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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.!
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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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Gold Nuggets win at Prairie View; Rush lose to top-10 foe
February 17, 2013
Results:
Men
Women
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas — Xavier University of
Louisiana's women's tennis team continued its resurgence Sunday with a 6-1
victory at Prairie View A&M.
The victory was the first in three years for the Gold
Nuggets, ranked 13th in the NAIA, against an NCAA Division I opponent.
Xavier lost 6-3 to Bethany (Kan.) in a matchup of
top-10 NAIA men's teams.
The Gold Nuggets (3-1), in their best start to a season
since 2007, won all three doubles matches against an NCAA D-I opponent for the
first time since 2008. Kourtney Howell, Amanda Materre, Simone-Alyce Ewell and
Amber Brown won in doubles and singles for Xavier.
Howell clinched the dual with her 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 victory
against Brittany Harrell at No. 1 singles. Harrell defeated Howell in a
super-tiebreaker a year ago.
Brown and Vashni Balleste won in singles in
super-tiebreakers. Materre and Ewell clinched the doubles point with an 8-6
victory against Christine Ngo Gwodog and Jade Daniels at No. 2.
In 2012, the Gold Nuggets did not reach their third
victory until their 17th dual of the season.
Loic Didavi and Nikita Soifer won in singles for the
Gold Rush (3-3), ranked eighth, but Bethany (6-1), ranked 10th, prevailed with
the help of a pair of come-from-behind singles victories: Marcelo Alecio's 6-7
(4-7), 6-4, 6-4 decision against Kyle Montrel at No. 3 and James Bragg's 3-6,
6-2, 6-3 decision against Viktor Svoboda at No. 4.
Didavi, who retired Saturday during singles against
Prairie View because of an injured arm, rallied to beat Michiel Van Den Bogaert
5-7, 6-2, 6-3 at No. 1. Soifer beat Laurentsi Arakhamiya 6-1, 6-0 at No. 2.
Two of the Gold Rush losses this season are to top-10
NAIA opponents. Xavier won 7-2 against Bethany each of the previous two seasons.
Both XU teams will be back on the road Tuesday to play
NCAA D-I's Louisiana-Lafayette — the women at 5 p.m., and the men at 6 p.m.
The next dual at the new XU Tennis Center will start at 2 p.m. Saturday
against McNeese State's women.
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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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