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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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Both Xavier teams advance at NAIA group tournament
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April 27, 2012
Results:
Men
Women
NORCROSS, Ga. — Xavier University of Louisiana's
men defeated Milligan 6-0, and the XU women beat Bethel (Tenn.) 5-0 Friday in
the quarterfinals of an NAIA unaffiliated group tennis tournament.
The Gold Rush (15-7) — seeded first in the
tournament, the defending champion and ranked eighth nationally — will
play fourth-seeded Bethel in the semifinals. The Gold Nuggets (5-21), seeded
second, will play third-seeded Milligan. Both duals will start at 8:30 a.m. EDT
Saturday.
Zach Taylor, Viktor Svoboda and Steffen Giles-Osborn
won singles and doubles matches for the Rush. Svoboda clinched with a 6-0, 6-1
victory against Wesley Rice at No. 3 singles. Kourtney Howell and Amber Brown
won in singles and doubles for the Nuggets, and Howell clinched with a 6-0,
6-1 decision against Dasha Klyuyenko at No. 1 singles.
Svoboda clinched a Gold Rush dual for a team-leading
fourth time this season.
Giles-Osborn and Sean Richardson, seniors and fourth-year
team members, both remained unbeaten in conference/group tournaments. Giles-Osborn
and Richardson defeated Wesley Rice and Sebastian Jonsson 8-2 at No. 2 doubles,
and Giles-Osborn beat Mickey Brown 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 singles. Richardson's
No. 6 singles match against Wade Tugman was not played.
Giles-Osborn is 13-0 and Richardson 10-0 in
conference/group tournaments.
For just the third time this season, all three
of the Gold Nuggets' doubles teams played and won. And for the first time in
more than two years, the Nuggets' top two doubles teams both won 8-0.
Howell and Nicole DeLoach's shutout against Michella Douglas and Krysani Boyd
at No. 2 was their seventh victory in their past 10 matches. That's the best
extended stretch of any Nuggets double team during a spring semester in which they've won
19-of-76 matches.
Both XU semifinal matchups will be rematches of 2011,
when the Rush defeated Bethel 6-0 and Milligan beat the Nuggets 5-0.
Championship duals will be played Saturday afternoon
— no sooner than noon EDT — with the winners receiving automatic bids to the NAIA National Championships at
Mobile, Ala., on May 15-19.
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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 5, #9 Bluefield 0
Quarterfinals — Friday, April 27
#4 Bethel (Tenn.) 5, #5 Tennessee Wesleyan 3
#6 SCAD Atlanta 5, #3 Martin Methodist 2
#1 Xavier 6, Milligan 0
#2 Cumberland 5, #7 Reinhardt 0
Semifinals — Saturday, April 28
#1 Xavier vs. #4 Bethel (Tenn.), 8:30 a.m.
#2 Cumberland vs. #6 SCAD Atlanta, 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 6, #10 Reinhardt 3
#8 Columbia (S.C.) 5, #9 Bluefield 0
Quarterfinals — Friday, April 27
#3 Milligan 5, #6 Tennessee Wesleyan 0
#5 Cumberland 6, #4 SCAD Atlanta 0
#1 Martin Methodist 6, #8 Columbia (S.C.) 0
#2 Xavier 5, #7 Bethel (Tenn.) 0
Semifinals — Saturday, April 28
#1 Martin Methodist vs. #5 Cumberland, 8:30 a.m.
#2 Xavier vs. #3 Milligan, 8:30 a.m.
Championship — Saturday, April 28
Semifinal winners meet at noon
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