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ALMA MATER
In the Mississippi Valley,
In the Crescent Bend
Stands our loved and noble Xavier,
Far her praises send.
Refrain:
Wave her colors bear them onward
Gold and white so true
Hail to thee, all hail, dear Xavier
Hail, all hail, X.U.!
Xavier, ever be our guide
And lead us on the way,
Through life's journey, onward, upward
To the eternal day. (Refrain)
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Erin Vincent
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XU returns to face Belhaven, Alabama State
August 27, 2010
Prematch notes (PDF file)
NEW ORLEANS — As soon as Erin Vincent learned that
Xavier University of Louisiana again would sponsor intercollegiate women's volleyball,
she made immediate plans to be part of the rebirth.
"There was no hesitation," said Vincent, a senior outside
hitter from The Woodlands, Texas. "I knew I was going to try out for the team."
She and classmate Celeste Poe, who in February informed Vincent
of the return of volleyball, started working out at The Barn to prepare for an April campus
tryout. They eventually were among five Xavier students Coach Al'lisa Hale selected
for the team.
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The Gold Nuggets — whose 2005 season was wiped out
before it started by Hurricane Katrina and whose program remained suspended an
additional four seasons — will open their 2010 season Saturday at The Barn
with matches against Belhaven at 1 p.m. and Alabama State at 5 p.m. Sandwiched
between those contests will be a Belhaven-Alabama State match at 3 p.m. Admission
will be free for all Xavier home volleyball matches this season.
"Volleyball was the thing I had the most fun with in life,"
said Vincent, a senior biology/pre-medical major with a 3.4 grade-point average.
"(Xavier volleyball) has been the best thing for me."
Hale, an assistant at Alabama State the past three seasons,
will make her debut as a collegiate head coach with 11 players.
"I won't be nervous," Hale said. "Volleyball is what I
breathe. I want this to be about our girls. I want them to show their full
potential. I want them to be themselves and be confident and play hard."
Xavier announced in late November it again would sponsor
volleyball, but Sierra Lyons had the university on her radar for several years.
"(Xavier) Coach (Bo) Browder had known about me in
basketball since seventh grade," said Lyons, an outside hitter/middle blocker from Houma,
La., and a Division I All-State player for Terrebonne High School a year ago.
"He had said there was a chance volleyball would come back by the time I was in
college. And I was interested in the biology program. Xavier is the best place for it."
Lyons, the Nuggets' tallest player at 6-feet-1, said
she chose Xavier over Louisiana-Lafayette, Southern and Texas Southern. She will
play only volleyball this season.
The Nuggets officially were introduced Friday at a
lunchtime campus pep rally and cookout.
Xavier will play seven of its 11 home matches in the
first 19 days of the season. This will be XU's third season of intercollegiate
volleyball. The Nuggets were 9-24 in 2003 in their debut season, then 10-23
the following year.
"Our chemistry is the best part of this team," Lyons
said. "We're already a close-knit team."
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