🐻🏃🏽♀️💨4X400 relay team of Annastacia Barham, Infinnatie Rowe, Valencia McDowell & Dinedye Denis will compete in the @NCAATrackField Division I East Preliminary Championships (May 23-25).
— Morgan State Bears (@MorganStBears) May 17, 2019
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Friday, May 17, 2019
Lady Bears’ 4X400 Team To Compete In NCAA East Preliminary Championships
Nuggets beat Owls again, await rematch with Keiser
MOBILE, Ala. — Xavier University of Louisiana women's tennis adroitly handled one rematch Thursday, but it will need a similar performance Friday to reach its first-ever NAIA National Championship final.The Gold Nuggets, ranked and seeded third, won 5-0 in the quarterfinals against William Woods, ranked and seeded sixth. The score was the same as their March 22 meeting at XULA, and Charlene Goreau clinched both times with straight-set singles victories.
XULA (19-5) will play in the semifinals at 1 p.m. Friday against Keiser (20-4), the last team to beat the Nuggets this season — 7-2 on April 19 in Pensacola, Fla. — and the only ranked opponent out of 14 to beat XULA in 2019.
"It's nationals now, so it's going to be tight," said Goreau. "I think we can do something against (Keiser)."
The Gold Nuggets produced back-to-back 5-0 victories at nationals for the first time ever, and sophomore Mariia Borodii won in singles at nationals for the first time after four non-completed matches.
Doubles produced two routs — Goreau and Angela Charles-Alfred won 8-1 for the second straight day, then Borodii and Farah Baklouti won by the same score — and a two-hour thriller in which Lacee Ancarand Angelica De Vincenzis won 9-8 (7-4) after trailing 3-1 and leading 6-4.
Borodii made it 4-0 with her 6-1, 6-1 victory against Julia Perez Wienese, and Goreau clinched by beating Zlata Shuraeva 6-0, 6-4. The Gold Nuggets won first sets in each of the four unfinished matches.
Goreau and Charles-Alfred are 5-0 in two years as a doubles team at nationals. Borodii and Baklouti are 21-0 as a doubles team this season, and each has a 26-1 doubles record in 2018-19.
Keiser is ranked and seeded second and was the national runner-up a year ago.
Quarterfinals — Thursday
Georgia Gwinnett 5, Brenau 1
William Carey 5, SCAD Savannah 3
Keiser 5, Middle Georgia 1
XULA 5, William Woods 0
Semifinals — 1 p.m. Friday
No. 1 Georgia Gwinnett (18-1) vs. No. 4 William Carey (15-2)
No. 2 Keiser (20-4) vs. No. 3 XULA (19-5)
BOX SCORE
Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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Rush roll past No. 2 Reinhardt to reach semifinals
MOBILE, Ala. — When Xavier University of Louisiana men's tennis lost 5-4 at Reinhardt March 29, Gold Rush coach Alan Green hoped for a postseason rematch with the Eagles — and he was confident the second result would be different.
Green got his wish Thursday when the Gold Rush and Eagles met in the quarterfinals of the NAIA National Championship tournament — and Green's team produced a different result. XULA, ranked and seeded seventh, won 5-1 against Reinhardt, ranked and seeded second, to advance to the national semifinals for the fourth consecutive year.
XULA's 9 a.m. Friday opponent will be Cardinal Stritch, ranked and seeded third and a 5-2 winner against Middle Georgia.
What was different this time? XULA won 2-of-3 doubles matches — it won once in the earlier meeting — and got singles victories from seniors Gabriel Niculescu and Pierre Andrieu, neither of whom won against Reinhardt in March.
Andrieu ended the dual when he defeated Mario Belloni Tomas 6-1, 6-4. It was Andrieu's second clinch of the season and first since Feb. 24.
Niculescu made it 4-1 with his 6-4, 6-4 victory against Jordi Puig. Ghassan Alansi was the first to finish in singles after beating Myrohn Miranda 6-1, 6-4.
XULA's doubles lineup was retooled since the first Reinhardt meeting. Alansi and Andrieu cruised to an 8-3 victory against Bruno Juarez and Miranda, and Shaikh Abdullah and Santiago Perez won 9-7 against Martin Mendoza and Sam Alexander after trailing 5-3 and 7-6.
It was the first time ever that the XULA men defeated the NAIA's second-ranked team. In addition to the March loss to Reinhardt, there were six losses to No. 2s from 2010-14.
XULA joined Lindsey Wilson (2016) as the only No. 7 seeds to reach the men's semifinals. It's just the second time that the No. 2 seed will not be among the semifinalists.
Reinhardt, which reached the 2018 semifinals as a No. 14 seed, finished 17-3.
