah both defeated ranked singles players. Perez beat No. 47 Boris Klingebiel 6-0, 6-1, and Abdullah beat No. 23 Mark Simons 7-6 (7-0), 7-5.
The XULA men won their most matches on the road against a ranked opponent since March 2017.
Mobile's men are 12-4, and its women are 8-6.
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GCAC Championships: 3-peat for Nuggets; Rush 2nd again
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana won its third straight women's team title and fifth in six years Thursday in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Tad Gormley Stadium.
The Gold Nuggets scored 268 points to break the GCAC women's meet record for the second consecutive year. Senior Maliya Vaughan accounted for 37 1/2 points and was named the meet's most valuable women's track performer.
The Gold Rush's 198 points are the most ever by a GCAC runner-up. Freshman Shane Buchanan won four individual distance races — the 3,000-meter steeplechase, 1,500 and 5,000 Thursday — and scored 42 1/2 points to earn most valuable men's track performer. Edward Waters scored 268 points to win its fifth consecutive men's team title.
Yhann Plummer, hired in August to lead both XULA teams, was chosen women's Coach of the Year.
XULA's second-day women's champions were Vaughan in the 1,500 and 3,000 steeplechase, Shalysa Wray in the 100 and 400, Taylor Price in the 5,000, Calah Williams in the discus and the 3,200 relay team of Ky'Reon McBride, Brianna Pace, Vaughan and Price. XULA's Thursday men's champions were Edward Angel in the high jump, Thomas Donald in the shot put, Khalil Gallien in the 110 hurdles, Kadeem Burton in the 800 and the 3,200 relay team of Jordan Ashmore, Francis Patterson, Buchanan and Burton.
XULA won six GCAC team championships in 2018-19, its most since winning eight GCAC/unaffiliated group championships in 2013-14.
Additional highlights:
• Wray set school records in the 200 (24.15; previous mark 24.51 by Devinn Rolland in 2012) and 400 (55.24; previous mark 55.27 by Wray March 30). Wray placed second in the 200. Wray became the second athlete — the first woman — to win the 100 and 400 in the same GCAC meet. (The first athlete was SUNO's Jahnoy Thompson; he won the 100, 200 and 400 with Plummer as his coach.)
• Williams repeated as discus champion with a school-record 37.12 meters/121 feet, 9 inches. Williams set the previous mark of 35.90 meters/117-9 in 2018 in her second collegiate meet.
• Price won the 5,000 for the third consecutive year.
• Angel became the first XULA man to win the GCAC high jump since Andre Tilton in 2004.
• Donald, a freshman walk-on, won in his first collegiate meet. His best mark of 12.32 meters/40-5 beat defending champion Fedner Homme of Edward Waters by 16 inches. Donald produced
XULA's best mark in any meet since Johnny Wilson's 12.86 meters/42-2 1/4 in 2004.
Here are all XULA results from the second and final day of the GCAC Championships:
Women
100: Shalysa Wray, 1st in 11.95; Ariel Ford, 5th in 12.33; Justyce Riggs, 6th in 12.36;Ry-Anne Riley, 8th in 12.60
200: Shalysa Wray, 2nd in 24.15; Ariel Ford, 3rd in 24.79; Ry-Anne Riley, 6th in 25.71;Justyce Riggs, 11th in 26.98
400: Shalysa Wray, 1st in 55.24; Ariel Ford, 4th in 57.18; Alexis Williams, 7th in 1:00.18;Janelle Jones, 9th in 1:03.18
800: Ky'Reon McBride, 3rd in 2:39.78; Alexis Williams, 5th in 2:44.84
1,500: Maliya Vaughan, 1st in 5:37.23; Taylor Price, 2nd in 5:43.15; Ky'Reon McBride, 3rd in 5:46.32; Brianna Pace, 7th in 6:27.83
5,000: Taylor Price, 1st in 23:03.81; Mariah Cox, 2nd in 23:04.80; Maliya Vaughan, 4th in 23:50.45; Brianna Pace, 5th in 24:55.75
100 Hurdles: Raven Davis, 4th in 15.98; Hannah Young, 5th in 16.19; Maya Alexander, 6th in 16.27
400 Hurdles: Raven Riley, 2nd in 1:09.70; Hannah Young, 3rd in 1:12.02; Toni Trail, 5th in 1:17.03
