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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.!
Xavier, ever be our guide
And lead us on the way,
Through life's journey, onward, upward
To the eternal day. (Refrain)
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Nuggets are No. 6 — best rank by an XU team since '98
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April 2, 2013
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's
women's tennis team reached new heights again Tuesday when it climbed to
No. 6 in the NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Poll.
Not only is it the Gold Nuggets' best-ever ranking,
but it's also:
• The highest NAIA ranking by any XU team
since women's basketball was No. 6 on March 2, 1998.
• The best ranking by an XU tennis team,
topping the men's No. 7 in the final three polls of 2012.
• The first time since 2009 that the
Gold Nuggets rank ahead of the Gold Rush. The XU men held steady at No. 8.
The Nuggets' previous record was No. 8 in the previous
poll on March 19. Key to the their poll boost Tuesday was a 3-0 record during
their spring-break trip to Florida this past week, including a 7-2 victory at
then-No. 7 Embry-Riddle. It was the Nuggets' first victory against a
top-10 opponent since 2005, and they became the first NAIA women's team to
win at Embry-Riddle since 2009.
Xavier is 11-7 overall, but all the losses are to
NCAA Division I opponents. The Nuggets are 7-0 against NAIA top-25 teams.
More challenges await the Nuggets this week. They'll
travel to Hattiesburg, Miss., to play second-ranked William Carey at 3 p.m.
Friday, then play No. 3 Auburn Montgomery at 2 p.m. Saturday at the new XU
Tennis Center. If coach Alan Green does not reschedule or add any matches, the
AUM dual will be the Nuggets' final home appearance of 2013.
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NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through Sunday, March 31)
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Last |
| 1 |
Brenau (12) |
8-2 |
312 |
1 |
| 2 |
William Carey |
9-5 |
302 |
2 |
| 3 |
Auburn Montgomery |
9-5 |
291 |
3 |
| 4 |
SCAD Savannah |
9-2 |
282 |
4 |
| 5 |
Lindsey Wilson |
8-2 |
271 |
5 |
| 6 |
Xavier |
11-7 |
257 |
8 |
| 7 |
Westmont |
14-1 |
256 |
6 |
| 8 |
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) |
7-8 |
241 |
7 |
| 9 |
Concordia (Calif.) |
8-8 |
232 |
9 |
| 10 |
Lewis-Clark State |
3-7 |
224 |
10 |
| 11 |
Oklahoma Baptist |
10-5 |
205 |
13 |
| 12 |
Vanguard |
8-13 |
202 |
11 |
| 13 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
16-0 |
194 |
12 |
| 14 |
Northwood (Fla.) |
7-5 |
183 |
14 |
| 15 |
Coastal Georgia |
5-7 |
171 |
15 |
| 16 |
Cumberland |
6-4 |
165 |
20 |
| 17 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
5-8 |
142 |
19 |
| 18 |
Olivet Nazarene |
5-5 |
141 |
17 |
| 19 |
Campbellsville |
4-6 |
133 |
16 |
| 20 |
Lee (Tenn.) |
2-3 |
128 |
18 |
| 21 |
Marian (Ind.) |
15-6 |
107 |
21 |
| 22 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
7-9 |
84 |
RV |
| 23 |
Belhaven |
8-4 |
79 |
tie-23 |
| 24 |
SCAD Atlanta |
4-0 |
65 |
RV |
| 25 |
Nebraska Wesleyan |
4-6 |
60 |
22 |
Others receiving votes: Ashford 48, Hope International 48, Robert Morris
(Chicago) 45, Milligan 39, Bethel (Kan.) 19, Davenport 18, Georgetown (Ky.) 16,
Martin Methodist 14, Evangel 5, Graceland 4, Indiana Southeast 3, Aquinas
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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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