Sunday, September 15, 2019

HIGHLIGHTS: Lenoir-Rhyne defeats Virginia Union, 28-11

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Price Rolls To 3rd-Place Finish at Sugar Bowl Festival

NEW ORLEANS — Taylor Price, producing the second-fastest 5,000-meter time of her Xavier University of Louisiana cross country career, finished third out of 79 women Saturday in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Festival at City Park.
     
The 5K time was Price's best since her school-record 18:07.5 at the 2016 Sugar Bowl meet, which was run that year at Lafreniere Park in suburban Metairie, La.
     
"Taylor looks great," XULA head coach Yhann Plummer said. "She committed to training hard all summer and is reaping the benefits of her work."
     
Price's time tied for 16th on the Gold Nuggets' all-time list at that distance. Price, Catherine Fakler and Zahri Jackson are the only XULA women to run a cross country 5K in less than 19 1/2 minutes more than once.
     
Xavier University of Louisiana women's cross countryFreshman Samuel Abdellatif was the Gold Rush's fastest finisher for the second time in as many meets. His 5K time was 16:34, nearly 10 seconds slower than two weeks ago but still tied for ninth in Gold Rush history at that distance — records date to 2002.
     
Abdellatif placed 15th out of 78 men.
     
XULA's men will not compete in the National Catholic Championships Friday at Notre Dame, Ind., as orginally scheduled. Next race for the Rush and Nuggets will be the Lake Charles Toyota Cowboy Stampede Sept. 28 at Enos Derbonne Sports Complex in Lake Charles, La. The women will run a 5K at 8:30 a.m., and the men will run four miles at 9 a.m.

 Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
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XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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20 aces help Gold Nuggets defeat Lady Bearcats

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Xavier University of Louisiana served 20 aces Saturday — its second most ever in a match — in a 25-13, 25-15, 25-14 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference volleyball victory against Rust.
     
Next for the Gold Nuggets (10-4) will be a 6 p.m. Friday GCAC match at city rival Dillard. Both teams are 2-0 in the conference.
     
Xavier University of Louisiana women's volleyballNine Gold Nuggets served aces. Taylor McGee had a career-best five, Ema Causevic and Tiffany Phillips served three apiece, and Melody Scales, Kayla Black and Eva Le Guillou had two apiece. Vivica Price-Spraggins, Maya Smith and Jennifer Torres served one ace apiece.
     
XULA had eight aces in the first set, three by Causevic. McGee ended the second and third sets with aces.
     
The school record for aces in a match is 22.
     
Zora Barnett hit .818 with nine kills and produced the third-highest hitting percentage ever by a Gold Nugget in a match. Adili Rikondja and Smith had five kills apiece, Phillips had 13 assists, and Torres had eight digs.
     
Tamya Campbell had four kills and five digs for Rust (0-7, 0-4) but also had eight reception errors.
     
XULA outhit the Lady Bearcats .274 to .083 and had advantages of 37-13 in kills, 34-12 in assists and 23-18 in digs.
     
It was the Gold Nuggets' second victory of the day in group play at Philander Smith's Mims Gym. XULA defeated Philander Smith 25-20, 25-11, 26-24.
     
In the GCAC regular season, XULA has won:
     •  Its last 29 matches in a row.
     •  Its last 47 sets in a row.
     •  98 of its last 100 matches.
     •  87 of its last 88 sets.

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 Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
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XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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4 HBCU titles for XULA, 2 for Charles-Alfred

ATLANTA — Xavier University of Louisiana won four main-draw finals, more than any other school, at the HBCU National Tennis Championships Saturday.
     
Xavier University of Louisiana women's tennisXULA's champions were:
     •  Santiago Perez, a 6-4, 6-7(5-7), 6-4 winner against Morgan State's Nihit Rawal in the men's singles A-bracket.
     •  Angela Charles-Alfred, a 6-2, 6-2 winner against teammate Lailaa Bashir in the women's singles A-bracket.
     •  Charles-Alfred and Bashir, a 6-2 winner against Florida A&M's Aylen Hubeaut and Haleigh Porter in the women's doubles A-bracket.
     •  Farah Baklouti and Yi Chen Pao, a 6-0 winner against Florida A&M's Rachel Harden and Sophia Osabuohien in the women's doubles B-bracket. Baklouti and Pao won doubles titles at this event a year ago, but with different partners.
     
