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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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XU men knock off another top-10 team; Nuggets lose by 1
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April 3, 2012
Results:
Men
Women
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Xavier University of
Louisiana's Loic Didavi, Zach Taylor and Viktor Svoboda defeated ranked singles
players Tuesday to lead the ninth-ranked Gold Rush to a 6-3 NAIA men's tennis
victory against eighth-ranked Westmont.
Xavier (12-4) has beaten top-10 teams in consecutive
duals for the first time in the program's history. The Rush defeated No. 7
Point Loma Nazarene 5-4 on Monday.
Xavier's women, who dropped out of the coaches'
top 25 poll Tuesday, lost 5-4 to 21st-ranked Westmont.
Svoboda and Corey Huggins clinched against Westmont
(7-7) with their 9-8 (10-3) victory at No. 3 doubles against Lukas Zielen and
Joshua Barnard. Didavi and Taylor, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's
third-ranked NAIA doubles team, beat second-ranked Bryan Cox and Rodrigo Schaefer 9-8
(11-9).
Didavi, ranked 11th, beat fifth-ranked Cox 6-4, 6-3.
No. 17 Taylor defeated No. 23 Schaefer 6-0, 6-3, and 47th-rated Svoboda
defeated No. 39 Tim Goranson 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-5).
The XU men are 8-2 this season against ranked NAIA
opponents, 3-2 against top-10 teams.
"Our guys are stepping up on this trip,"
XU coach Alan Green said. "This was another tough battle. These matches are so
hard, and I hope they can prepare us for the national tournament. Westmont
had a good crowd, and they were loud and on us the whole time."
Although the Gold Nuggets (3-18) dropped their fourth
in a row and ninth in the past 10 duals, they earned a pair of singles
victories against ranked opponents. XU's Kourtney Howell, ranked 35th,
beat No. 38 Nicci Yvanovich 6-3, 6-2. Amanda Materre defeated No. 45 Tara
Yekrang (WC) 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-3.
The women's dual was not decided until the final completed
match, when Alyson Meyer rallied for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory against Nicole
DeLoach at No. 5 singles. Sunset at Westmont's Abbott Tennis Courts, which has no lights,
forced Meyer and DeLoach's final set to be moved to Santa Barbara Polo
& Racquet Club in nearby Carpinteria.
Xavier will continue its California trip with
duals at 2 p.m. PDT Wednesday against Concordia — whose women are ranked
eighth and men are ranked 10th — at Costa Mesa Tennis Center.
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NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through Sunday, April 1)
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Last |
| 1 |
Fresno Pacific (10) |
16-1 |
250 |
1 |
| 2 |
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) |
13-2 |
242 |
2 |
| 3 |
Oklahoma Christian |
10-3 |
232 |
3 |
| 4 |
Azusa Pacific |
15-1 |
228 |
4 |
| 5 |
Auburn Montgomery |
10-7 |
215 |
5 |
| 6 |
Point Loma Nazarene |
9-6 |
211 |
7 |
| 7 |
Vanguard |
9-7 |
202 |
6 |
| 8 |
Westmont |
7-6 |
191 |
10 |
| 9 |
Xavier |
10-4 |
186 |
9 |
| 10 |
Concordia (Calif.) |
6-8 |
177 |
8 |
| 11 |
William Carey |
11-2 |
174 |
11 |
| 12 |
Lindsey Wilson |
13-4 |
163 |
12 |
| 13 |
Aquinas |
14-1 |
152 |
13 |
| 14 |
Bethany (Kan.) |
12-3 |
145 |
14 |
| 15 |
Belhaven |
12-2 |
137 |
17 |
| 16 |
Cumberland |
8-0 |
134 |
16 |
| 17 |
Warner |
11-2 |
117 |
18 |
| 18 |
Lee (Tenn.) |
7-5 |
114 |
15 |
| 19 |
Campbellsville |
7-4 |
103 |
19 |
| 20 |
Martin Methodist |
6-4 |
93 |
20 |
| 21 |
Our Lady of the Lake |
6-6 |
89 |
21 |
| 22 |
Webber International |
14-5 |
74 |
23 |
| 23 |
Northwestern Ohio |
14-4 |
72 |
25 |
| 24 |
Lewis-Clark State |
5-7 |
61 |
24 |
| 25 |
Shorter |
7-13 |
53 |
22 |
Others receiving votes: Pikeville 41, Olivet Nazarene 35, Spring Arbor 35,
McPherson 33, Biola 21, Northwood (Fla.) 19, Roberts Wesleyan 3,
Mobile 3, Taylor 1, Indiana Southeast 1, SCAD Savannah 1, Cumberlands 1. |
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NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through Sunday, April 1)
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Last |
| 1 |
Auburn Montgomery (13) |
15-2 |
343 |
1 |
| 2 |
Fresno Pacific |
15-4 |
332 |
2 |
| 3 |
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) |
15-2 |
321 |
3 |
| 4 |
Oklahoma Christian |
7-3 |
309 |
4 |
| 5 |
Azusa Pacific |
14-2 |
300 |
5 |
| 6 |
Point Loma Nazarene |
10-5 |
285 |
6 |
| 7 |
Brenau |
9-3 |
280 |
7 |
| 8 |
Concordia (Calif.) |
7-5 |
264 |
8 |
| 9 |
William Carey |
11-6 |
257 |
9 |
| 10 |
Southern Nazarene |
6-3 |
241 |
10 |
| 11 |
SCAD Savannah |
11-2 |
236 |
11 |
| 12 |
Lindsey Wilson |
10-2 |
222 |
12 |
| 13 |
Shorter |
16-7 |
215 |
13 |
| 14 |
Lewis-Clark State |
5-12 |
197 |
14 |
| 15 |
Vanguard |
6-9 |
191 |
15 |
| 16 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
16-2 |
171 |
17 |
| 17 |
Lee (Tenn.) |
8-4 |
167 |
16 |
| 18 |
Martin Methodist |
7-3 |
150 |
18 |
| 19 |
Campbellsville |
8-4 |
131 |
20 |
| 20 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
4-4 |
129 |
19 |
| 21 |
Westmont |
4-7 |
126 |
21 |
| 22 |
Robert Morris (Chicago) |
9-1 |
109 |
NR |
| 23 |
Oklahoma Baptist |
6-7 |
107 |
tie-21 |
| 24 |
Marian (Ind.) |
19-6 |
89 |
23 |
| 25 |
Davenport |
15-5 |
84 |
25 |
Others receiving votes: Xavier 78, Webber International 36, Bethel (Kan.)
35, Belhaven 29, Indiana Southeast 26, Northwestern Ohio 24, Milligan 5,
Taylor 5, Nebraska Wesleyan 4, Northwood (Fla.) 3, Cumberlands 1, Olivet
Nazarene 1, The Master's 1. |
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