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Stands our loved and noble Xavier,
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William Carey beats Xavier in matchup of NAIA top-10s
February 8, 2013
Results
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana
led after the doubles matches, but William Carey rallied for a 6-3 victory Friday in
a matchup of NAIA top-10 men's tennis teams.
The Gold Rush (1-2), ranked eighth, lost for the
first time in two duals at the new XU Tennis Center, which opened in October.
The Crusaders, ranked sixth, are 2-0.
Xavier led 2-1 after Loic Didavi and Kyle Montrel
defeated Ricky Keppeler and Marthinius Visser 8-4 at No. 1 doubles and
Nikita Soifer and Viktor Svoboda beat Jody Claassen and Robin Semal 8-6
at No. 2, but the Gold Rush didn't score another point until the final
completed match — Didavi's 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-6) decision against Claassen
at No. 1 singles.
William Carey won three singles matches in straight
sets. The only other XU player to win a set was freshman Kyle Montrel, who
lost 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-5) to Keppeler at No. 3.
Xavier defaulted No. 3 doubles and No. 6 doubles.
That will be a season-long occurrence because unexpected attrition reduced
the Gold Rush roster of available players to five.
"It was a tough loss for us," XU coach Alan Green said.
"We went toe-to-toe with the sixth-ranked team in the country. The match
could've gone either way. I can see where we can make a lot of improvement."
Didavi avenged a 6-2, 6-0 loss to Claassen from their
2012 dual, which Xavier won 5-4. The Gold Rush and Crusaders will meet again
April 5 in Hattiesburg, Miss.
Next for the XU men and women will be three duals
apiece at Prairie View, Texas. They'll play Prairie View A&M at 3 p.m.
next Friday, Bethany (Kan.) at 1 p.m. on Feb. 16 and Oklahoma Baptist at 10 a.m.
on Feb. 17. Bethany's men are ranked 10th in the NAIA, and Oklahoma Baptist's
women are ranked 18th. Xavier's women are 13th.
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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
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