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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,
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For the first time, Gold Nuggets join Gold Rush in top 10
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March 5, 2013
NEW ORLEANS — In his 10th year as coach
of the Xavier University of Louisiana men's and women's tennis teams, Alan Green finally
has the Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets in the top 10 simultaneously. It happened
Tuesday when the NAIA released its third top-25 polls of the season.
The XU men are familiar with the top 10. They're
10th for the second consecutive poll, and this is their 14th consecutive
appearance in the top 10. But it's been a long climb back to the top 10 for
the XU women, whose only previous appearance was No. 9 on March 7, 2007. The
Gold Nuggets are 10th in the new poll, up one place from the previous poll on Feb. 19.
This is the 44th consecutive top-25 appearance for
the Gold Rush, which equals the Gold Nuggets' poll streak from 2004-11.
The XU men are in the top 20 for the 35th consecutive time, the top 15 for
the 20th consecutive time and the top 10 for the 17th time in 18 polls.
For the Gold Nuggets, this is their sixth consecutive top-25 appearance
and their 51st appearance in the last 61 polls.
The Gold Rush are 1-1 since the previous poll,
including a 5-4 home victory last week against Belhaven, which remained
No. 12. The Gold Nuggets are 1-4 since the previous poll, but all the losses
were to NCAA Division I opponents. The victory was 9-0 against Belhaven,
which dropped from 22nd to 24th.
Both XU teams will compete Friday in the AUM Invitational
at Montgomery, Ala. The women will play NAIA No. 22 Cumberland at 9 a.m.
at the AUM Tennis Complex, and the men will play 22nd-ranked Coastal Georgia at 1 p.m.
at Lagoon Park Tennis Center. XU coach Alan Green announced Tuesday that
the men of NAIA No. 4 Lindsey Wilson have dropped the Gold Rush from its
schedule — they were to meet March 13 in Hattiesburg, Miss.
Several other ranked NAIA teams will compete in the AUM
Invitational — Auburn Montgomery (women No. 2, men No. 2), Belhaven,
Campbellsville (women No. 13, men No. 15), Cumberland (men No. 11) and the men of Graceland,
ranked 17th and coached by XU graduate and former player Monroe Walker.
William Carey, which defeated AUM 5-4 this past week,
collected 10-of-12 first-place votes and replaced AUM as the No. 1 women's team.
Embry-Riddle (Fla.), despite receiving a season-low 7-of-12 first-place votes,
is No. 1 for the third time in as many men's polls this year.
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NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through Sunday, March 3)
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Last |
| 1 |
William Carey (10) |
3-3 |
341 |
7 |
| 2 |
Auburn Montgomery |
3-2 |
329 |
1 |
| 3 |
Brenau |
6-0 |
318 |
2 |
| 4 |
SCAD Savannah (2) |
3-2 |
309 |
3 |
| 5 |
Lindsey Wilson |
2-2 |
302 |
4 |
| 6 |
Westmont |
7-1 |
290 |
5 |
| 7 |
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) |
3-5 |
276 |
6 |
| 8 |
Concordia (Calif.) |
4-5 |
265 |
8 |
| 9 |
Lewis-Clark State |
3-3 |
256 |
9 |
| 10 |
Xavier |
4-5 |
240 |
11 |
| 11 |
Vanguard |
4-6 |
239 |
10 |
| 12 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
15-0 |
219 |
12 |
| 13 |
Campbellsville |
1-1 |
208 |
13 |
| 14 |
Oklahoma Baptist |
1-4 |
189 |
16 |
| 15 |
Olivet Nazarene |
2-3 |
182 |
14 |
| 16-tie |
Coastal Georgia |
1-4 |
179 |
NR |
| 16-tie |
Northwood (Fla.) |
4-1 |
179 |
RV |
| 18 |
Lee (Tenn.) |
1-2 |
144 |
15 |
| 19 |
Marian (Ind.) |
11-2 |
142 |
19 |
| 20 |
Robert Morris (Chicago) |
0-0 |
131 |
17 |
| 21 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
3-3 |
130 |
18 |
| 22 |
Cumberland |
0-1 |
111 |
20 |
| 23 |
Nebraska Wesleyan |
1-4 |
99 |
21 |
| 24 |
Belhaven |
3-1 |
88 |
22 |
| 25 |
Milligan |
5-1 |
73 |
RV |
Others receiving votes: Davenport 61, Bethel (Kan.) 61, Martin Methodist 52,
Georgetown (Ky.) 33, SCAD Atlanta 22, Evangel 13, Arizona Christian 8,
Graceland 7, Indiana Southeast 6, Ashford (Iowa) 5. |
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NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through Sunday, March 3)
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Last |
| 1 |
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (7) |
6-1 |
308 |
1 |
| 2 |
Auburn Montgomery (1) |
5-1 |
299 |
2 |
| 3 |
Vanguard (4) |
9-0 |
298 |
3 |
| 4 |
Lindsey Wilson |
2-1 |
281 |
4 |
| 5 |
Westmont |
5-4 |
267 |
tie-5 |
| 6 |
William Carey |
3-1 |
265 |
tie-5 |
| 7 |
Bethany (Kan.) |
6-1 |
253 |
7 |
| 8 |
Concordia (Calif.) |
4-5 |
235 |
8 |
| 9 |
Aquinas |
3-3 |
234 |
9 |
| 10 |
Xavier |
4-4 |
227 |
10 |
| 11 |
Cumberland |
1-0 |
206 |
11 |
| 12 |
Belhaven |
3-1 |
198 |
12 |
| 13 |
Lewis-Clark State |
3-1 |
187 |
15 |
| 14 |
Olivet Nazarene |
3-2 |
184 |
13 |
| 15 |
Campbellsville |
1-1 |
174 |
14 |
| 16 |
Oklahoma Baptist |
3-4 |
153 |
21 |
| 17 |
Graceland |
4-1 |
148 |
18 |
| 18 |
Northwood (Fla.) |
3-1 |
144 |
RV |
| 19 |
McPherson |
7-2 |
140 |
17 |
| 20 |
Pikeville |
1-1 |
130 |
19 |
| 21 |
Northwestern Ohio |
6-2 |
93 |
22 |
| 22 |
Coastal Georgia |
4-2 |
90 |
tie-24 |
| 23 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
2-2 |
89 |
23 |
| 24 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
6-0 |
87 |
RV |
| 25 |
Spring Arbor |
11-2 |
72 |
tie-24 |
Others receiving votes: Davenport 70, Warner 63, St. Thomas (Fla.) 30,
Indiana Wesleyan 21, Webber International 17, Missouri Valley 13, Asbury 11,
Hope International 8, Our Lady of the Lake 4. |
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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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