The Gold Nuggets were second in women's team scoring with 22 points. Florida A&M was first with 29 points, and Jackson State was third with 17. XULA won the women's team title a year ago. XULA tied for fifth with North Carolina A&T in the men's division with 10 points; Morgan State won with 25 points, and Bethune-Cookman was second with 17.
     
Morgan State was second to XULA in main-draw finals won with three. Florida A&M won two, and North Carolina A&T won one.
     
Next for the Nuggets and Rush will be the ITA NAIA South Regional Championships, with matches at XULA and City Park. The three-day event will start Friday.

 Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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Nuggets survive Panthers, earn 100th GCAC victory

Xavier University of Louisiana women's volleyballLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Xavier University of Louisiana reached a Gulf Coast Athletic Conference volleyball milestone Saturday, but the Gold Nuggets needed rallies in the first and third sets to defeat Philander Smith 25-20, 25-11, 26-24.
     
The Gold Nuggets (9-4, 1-0) won a GCAC regular-season match for the 100th time — with just 19 losses. They'll get a chance at No. 101 when they play Rust at 4 p.m. today, also at Philander Smith's Mims Gym.
     
XULA rallied from a 12-9 deficit in the first set and 19-16 and 24-23 deficits in the third.
     
"We're happy to start conference play with a win," XULA head coach Pat Kendrick said. "We expect all of the GCAC to bring their A-game when they step on the floor."
     
Two A-gamers for Philander Smith (5-6, 1-1) were Jade Cregette and DeAundria Green, who hit a combined .441 in 34 attacks with only one error. Cregette hit .474 with nine kills — she hit minus-.714 against XULA a year ago — and Green hit .400 with seven kills.
     
Kayla Black led XULA with 13 kills, 11 digs and three aces. Vivica Price-Spraggins and Ema Causevic had seven kills apiece, and Zora Barnett hit .500 with six kills and two blocks.
     
Eva Le Guillou had 28 assists and two aces for XULA, and Taylor McGee had 19 digs.
     
Lela Collier had 15 digs for Philander Smith.
     
Black had four kills and two aces, and Causevic had three kills to help the Gold Nuggets erase their first-set deficit. Five Nuggets produced kills in the third after trailing 19-16, and Bria Mayes ended the 83-minute match with a kill assisted by Tiffany Phillips.
     
XULA outhit Philander Smith .288 to .137 — .350 to .129 in the final two sets — and had advantages of 46-28 in kills, 40-25 in assists, 7-2 in aces, 46-38 in digs and 3-2 in blocks.
     
XULA is 16-0 all-time against Philander Smith. The teams will meet at 4 p.m. Nov. 2 in New Orleans at Dillard's Dent Hall.

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 Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
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XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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Just what they needed: Miami Hurricanes win home opener convincingly over Bethune-Cookman

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Final Minute CAU Drive Falls Short As Panthers Fall to Allen 16-10

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Game Recap: Deejay Dallas scores three touchdowns, defense dominates as Hurricanes rout Bethune-Cookman

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Jackson State Defeats Tennessee State at 30th Southern Heritage Classic

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Hampton earns claim to ‘Real HU’ title by rolling past Howard in Chicago

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Turnovers Doom Bulldogs In 55-16 Loss to South Florida

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NCCU Football Falls Short in Defensive Battle at Gardner-Webb

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TSU Men's Cross Country Posts Best Finish Ever At Rice Invitational

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Creeks Leads Women's Cross Country At Texas Invitational

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UAPB Football Rolls To Home Win Over Langston

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FAMU crushes Fort Valley State 57-20 in the Jake Gaither Classic

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4 HBCU titles for XULA, 2 for Charles-Alfred story: http://is.gd/K6dqqN

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Price rolls to 3rd-place finish at Sugar Bowl Festival

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20 aces help Gold Nuggets defeat Lady Bearcats

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Nuggets survive Panthers, earn 100th GCAC victory

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FAMU's Yvett Garcia posts 19 kills against Stony Brook

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Rattlers use big second quarter to roll past Wildcats


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SSU beats Virginia University, 60-21, for Quinn’s 1st win

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Tuskegee defense stands tall in 13-7 win at Kentucky State. See highlights.


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