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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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Nuggets get rematch with Vanguard at NAIA tournament
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May 8, 2012
Tournament bracket (PDF)
NAIA tournament website
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana
will play Vanguard at 9 a.m. next Tuesday in the opening round of the
NAIA Women's Tennis Championship at Mobile, Ala.
The NAIA announced the pairings Tuesday.
It will be a rematch between the Gold Nuggets (7-21)
and the Lions (9-14), who won the final two doubles matches to rally for a 5-4
victory against Xavier on April 5 at Costa Mesa, Calif. Since then Xavier
has won 4-of-5 duals, including all three in an NAIA unaffiliated group
tournament which earned the Nuggets an automatic bid to nationals.
It will be the sixth time in eight seasons that the
Nuggets compete at nationals. They're 5-0 in first-round matchups there, but
never have they advanced past the second round.
Vanguard finished fifth in the Golden State Athletic
Conference, which has five of the tournament's 24 teams. The Lions received the last
of 10 at-large bids.
Vanguard was 15th and Xavier 20th in the coaches
poll announced Monday. The Nuggets dropped one place from a week ago, but it was
the first time this season that the XU women appeared in back-to-back top 25s.
Sophomore Kourtney Howell and freshman Amanda Materre are
Xavier's top two players. Howell is 27th in the Campbell's-Intercollegiate Tennis Association NAIA
singles rankings, and Materre is 38th. Howell was the NAIA Player of the Week for April 23-29.
Copeland-Cox
Tennis Center is the tournament venue. Auburn Montgomery is the defending champion and
will play the Xavier-Vanguard winner in the second round.
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NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through Sunday, May 6)
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Last |
| 1 |
Auburn Montgomery (13) |
22-2 |
343 |
1 |
| 2 |
Fresno Pacific |
20-4 |
332 |
2 |
| 3 |
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) |
18-3 |
321 |
3 |
| 4 |
Oklahoma Christian |
16-3 |
310 |
4 |
| 5 |
Azusa Pacific |
17-3 |
299 |
5 |
| 6 |
Point Loma Nazarene |
16-5 |
286 |
6 |
| 7 |
Brenau |
13-5 |
279 |
7 |
| 8 |
Concordia (Calif.) |
14-7 |
266 |
8 |
| 9 |
William Carey |
14-9 |
253 |
9 |
| 10 |
Southern Nazarene |
12-5 |
243 |
10 |
| 11 |
Lindsey Wilson |
15-3 |
231 |
tie-11 |
| 12 |
Shorter |
19-8 |
226 |
tie-11 |
| 13 |
SCAD Savannah |
9-3 |
209 |
13 |
| 14 |
Lewis-Clark State |
7-14 |
201 |
14 |
| 15 |
Vanguard |
9-14 |
187 |
15 |
| 16 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
22-2 |
181 |
16 |
| 17 |
Campbellsville |
13-6 |
158 |
18 |
| 18 |
Lee (Tenn.) |
9-7 |
154 |
17 |
| 19 |
Westmont |
7-11 |
145 |
20 |
| 20 |
Xavier |
7-21 |
141 |
19 |
| 21 |
Martin Methodist |
11-4 |
126 |
21 |
| 22 |
Robert Morris (Chicago) |
17-2 |
115 |
22 |
| 23 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
5-4 |
97 |
23 |
| 24 |
Oklahoma Baptist |
10-8 |
89 |
24 |
| 25 |
Marian (Ind.) |
21-6 |
76 |
25 |
Others receiving votes: Northwestern Ohio 68, Davenport 36, Webber International
35, Belhaven 27, Nebraska Wesleyan 26, Olivet Nazarene 10, Georgetown (Ky.) 9,
Bethel (Kan.) 8, Indiana Southeast 4, Missouri Valley 3, Milligan 1. |
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