3,000 Steeplechase: Maliya Vaughan, 1st in 14:57.76; Brianna Pace, 3rd in 15:20.62
400 Relay: Raven Davis, Justyce Riggs, Ry-Anne Riley and Ariel Ford, did not finish
3,200 Relay: Ky'Reon McBride, Brianna Pace, Maliya Vaughan and Taylor Price, 1st in 12:02.72
Discus: Calah Williams, 1st in 37.12 meters (121 feet, 9 inches); Jayla Moore, 3rd in 28.01 meters (91 feet, 11 inches)
High Jump: Mariah Cox, 2nd in 1.45 meters (4 feet, 9 inches)
Long Jump: Ireyon Keith, 5th in 4.90 meters (16 feet, 1 inch); Hillary Smith, 6th in 4.80 meters (15 feet, 9 inches); Hannah Young, 7th in 4.66 meters (15 feet, 3 1/2 inches); Bria Ward, 8th in 4.56 meters (14 feet, 11 1/2 inches)
Shot Put: Jayla Moore, 2nd in 11.37 meters (37 feet, 3 3/4 inches); Kennedy Martin, 6th in 9.12 meters (29 feet, 11 1/4 inches); Calah Williams, 8th in 8.96 meters (29 feet, 4 3/4 inches)
Triple Jump: Hillary Smith, 5th in 10.43 meters (34 feet, 2 3/4 inches); Hannah Young, 6th in 10.38 meters (34 feet, three-quarters of an inch); Bria Ward, 7th in 9.77 meters (32 feet, three-quarters of an inch)
Men
5,000: Shane Buchanan, 1st in 19:12.88; Darrick Williams, 3rd in 20:03.87; Camren Sewell, 5th in 20:23.48
1,600 Relay: Tyler Lewis, Jordan Ashmore, Kadeem Burton and Khalil Gallien, 2nd in 3:28.42
Discus: Evan Simmons, 4th in 39.03 meters (128 feet, 1 inch); Thomas Donald, 5th in 37.69 meters (123 feet, 8 inches)
High Jump: Edward Angel, 1st in 1.95 meters (6 feet, 4 3/4 inches)
Long Jump: Brandon Matthews, 4th in 6.43 meters (21 feet, 1 1/4 inches); Gustavo Carranza, 5th in 6.42 meters (21 feet, three-quarters of an inch); David Katembo, 10th in 5.57 meters (18 feet, 3 1/4 inches); Keairez Coleman, no mark
Shot Put: Thomas Donald, 1st in 12.32 meters; (40 feet, 5 inches); Keairez Coleman, 4th in 10.89 meters (35 feet, 8 3/4 inches); Evan Simmons, 7th in 9.59 meters (31 feet, 5 3/4 inches)
Triple Jump: Brandon Matthews, 3rd in 13.23 meters (43 feet, 5 inches); Gustavo Carranza, 5th in 12.59 meters (41 feet, 3 3/4 inches); David Katembo, 8th in 12.00 meters (39 feet, 4 1/2 inches)
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The Gold Nuggets scored 268 points to break the GCAC women's meet record for the second consecutive year. Senior Maliya Vaughan accounted for 37 1/2 points and was named the meet's most valuable women's track performer.
The Gold Rush's 198 points are the most ever by a GCAC runner-up. Freshman Shane Buchanan won four individual distance races — the 3,000-meter steeplechase, 1,500 and 5,000 Thursday — and scored 42 1/2 points to earn most valuable men's track performer. Edward Waters scored 268 points to win its fifth consecutive men's team title.Yhann Plummer, hired in August to lead both XULA teams, was chosen women's Coach of the Year.
XULA's second-day women's champions were Vaughan in the 1,500 and 3,000 steeplechase, Shalysa Wray in the 100 and 400, Taylor Price in the 5,000, Calah Williams in the discus and the 3,200 relay team of Ky'Reon McBride, Brianna Pace, Vaughan and Price. XULA's Thursday men's champions were Edward Angel in the high jump, Thomas Donald in the shot put, Khalil Gallien in the 110 hurdles, Kadeem Burton in the 800 and the 3,200 relay team of Jordan Ashmore, Francis Patterson, Buchanan and Burton.
XULA won six GCAC team championships in 2018-19, its most since winning eight GCAC/unaffiliated group championships in 2013-14.
Additional highlights:
• Wray set school records in the 200 (24.15; previous mark 24.51 by Devinn Rolland in 2012) and 400 (55.24; previous mark 55.27 by Wray March 30). Wray placed second in the 200. Wray became the second athlete — the first woman — to win the 100 and 400 in the same GCAC meet. (The first athlete was SUNO's Jahnoy Thompson; he won the 100, 200 and 400 with Plummer as his coach.)
