Both tennis teams ranked in NAIA preseason top 25
For immediate release . . . February 7, 2007
NEW ORLEANS — The women of Xavier University of Louisiana are ranked
13th, and the men are 25th in the NAIA preseason tennis rankings
announced Wednesday.
The Gold Nuggets matched their highest-ever ranking.
Auburn-Montgomery, the 2006 men's and women's champion, is No. 1 in
both polls.
Xavier on Saturday will play Gulf Coast Athletic Conference opponents
Tougaloo at 10 a.m. and Belhaven at 2 p.m. at City Park Tennis Center.
Both Xavier teams are 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the GCAC.
Women's Rankings
2006 1ST-PLACE
RANK RANK SCHOOL (REGION) VOTES POINTS
1 1 Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) (XIII) 10 273
2 2 Fresno Pacific (Calif.) 1 265
3 6 Vanguard (Calif.) (II) 242
4 5 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (XI) 236
5 4 Southern Nazarene (Okla.) (VI) 226
6 3 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (II) 213
7 12 Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) (XIV) 206
8 9 Shorter (Ga.) (XIII) 202
9 8 Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) (XI) 192
10 7 Berry (Ga.) (XIII) 178
11 10 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (XIV) 176
12 19 Oklahoma Christian (VI) 135
13 NR Xavier (La.) (XIII) 132
14 14 Indiana Wesleyan (VIII) 128
15 15 Brenau (Ga.) (XIII) 108
15 NR Northwood (Fla.) (XIV) 108
17 17 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (I) 100
18 NR California Baptist (II) 92
19 20 Georgetown (Ky.) (XI) 76
20 22 Aquinas (Mich.) (VIII) 63
21 NR Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (VII) 53
22 23 Lee (Tenn.) (XIII) 43
23 NR Cumberland (Tenn.) (XI) 42
24 NR William Jewell (Mo.) (V) 30
25 NR Indiana Southeast (XII) 18
Others Receiving Votes: Nebraska Wesleyan (IV), 16; Baker (Kan.), 5;
Bethany (Kan.) (IV), 5; Union (Ky.) (XII), 5; St. Thomas (Fla.) (XI), 1.
Men's Rankings
2006 1ST-PLACE
RANK RANK SCHOOL (REGION) VOTES POINTS
1 2 Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) (XIII) 9 294
2 1 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (II) 2 284
3 4 Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) (XI) 272
4 3 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (XIV) 1 269
5 10 Vanguard (Calif.) (II) 259
6 5 Fresno Pacific (Calif.) (II) 231
7 7 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (XI) 228
8 9 Northwood (Fla.) (XIV) 218
9 12 Shorter (Ga.) (XIII) 207
10 8 Berry (Ga.) (XIII) 183
11 17 Benedictine (Kan.) (V) 167
12 15 Lee (Tenn.) (XIII) 147
13 14 Graceland (Iowa) (V) 138
14 NR Concordia (Calif.) (II) 136
15 NR Cumberland (Tenn.) (XI) 127
16 22 Aquinas (Mich.) (VIII) 119
17 20 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (I) 115
18 NR Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) (XIV) 93
19 19 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (VII) 92
20 21 Union (Ky.) (XII) 58
21 NR California Baptist 47
22 NR Nebraska Wesleyan (IV) 33
23 24 Oklahoma Christian (VI) 32
24 NR Indiana Wesleyan (VIII) 26
25 NR Xavier (La.) (XIII) 25
Others Receiving Votes: Georgetown (Ky.) (XII), 24; Baker (Kan.) (V), 23;
Bethany (Kan.) (IV), 19; Oklahoma Baptist (VI), 12; St. Thomas (Fla.) (XIV), 10;
Marian (Ind.) (VIII), 7; Union (Tenn.) (XI), 6; Oklahoma Wesleyan (IV), 2.
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