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In the Crescent Bend
Stands our loved and noble Xavier,
Far her praises send.
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Gold Rush receive first-round bye for third straight year
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May 7, 2013
Tournament bracket (PDF)
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana
earned a third consecutive first-round bye and its
highest seeding ever Tuesday in the NAIA Men's Tennis National Championship at Mobile, Ala.
The Gold Rush will play at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, May 15 against the winner of
a May 14 opening-round match between Belhaven and Spring Arbor.
The XU men (14-7) are seeded sixth after receiving a No. 7
seed a year ago and a No. 8 seed in 2011. Their appearance at nationals
next week will be their fifth in a row.
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Xavier Men's Tennis at the
NAIA National Championship (3-4)
| Date (Day) |
Round |
Opponent |
W/L |
Score |
| May 12, 2009 (Tue.) |
1st |
Oklahoma Christian |
W |
5-4 |
| May 13, 2009 (Wed.) |
2nd |
Auburn Montgomery |
L |
0-5 |
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| May 18, 2010 (Tue.) |
1st |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
W |
5-3 |
| May 19, 2010 (Wed.) |
2nd |
Fresno Pacific |
L |
1-5 |
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| May 18, 2011 (Wed.) |
2nd |
Vanguard |
L |
3-5 |
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| May 16, 2012 (Wed.) |
2nd |
Point Loma Nazarene |
W |
5-0 |
| May 17, 2012 (Thu.) |
QF |
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) |
L |
1-5 |
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Copeland-Cox Tennis Center will be the site of all
matches. All men's duals are scheduled for 9 a.m.
The championship round of the 24-team, single-elimination event is scheduled for Saturday, May 18.
Xavier, Auburn Montgomery, Embry-Riddle (Fla.) and
Westmont are the only NAIA men's teams to receive first-round byes each of
the last three seasons.
A year ago the Gold Rush defeated
Point Loma Nazarene 5-0 to become
the first XU team in any sport to reach the national quarterfinals since 1973.
Embry-Riddle eliminated the Rush 5-1 in the quarterfinals.
Senior Loic Didavi, sophomore Nikita Soifer, freshman
Kyle Montrel and junior Viktor Svoboda are Xavier's top players. Didavi was fourth,
Soifer 17th and Montrel 34th in the most recent Intercollegiate Tennis Association NAIA
singles rankings. In doubles, Didavi and Montrel were 15th, and
Soifer and Svoboda were 23rd. Didavi and Svoboda both played for Xavier in 2012.
Alan Green is in his 10th season as coach of XU's men's and women's teams.
The XU men will enter the tournament with 11 victories
in their last 14 duals and five victories this season against ranked NAIA opponents.
The Gold Rush have four victories against NCAA Division I opponents.
Xavier never has played Spring Arbor but won 5-4 at home
against Belhaven on Feb. 28. In the coaches
poll announced Monday, Belhaven was ranked 11th, and Spring Arbor was among
others receiving votes and 34th overall.
The two most recent men's champions, Fresno Pacific
(2011) and Oklahoma Christian (2012), no longer compete in the NAIA.
Embry-Riddle is seeded first, and Auburn Montgomery — winner of six of the
past 11 titles, including 2010 — is seeded second. A second-round
victory could match Xavier against third-seeded Vanguard, 22-0 and the tournament's
only unbeaten team, in the quarterfinals.
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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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