Quarterfinals — Thursday
Georgia Gwinnett 5, Keiser 0
William Carey 5, Point 1
Cardinal Stritch 5, Middle Georgia 2
XULA 5, Reinhardt 1
Semifinals — 9 a.m. Friday
No. 1 Georgia Gwinnett (25-0) vs. No. 5 William Carey (15-3)
No. 3 Cardinal Stritch (16-4) vs. No. 7 XULA (16-8)
BOX SCORE
Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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twitter.com/xulagold
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Miles' Golf finishes fourth at PGA Works Championships
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— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) May 17, 2019
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— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) May 17, 2019
CU’s Bahamian Athletes Compete for Opportunity and Home Country
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— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) May 17, 2019
CIAA's Incorminias Selected as CEFMA Diversity Grant Recipient
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— CIAA (@CIAAForLife) May 16, 2019
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READ MORE: https://t.co/Ra0hwCDWFO #CIAAFORLIFE #LIVETHELEGACY pic.twitter.com/H3nt6JPXZh
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Funeral Arrangements For Saint Augustine's Baseball Coaching Legend Dr. Henry E. White This Weekend @CIAAForLife @HBCUGameday @SAU_News @newsobserver @Onnidan @WRAL @TriTribune @WNCN @TheCaroNews https://t.co/rWkWTCCMtD
— SAU Athletics (@SAUFalcons) May 16, 2019
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— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) May 17, 2019
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A wild comeback! Southern tops Texas Southern, reaches SWAC tournament semifinals
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— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) May 17, 2019
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— The SWAC (@theswac) May 17, 2019
Congratulations to our SAAC rep, Taylor Hayes!
🎓 🏀 Congratulations to our SAAC rep, Taylor Hayes!
— Virginia State University SAAC (@VsuSaac) May 16, 2019
📍Memphis,TN
Major: Psychology
✔️MAGNA CUM LAUDE
After graduation, Taylor has a job as a Behavioral Youth Counselor at Youth Villages in Nashville,TN and will also attend Graduate school at Tennessee State University. pic.twitter.com/YJR98El2P5
WATCH: Southern edges Texas Southern 10-9 in extra innings
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One third of my graduating class will be attending a HBCU, that’s the tweet!
One third of my graduating class will be attending a HBCU, that’s the tweet! ✨ #blackexcellence #hu23 #tu23 #famu23 #bcu23 #ssu23 #ncat23 #cau23 #aamu23 #xula23 #asu23 #morehouse23 pic.twitter.com/N8y4WlOtvr
— ♛ Rashan Schoffner ♛ (@prince_rashan) May 15, 2019
WATCH: Coach Alan Green discusses the Gold Rush's 5-1 victory against second-ranked Reinhardt in the national quarterfinals.
Coach Alan Green discusses the Gold Rush's 5-1 victory against second-ranked Reinhardt in the national quarterfinals.#TeamGold #HailAllHailXU #NAIATennis pic.twitter.com/6M1ICXWyPt
— XULA Athletics (@xulagold) May 17, 2019
WATCH: Charlene Goreau talks about clinching and recovery after Gold Nuggets' 5-0 women's tennis win vs. sixth-ranked William Woods in the national quarterfinals
Charlene Goreau talks about clinching and recovery after Gold Nuggets' 5-0 women's tennis win vs. sixth-ranked William Woods in the national quarterfinals.#TeamGold #HailAllHailXU #NAIATennis@FFTennis @Sports_gouv @GazetteDuTennis @TennisMagazine1 @TennisActu @TennisAuFeminin pic.twitter.com/B1RKfVY2wK
— XULA Athletics (@xulagold) May 17, 2019
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— The SWAC (@theswac) May 17, 2019
WATCH: The man behind the mask, Caleb Ward, dropped by to take us through his home run
The man behind the mask, Caleb Ward, dropped by to take us through his home run, the importance of starting off hot in the tournament, and the winning team chemistry of the Spartans pic.twitter.com/mzESAzcOmw
— Norfolk State Baseball (@SpartanBSB) May 17, 2019
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Shaw University's Amir Hinton (29.4 PPG) is trying to become the first D-II player to get drafted in 14 years.
Shaw University's Amir Hinton (29.4 PPG) is trying to become the first D-II player to get drafted in 14 years.
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 16, 2019
“As a slasher and a scorer, his game is exactly like Dwyane Wade’s coming out of college.” https://t.co/RdohGK3evp pic.twitter.com/JAsXLkghBk
Delaware State Walks Off, Eliminates Savannah State
#MEACBSB: @DSUHornets Walk Off, Eliminate @SavStateTigers in @MEACSports Tourney. #IBackTheMEAC https://t.co/XrP35KbPl9
— Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (@MEACSports) May 17, 2019
Pitchers Four-Hit FAMU, Batters ‘Fire It Up’ in 7th in 7-2 Win
Caleb Ward hit a 2-run blast in the 1st inning, three NSU pitchers combined on a 4-hitter, and the Spartans pulled away with four runs in the bottom of the 7th
— Norfolk State Baseball (@SpartanBSB) May 17, 2019
NSU plays N.C. A&T tomorrow at noon with a spot in the championship game on the linehttps://t.co/xziUTjY29M pic.twitter.com/lj2u0iWxCh
Inaugural HBCU World Series sets out to increase African-American participation
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— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) May 17, 2019
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