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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
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Rush await Point Loma-Mobile winner in NAIA 2nd round
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May 8, 2012
Tournament bracket (PDF)
NAIA tournament website
NEW ORLEANS — For the second consecutive season,
Xavier University of Louisiana has a first-round bye in the
NAIA Men's Tennis Championship at Mobile, Ala. The Gold Rush will play at 1 p.m.
on Wednesday, May 16 against the winner of an opening-round match between
Mobile and Point Loma Nazarene.
The NAIA announced the pairings Tuesday.
The XU men (17-7) are seeded seventh, the same position
as in the coaches poll announced Monday. Point Loma is the No. 10 seed, and
Mobile is 24th. Xavier is in the top 10 for the 10th straight time, including all eight
this season,
and in 13 of the last 14 polls.
The Gold Rush received an automatic bid by virtue of
winning an unaffiliated group tournament. It's the fourth consecutive season that the
Rush compete at nationals.
Xavier won 5-4 at Point Loma Nazarene on April 2.
The Rush have not played Mobile since the Rams left the Gulf Coast Athletic
Conference for the Southern States Athletic Conference in the summer of 2010,
but Xavier was 8-0 against Mobile from 2008-10, including victories in the
finals of GCAC tournaments in 2008 and 2009.
Junior Loic Didavi, seniors Zach Taylor and Steffen Giles-Osborn
and sophomore Viktor Svoboda are Xavier's top four players. Didavi is eighth, Taylor
19th, Svoboda 21st and Giles-Osborn 47th in the Campbell's-Intercollegiate Tennis Association NAIA
singles rankings. Didavi and Corey Huggins were chosen NAIA Player of the Week
on consecutive occasions in April.
Copeland-Cox Tennis Center is the tournament venue.
Fresno Pacific is the defending champion.
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NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through Sunday, May 6)
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Last |
| 1 |
Fresno Pacific (12) |
22-1 |
312 |
1 |
| 2 |
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) |
18-3 |
302 |
2 |
| 3 |
Oklahoma Christian |
16-3 |
290 |
3 |
| 4 |
Azusa Pacific |
19-2 |
284 |
4 |
| 5 |
Auburn Montgomery |
16-7 |
272 |
5 |
| 6 |
Vanguard |
14-10 |
262 |
6 |
| 7 |
Xavier |
17-7 |
252 |
7 |
| 8 |
Westmont |
11-9 |
241 |
8 |
| 9 |
Point Loma Nazarene |
12-10 |
227 |
9 |
| 10 |
William Carey |
16-4 |
225 |
10 |
| 11 |
Concordia (Calif.) |
8-12 |
209 |
11 |
| 12 |
Lindsey Wilson |
18-5 |
207 |
12 |
| 13 |
Aquinas |
25-2 |
190 |
13 |
| 14 |
Bethany (Kan.) |
21-3 |
184 |
14 |
| 15 |
Belhaven |
15-3 |
172 |
15 |
| 16 |
Cumberland |
17-2 |
162 |
16 |
| 17 |
Warner |
13-4 |
149 |
17 |
| 18 |
Campbellsville |
14-6 |
143 |
18 |
| 19 |
Lewis-Clark State |
11-9 |
129 |
19 |
| 20 |
Northwestern Ohio |
19-7 |
121 |
20 |
| 21 |
Olivet Nazarene |
15-4 |
110 |
22 |
| 22 |
Shorter |
12-15 |
105 |
21 |
| 23 |
Webber International |
15-7 |
88 |
23 |
| 24 |
Our Lady of the Lake |
7-7 |
67 |
24 |
| 25 |
Lee (Tenn.) |
9-8 |
63 |
25 |
Others receiving votes: Spring Arbor 56, Pikeville 55, McPherson 50, Biola 30,
Bethel (Tenn.) 8, Northwood (Fla.) 7, Asbury 6, Hastings 5, Davenport 3,
Graceland 1, Georgetown (Ky.) 1, Oklahoma Baptist 1, Roberts Wesleyan 1,
SCAD Atlanta 1. |
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