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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 All-Americans: Didavi 1st team, Taylor again 2nd team
Loic Didavi
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Zach Taylor
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Viktor Svoboda
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June 1, 2012
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's
Loic Didavi is a 2012 NAIA Men's Tennis All-America first-team selection,
and doubles partner Zach Taylor made the second team for the second straight year.
Earning honorable mention was
XU's Viktor Svoboda.
Taylor is Xavier's first two-time men's tennis
All-American of the modern era. But Didavi
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made the team for the third straight year — he was
second team in 2011 and 2010 at Auburn Montgomery.
Didavi became Xavier's sixth men's tennis All-American
of the modern era, all in the past five seasons. Hassan Abbas (2011), Mike Green (2009), Terry Richardson (2009) and Miroslav Vukicevic
(2008) were second-team selections.
Didavi, a junior from Cotonou, Benin, was 25-6 in singles
and 27-8 doubles and earned top-10 rankings in singles and doubles from the
Intercollegiate Tennis Association. He was ITA/NAIA South Regional champion in
singles and doubles (with Taylor) in October and was NAIA Player of the Week for April 2-8.
Taylor, a senior from Monroe, La., and a graduate of St. Frederick
High School and Ventura College, was 19-6 in singles and 25-7 in doubles.
He was a three-time Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Week and set
a GCAC career record with six weekly awards.
Svoboda, a sophomore from Kamenice, Czech Republic, and a
transfer from Lewis-Clark State, was 18-12 in singles and 19-10 in doubles in his XU debut.
He recorded three singles victories and three doubles victories (with Corey Huggins)
against NCAA Division I opponents.
Xavier was 18-8 this season, winning a conference/group
championship for the seventh consecutive season, setting a school record for
season victories and qualifying for the NAIA National Championship for the
fourth straight year. The Gold Rush reached the quarterfinals at nationals and
became the first XU team in any sport to advance that far since 1973.
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