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In the Crescent Bend
Stands our loved and noble Xavier,
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Unbeaten day for Gold Rush, Nuggets in Texas duals
February 16, 2013
Results
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas — Xavier University of Louisiana's tennis teams won their
suspended duals Saturday morning against Oklahoma Baptist, then the Gold Rush
won 4-3 in the evening against NCAA Division I's Prairie View A&M.
The Gold Nuggets (2-1), ranked 13th in the NAIA,
rallied for a 5-4 victory against 18th-ranked OBU. The Gold Rush (3-2), ranked
eighth, defeated the Bison 6-3. Both duals were suspended Friday night after
a rain delay and a power failure.
Loic Didavi won the first two points Saturday against
Marco Carvajal to complete a 5-7, 6-0, 6-3 victory at No. 1 singles and clinch
the suspended men's dual. The Gold Nuggets won their dual without victories
from their top doubles team or their top two singles players —
the first time that's happened to the Nuggets since the start of the 2006-07
season — but XU freshmen Simone-Alyse Ewell and Vashni Balleste scored
the final two team points. Balleste clinched with a 6-2, 6-1 victory against
Kelsi Lord at No. 6 singles.
Nikita Soifer clinched the evening dual with a 6-3,
6-0 decision against Prairie View's Craig Wiltz at No. 2 singles. Kyle Montrel
and Viktor Svoboda also won for the Gold Rush in singles, and Xavier won the
doubles point.
The Gold Rush have won two straight.
"These guys are playing some tough tennis," XU coach
Alan Green said. "I couldn't ask for a better team effort. We needed every
single match we won. I told them this is how it's going to be the rest of the
year. We are finding ways to win."
Because the Gold Rush has five eligible players this
season, it must forfeit matches at No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles in every
dual.
The women scored their first 5-4 road victory against
a non-conference opponent since the start of 2006-07 season. It was the
Nuggets' first 5-4 non-conference victory since beating Southern by that
score on Jan. 27, 2008.
Xavier will conclude its trip after 9 a.m. duals
Sunday. The Gold Rush will play NAIA No. 10 Bethany (Kan.), and the Gold
Nuggets will play Prairie View.
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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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