• Williams repeated as discus champion with a school-record 37.12 meters/121 feet, 9 inches. Williams set the previous mark of 35.90 meters/117-9 in 2018 in her second collegiate meet.
• Price won the 5,000 for the third consecutive year.
• Angel became the first XULA man to win the GCAC high jump since Andre Tilton in 2004.
• Donald, a freshman walk-on, won in his first collegiate meet. His best mark of 12.32 meters/40-5 beat defending champion Fedner Homme of Edward Waters by 16 inches. Donald produced
XULA's best mark in any meet since Johnny Wilson's 12.86 meters/42-2 1/4 in 2004.
Here are all XULA results from the second and final day of the GCAC Championships:Women
100: Shalysa Wray, 1st in 11.95; Ariel Ford, 5th in 12.33; Justyce Riggs, 6th in 12.36;Ry-Anne Riley, 8th in 12.60
200: Shalysa Wray, 2nd in 24.15; Ariel Ford, 3rd in 24.79; Ry-Anne Riley, 6th in 25.71;Justyce Riggs, 11th in 26.98
400: Shalysa Wray, 1st in 55.24; Ariel Ford, 4th in 57.18; Alexis Williams, 7th in 1:00.18;Janelle Jones, 9th in 1:03.18
800: Ky'Reon McBride, 3rd in 2:39.78; Alexis Williams, 5th in 2:44.84
1,500: Maliya Vaughan, 1st in 5:37.23; Taylor Price, 2nd in 5:43.15; Ky'Reon McBride, 3rd in 5:46.32; Brianna Pace, 7th in 6:27.83
5,000: Taylor Price, 1st in 23:03.81; Mariah Cox, 2nd in 23:04.80; Maliya Vaughan, 4th in 23:50.45; Brianna Pace, 5th in 24:55.75
100 Hurdles: Raven Davis, 4th in 15.98; Hannah Young, 5th in 16.19; Maya Alexander, 6th in 16.27
400 Hurdles: Raven Riley, 2nd in 1:09.70; Hannah Young, 3rd in 1:12.02; Toni Trail, 5th in 1:17.03
3,000 Steeplechase: Maliya Vaughan, 1st in 14:57.76; Brianna Pace, 3rd in 15:20.62
400 Relay: Raven Davis, Justyce Riggs, Ry-Anne Riley and Ariel Ford, did not finish
3,200 Relay: Ky'Reon McBride, Brianna Pace, Maliya Vaughan and Taylor Price, 1st in 12:02.72
Discus: Calah Williams, 1st in 37.12 meters (121 feet, 9 inches); Jayla Moore, 3rd in 28.01 meters (91 feet, 11 inches)
High Jump: Mariah Cox, 2nd in 1.45 meters (4 feet, 9 inches)
Long Jump: Ireyon Keith, 5th in 4.90 meters (16 feet, 1 inch); Hillary Smith, 6th in 4.80 meters (15 feet, 9 inches); Hannah Young, 7th in 4.66 meters (15 feet, 3 1/2 inches); Bria Ward, 8th in 4.56 meters (14 feet, 11 1/2 inches)
Shot Put: Jayla Moore, 2nd in 11.37 meters (37 feet, 3 3/4 inches); Kennedy Martin, 6th in 9.12 meters (29 feet, 11 1/4 inches); Calah Williams, 8th in 8.96 meters (29 feet, 4 3/4 inches)
Triple Jump: Hillary Smith, 5th in 10.43 meters (34 feet, 2 3/4 inches); Hannah Young, 6th in 10.38 meters (34 feet, three-quarters of an inch); Bria Ward, 7th in 9.77 meters (32 feet, three-quarters of an inch)
Men
5,000: Shane Buchanan, 1st in 19:12.88; Darrick Williams, 3rd in 20:03.87; Camren Sewell, 5th in 20:23.48
1,600 Relay: Tyler Lewis, Jordan Ashmore, Kadeem Burton and Khalil Gallien, 2nd in 3:28.42
Discus: Evan Simmons, 4th in 39.03 meters (128 feet, 1 inch); Thomas Donald, 5th in 37.69 meters (123 feet, 8 inches)
High Jump: Edward Angel, 1st in 1.95 meters (6 feet, 4 3/4 inches)
Long Jump: Brandon Matthews, 4th in 6.43 meters (21 feet, 1 1/4 inches); Gustavo Carranza, 5th in 6.42 meters (21 feet, three-quarters of an inch); David Katembo, 10th in 5.57 meters (18 feet, 3 1/4 inches); Keairez Coleman, no mark
Shot Put: Thomas Donald, 1st in 12.32 meters; (40 feet, 5 inches); Keairez Coleman, 4th in 10.89 meters (35 feet, 8 3/4 inches); Evan Simmons, 7th in 9.59 meters (31 feet, 5 3/4 inches)
Triple Jump: Brandon Matthews, 3rd in 13.23 meters (43 feet, 5 inches); Gustavo Carranza, 5th in 12.59 meters (41 feet, 3 3/4 inches); David Katembo, 8th in 12.00 meters (39 feet, 4 1/2 inches)
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XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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Video: Calah Williams broke her discus school record, repeated as GCAC champion.
