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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
To the eternal day. (Refrain)
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Defending champ Nuggets to play host team in 1st round
November 6, 2012
NEW ORLEANS — The Xavier University of Louisiana
women's volleyball team will play Philander Smith at 10 a.m. Thursday in the
first match of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament at Philander's
Mims Gym in Little Rock, Ark.
The Gold Nuggets (18-7) finished 10-0 in the GCAC
to win their second consecutive
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Xavier will attempt to win its second consecutive GCAC Tournament.
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regular-season championship. They're the defending
champion of the GCAC Tournament after winning all four of their matches a year ago in Nashville, Tenn.
All eight conference members qualified for the three-day,
double-elimination event. Xavier is the No. 1 seed from the South Division, and
Philander Smith is seeded fourth from the North Division. The tournament winner will
receive the GCAC's automatic bid to the NAIA National Championship, which will
begin Nov. 17 with 12 first-round matches at campus sites.
The other first-round matchups Thursday will be Edward Waters (No. 4 South)
vs. Tougaloo (No. 1 North) at noon, Talladega (No. 2 North) vs. Dillard (No. 3 South) at
2 p.m. and SUNO (No. 2 South) vs. Fisk (No. 3 North) at 4 p.m.
If Xavier defeats Philander Smith, it will play the Talladega-Dillard
winner at 6 p.m. Thursday. If Philander Smith defeats Xavier, the Gold Nuggets'
second match would start at 8:30 a.m. Friday — in the losers bracket against
the Tougaloo-Edward Waters loser. A first-round loss would require Xavier to win
three matches Friday and three more times Saturday to repeat as champion.
Sophomores Taylor Reuther (286 kills, 66 aces, 251 digs),
Moira Kirk (197 kills, .308 hitting percentage, 23 aces, 69 blocks) and
Chinedu Echebelem (211 kills, 220 digs) are, like last year, the Gold Nuggets'
leaders. Freshman Jodi Chatters, recruited as a setter, became the Nuggets'
libero late in the season and will enter the tournament with a streak of eight
consecutive matches with 10 or more digs — the longest streak since Xavier reinstated
volleyball in 2010. Three more freshmen recorded 100 or more digs, including
Franziska Pirkl, who has 116 digs, 663 assists and 36 aces.
Xavier got eight kills apiece from Kerris Crier, Reuther
and Echebelem and won 25-17, 25-15, 25-5 at Philander Smith on Sept. 29 in their other meeting this season.
The Gold Nuggets defeated SUNO 25-12, 25-17, 25-20 in the 2011 tournament
final. Xavier rallied for a 21-25, 17-25, 25-15, 25-12, 15-7 victory against SUNO at The Barn
last week to clinch the regular-season championship.
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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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