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Gold Nuggets jump 10 spots in NAIA rankings
April 2, 2008

NEW ORLEANS — The Xavier University of Louisiana women's tennis team, winner of 10 of its past 11 matches, moved from 24th to 14th in the NAIA coaches poll announced Wednesday.

Xavier is 24th in the men's poll for the fourth consecutive time.

The Gold Nuggets' jump of 10 places is the largest in any direction by a women's team in this season's rankings. It's Xavier's highest position since ranking 11th on March 21, 2007.

A 5-2 victory on March 18 at then-13th-ranked Shorter helped the Nuggets (12-5) climb in the poll. Shorter dropped to 20th Wednesday.

Xavier's men (10-8) have won nine of their past 12 matches. Both Xavier teams finished 8-0 in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference to clinch the No. 1 seeds for the conference tournament April 11 at Jackson, Miss.

Coach Alan Green also announced schedule changes Wednesday:

• Auburn Montgomery, the No. 1 team in both polls, canceled its AUM Invitational, in which Xavier was scheduled to compete Friday through Sunday.

• Xavier's match at Alcorn State will be played Sunday — the original match date — and start at 2 p.m. It had been moved to April 13 when Green added the AUM Invitational to the schedule.

• The GCAC Tournament will be conducted in one day (April 11), not two as originally scheduled. If weather does not delay the tournament, Xavier will remain in Jackson to play Jackson State at 10 a.m. on April 12 at Tennis Center South.

2008 NAIA Women's Tennis Top 25 Poll — April 2
Rank	Previous	School (NAIA Region)	1st-Place Votes	W-L	Points
1	1	Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) (XIII)	12	14-0	300
2	2	Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) (II)		13-0	288
3	4	Vanguard University (Calif.) (II)		15-2	271
4	3	Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.) (XI)		4-2	265
5	5	Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) (II)		14-1	256
6	6	California Baptist University (II)		10-5	236
7	7	Berry College (Ga.) (XIII)		11-2	228
8	8	Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.) (XIV)		9-4	218
9	9	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.) (XIV)		8-4	204
10	11	Brenau University (Ga.) (XIII)		10-7	169
11	14	Bethel College (Tenn.) (XI)		7-1	167
12	10	Southern Nazarene University (Okla.) (VI)		6-5	155
13	12	Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.) (II)		8-9	135
14	24	Xavier University (La.) (XIII)		12-5	122
15	17	Northwood University (Fla.) (XIV)		8-4	116
16	23	Westmont College (Calif.) (II)		8-9	110
17	16	Indiana Wesleyan University (VIII)		16-1	109
18	18	Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) (VII)		18-2	100
19	15	Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho) (I)		8-6	100
20	13	Shorter College (Ga.) (XIII)		8-5	95
21	21	Georgetown College (Ky.) (XI)		8-4	88
22	19	Union College (Ky.) (XII)		8-3	56
23	25	Oklahoma Baptist University (VI)		7-8	48
24	20	Lee University (Tenn.) (XIII)		4-3	34
25	22	Oklahoma Christian University (VI)		7-3	22
Others receiving votes: Cumberland University (Tenn.) (XI) 5; Graceland University (Iowa) 2; Aquinas College (Mich.) (VIII) 1.

2008 NAIA Men's Tennis Top 25 Poll — April 2
Rank	Previous	School (NAIA Region)	1st-Place Votes	W-L	Points
1	1	Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) (XIII)	13	18-0	325
2	2	Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) (II)		18-2	311
3	3	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.) (XIV)		9-2	299
4	4	Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) (II)		14-0	287
5	5	Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.) (XI)		4-2	264
6	6	Concordia University (Calif.) (II)		11-3	261
7	7	California Baptist University (II)		9-4	244
8	10	Bethel College (Tenn.) (XI)		9-0	222
9	8	Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.) (XIV)		7-6	218
10	9	Lee University (Tenn.) (XIII)		3-2	214
11	11	Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.) (II)		8-7	186
12	12	Graceland University (Iowa) (V)		10-1	171
13	19	Shorter College (Ga.) (XIII)		9-2	163
14	14	Union College (Ky.) (XII)		8-2	159
15	15	Vanguard University (Calif.) (II)		10-6	155
16	13	Berry College (Ga.) (XIII)		7-5	135
17	16	Benedictine College (Kan.) (V)		7-2	121
18	17	Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho) (I)		9-8	88
19	18	Webber International University (Fla.) (XIV)		9-7	82
20	25	Oklahoma Christian University (VI)		7-4	70
21	20	Cumberland University (Tenn.) (XI)		11-2	67
22	21	Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) (VII)		11-0	59
23	22	Aquinas College (Mich.) (VIII)		13-2	51
24	24	Xavier University (La.) (XIII)		10-8	28
25	23	Oklahoma Baptist University (VI)		5-8	26
Others receiving votes: Lindenwood University (Mo.) (V) 17; Taylor University (Ind.) (VIII) 2.

The Xavier Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets compete in Division I of the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) as a member of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC). Xavier fields men's and women's teams in basketball, cross country and tennis.

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