Calah Williams broke her discus school record, repeated as GCAC champion.#TeamGold #HailAllHailXU #NAIATrack
— XULA Athletics (@xulagold) April 18, 2019
@calahwilliams @FambroughAdv @WoodlawnHighBR @MileSplitLA @TheYardHBCU @AddsHBCUSports @XULA1925 @XULAStuAffairs @_MeUandXU @XULABiology @thehbcupulse @JacquesDoucet pic.twitter.com/4JQ3y0m6EF
Morgan State Softball To Visit Maryland Eastern Shore
Morgan State Softball To Visit Maryland Eastern Shore https://t.co/HaYoZ6282k
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) April 19, 2019
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Southern tries to stay hot vs. Texas Southern; series moved to New Orleans
Southern tries to stay hot vs. Texas Southern; series moved to New Orleans https://t.co/XE7DVqBkM0 via @theadvocatebr
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) April 19, 2019
Shaw's Hinton Voted Unanimously for NCCSIA College Division First Team All-State
MBB: HINTON VOTED UNANIMOUSLY FOR @nccsia COLLEGE DIVISION FIRST TEAM ALL-STATEhttps://t.co/oLB1Dq1GxD pic.twitter.com/jieys8sIJe— Shaw Athletics (@ShawBears) April 18, 2019
WSSU Tucker Named to 2019 NCCSIA College Division All-State Team
Tucker Named to 2019 NCCSIA College Division All-State Team https://t.co/mmDFazynnh pic.twitter.com/vRU1AekbWC
— WSSU Athletics (@WSSU_Athletics) April 18, 2019
TSU Track and Field Returns to Georgia for GA Tech Invite
TSU Track and Field Returns to Georgia for GA Tech Invite https://t.co/EeWyLcLQUc
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) April 19, 2019
Claflin Softball Clinches CIAA Southern Division with Double Header Sweep of Livingstone
Claflin Softball Clinches CIAA Southern Division with Double Header Sweep of Livingstone https://t.co/1age1F3UGc
— CIAA (@CIAAForLife) April 18, 2019
Saint Augustine's Softball Sweeps Livingstone On Senior Day
Saint Augustine's Softball Sweeps Livingstone On Senior Day @SAU_News @CIAAForLife @HBCUGameday @TriTribune @TheCaroNews @Onnidan https://t.co/O8AnlP7G1V
— SAU Athletics (@SAUFalcons) April 19, 2019
ASU Golden Rams Captures 2019 SIAC Men’s Golf Championship Title
Golden Rams Captures 2019 SIAC Men’s Golf Championship Title https://t.co/EVFKC7hjDL
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) April 19, 2019
ÇAU Lady Panthers Defeat Tuskegee to Win 2019 SIAC Tennis Tournament Championship
Lady Panthers Defeat Tuskegee to Win 2019 SIAC Tennis Tournament Championship https://t.co/67Zaf0C88O
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) April 19, 2019
Benedict's Izakova, Matsiwe Named To SIAC Women's Tennis All-Conference Team
Benedict's Izakova, Matsiwe Named To SIAC Women's Tennis All-Conference Team https://t.co/cAcDz2o949
— BC Tigers Athletics (@benedict_tigers) April 16, 2019
Benedict's Mutetwa Named To SIAC Men's Tennis All-Conference Team
Benedict's Mutetwa Named To SIAC Men's Tennis All-Conference Team https://t.co/CHN8QFgB0h
— BC Tigers Athletics (@benedict_tigers) April 16, 2019
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