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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.!
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And lead us on the way,
Through life's journey, onward, upward
To the eternal day. (Refrain)
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Gold Rush eighth in final NAIA coaches poll of the season
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May 9, 2011
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana
climbed one notch Monday to reach a program-record-tying No. 8 in the final
NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 of the season.
The Gold Rush (13-9), idle since winning a qualifying
tournament for the NAIA National Championship at Chattanooga, Tenn., on April 30, swapped places with
Vanguard from last week's poll. Xavier won 6-3 at Vanguard on March 4.
Xavier first reached No. 8 in the March 8 poll and
remained there for two additional rankings. XU's men were in the top 10 in
five of the final six polls.
This is the first Xavier team to reach the top 10
in a final NAIA poll since women's basketball was No. 6 in 1997-98.
The Gold Rush are in the the top 25 for the 32nd
consecutive time dating to April 4, 2007 — that's the fifth longest active
streak among NAIA men's teams — and it's the 23rd straight time
dating to April 30, 2008, that the Gold Rush are among the top 18.
It's the sixth consecutive season that the XU men are among the top 25 in
the final poll.
Xavier has qualified for the national tournament
for the third consecutive season. The NAIA will announce seedings and pairings
for the 24-team event by 5 p.m. Tuesday. The tournament will begin May 17
at Mobile, Ala.
Fresno Pacific received all the first-place votes and
is No. 1 in the final poll for the second straight season.
Xavier's women, whose season ended April 30
with a 5-0 loss to Milligan in the semifinals of the qualifying tournament,
are out of the top 25 for the fifth consecutive time after 44 straight
appearances. The Gold Nuggets collected three points,
two more than last week, to tie for 33rd place.
In last season's final polls, Xavier's men were
16th, and the women were 19th. This is the first time since 2003 that the
Gold Nuggets are not among the final top 25.
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NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through Sunday, May 8)
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Last |
| 1 |
Fresno Pacific (10) |
21-2 |
250 |
1 |
| 2 |
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) |
14-6 |
242 |
2 |
| 3 |
Auburn Montgomery |
23-3 |
233 |
3 |
| 4 |
Oklahoma Christian |
21-1 |
226 |
4 |
| 5 |
Azusa Pacific |
15-6 |
218 |
5 |
| 6 |
Westmont |
12-5 |
210 |
6 |
| 7 |
Point Loma Nazarene |
15-7 |
200 |
7 |
| 8 |
Xavier |
13-9 |
192 |
9 |
| 9 |
Vanguard |
7-13 |
183 |
8 |
| 10 |
Union (Ky.) |
17-5 |
177 |
10 |
| 11 |
Shorter |
12-4 |
166 |
12 |
| 12 |
Concordia (Calif.) |
8-14 |
163 |
11 |
| 13 |
Graceland |
11-5 |
151 |
13 |
| 14 |
Lindsey Wilson |
14-5 |
147 |
15 |
| 15 |
William Carey |
12-9 |
143 |
14 |
| 16 |
Aquinas |
24-3 |
136 |
16 |
| 17 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
14-3 |
119 |
17 |
| 18 |
Olivet Nazarene |
14-3 |
110 |
18 |
| 19 |
Lewis-Clark State |
10-8 |
103 |
19 |
| 20 |
McKendree |
20-3 |
99 |
20 |
| 21 |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
11-6 |
90 |
21 |
| 22 |
SCAD Savannah |
7-4 |
84 |
22 |
| 23 |
Martin Methodist |
14-5 |
82 |
23 |
| 24 |
Bethany (Kan.) |
21-3 |
61 |
25 |
| 25 |
Webber International |
13-6 |
60 |
24 |
Others receiving votes: Lee (Tenn.) 47, Campbellsville 33, Cumberland 22,
Lindenwood 20, Northwood (Fla.) 18, Northwestern Ohio 15, Biola 8,
Our Lady of the Lake 7, Georgetown (Ky.) 1.
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NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through Sunday, May 8)
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Last |
| 1 |
Fresno Pacific (11) |
18-4 |
312 |
1 |
| 2 |
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (1) |
20-3 |
302 |
2 |
| 3 |
Auburn Montgomery |
23-5 |
288 |
3 |
| 4 |
Azusa Pacific |
19-4 |
281 |
4 |
| 5 |
Oklahoma Christian |
17-2 |
274 |
5 |
| 6 |
Point Loma Nazarene |
19-3 |
265 |
6 |
| 7 |
Concordia (Calif.) |
14-7 |
252 |
7 |
| 8 |
Brenau |
10-7 |
241 |
8 |
| 9 |
SCAD Savannah |
10-2 |
231 |
9 |
| 10 |
Vanguard |
10-10 |
222 |
10 |
| 11 |
Southern Nazarene |
14-6 |
208 |
11 |
| 12 |
William Carey |
14-6 |
203 |
12 |
| 13 |
Lee (Tenn.) |
9-5 |
192 |
13 |
| 14 |
Olivet Nazarene |
19-1 |
176 |
14 |
| 15 |
Shorter |
11-4 |
173 |
15 |
| 16 |
Lewis-Clark State |
6-14 |
155 |
tie-16 |
| 17 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
21-1 |
154 |
tie-16 |
| 18 |
Martin Methodist |
15-5 |
145 |
18 |
| 19 |
Lindsey Wilson |
13-5 |
139 |
19 |
| 20 |
Oklahoma Baptist |
9-10 |
112 |
20 |
| 21 |
Campbellsville |
14-5 |
111 |
22 |
| 22 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
9-9 |
108 |
21 |
| 23 |
William Jewell |
17-7 |
96 |
23 |
| 24 |
Webber International |
12-8 |
79 |
24 |
| 25 |
Belhaven |
14-3 |
68 |
25 |
Others receiving votes: Westmont 49, Milligan 49, McKendree 27,
Indiana Southeast 26, Robert Morris (Chicago) 18, Cumberlands 16, Taylor 6,
Xavier 3, Marian (Ind.) 3, Georgetown (Ky.) 1,
Spring Hill 1, Northwood (Fla.) 1, Mobile 1, Northwestern Ohio 1.
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