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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
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Rush seeded first, Nuggets second for NAIA qualifiers
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April 25, 2012
NEW ORLEANS — The tennis teams of
Xavier University of Louisiana are seeded first in the men's division and
second in the women's division of an NAIA unaffiliated group qualifying
tournament.
The dual-match event — to be played at Racquet
Club of the South in Norcross, Ga., an Atlanta suburb, on Friday and Saturday —
is for schools from the Gulf Coast Athletic, TranSouth Athletic and
Appalachian Athletic conferences, which do not field sufficient teams to compete
for automatic berths to next month's NAIA National Championships. Also competing
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NAIA Unaffiliated Group Tournament
MEN
Racquet Club of the South, Norcross, Ga.
All times Eastern
First Round — Friday, April 27
#8 Milligan vs. #9 Bluefield, 8 a.m.
Quarterfinals — Friday, April 27
#4 Bethel vs. #5 Tennessee Wesleyan, 10 a.m.
#3 Martin Methodist vs. #6 SCAD Atlanta, 10 a.m.
#1 Xavier vs. Milligan-Bluefield winner, 12:30 p.m.
#2 Cumberland vs. #7 Reinhardt, 12:30 p.m.
Semifinals — Saturday, April 28
Xavier-Milligan-Bluefield winner vs. Bethel-Tennessee Wesleyan winner, 8:30 a.m.
Cumberland-Reinhardt winner vs. Martin Methodist-SCAD Atlanta winner, 8:30 a.m.
Championship — Saturday, April 28
Semifinal winners meet at noon
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NAIA Unaffiliated Group Tournament
WOMEN
Racquet Club of the South, Norcross, Ga.
All times Eastern
First Round — Friday, April 27
#7 Bethel vs. #10 Reinhardt, 8 a.m.
#8 Columbia (S.C.) vs. #9 Bluefield, 8 a.m.
Quarterfinals — Friday, April 27
#3 Milligan vs. #6 Tennessee Wesleyan, 10 a.m.
#4 SCAD Atlanta vs. #5 Cumberland, 10 a.m.
#1 Martin Methodist vs. Columbia-Bluefield winner, 12:30 p.m.
#2 Xavier vs. Bethel-Reinhardt winner, 12:30 p.m.
Semifinals — Saturday, April 28
Martin Methodist-Columbia-Bluefield winner vs. SCAD Atlanta-Cumberland winner, 8:30 a.m.
Xavier-Bethel-Reinhardt winner vs. Milligan-Tennessee Wesleyan winner, 8:30 a.m.
Championship — Saturday, April 28
Semifinal winners meet at noon
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will be independent SCAD Atlanta, the host school.
The men's and women's champions of the unaffiliated group tournament will receive automatic berths to nationals.
The Gold Rush (14-7) are one of three NAIA-ranked
men's teams in the qualifier. Xavier is eighth — matching the Gold Rush's
highest rank ever — Cumberland (15-1) is 16th and Martin Methodist (7-5) is 19th.
Xavier beat Martin Methodist 5-2 in last year's unaffiliated group final.
Martin Methodist (8-3), ranked 17th, is the only top-25 women's
team in the event. Xavier (4-21) and Milligan (10-7) received votes in the most
recent national poll, with the Gold Nuggets ranking 26th. The XU women lost
5-0 to Milligan in the semifinals a year ago.
Both XU teams will have first-round byes and play in the
quarterfinals at 12:30 p.m. EDT Friday. The Gold Rush
will play eighth-seeded Milligan or ninth-seeded Bluefield, and the Gold Nuggets
will play seventh-seeded Bethel (Tenn.) or 10th-seeded Reinhardt. Semifinals
and championship matches will be played Saturday.
The XU men seek their fourth consecutive berth in the
national tournament. The Gold Nuggets, who did not qualify a year ago, seek their fourth berth in five years
and their sixth in eight seasons.
Xavier has six singles players and one doubles team on the
national list of the Campbell's-Intercollegiate Tennis Association NAIA rankings of April 16.
In men's singles Loic Didavi is eighth, Zach Taylor 19th, Viktor Svoboda 41st
and Steffen Giles-Osborn 47th. In women's singles Kourtney Howell is 27th and
Amanda Materre 38th. Didavi and Taylor are No. 4 in men's doubles.
In the ITA NAIA South rankings, Didavi is fourth,
Taylor ninth, Svoboda 14th and Giles-Osborn 16th in men's singles. Howell is 12th and
Materre 16th in women's singles. In men's doubles Didavi and Taylor are second,
and Giles-Osborn and Sean Richardson are ninth.
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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 teams in basketball, cross country, tennis and track and field and women's teams in basketball, cross country, tennis, track and field and volleyball.
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
Xavier University of Louisiana
1 Drexel Drive
Campus Box 92
New Orleans, LA 70125
(504) 520-7329 phone
(504) 520-7934 fax
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