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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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NAIA Women's Tennis National Championship
First round — Xavier Gold Nuggets (16-7) vs. McKendree Bearcats (9-5)
9 a.m. on Monday, May 12 at Mobile Tennis Center, Mobile, Ala.
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Xavier has won five of the past seven GCAC championships
Women's Tennis
updated May 9, 2008
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Dominique Bell
First-team 2007 NAIA All-American
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Next:
Xavier (16-7) will play McKendree (9-5) at 9 a.m. Monday (May 12) in the first round
of the NAIA National Championship at Mobile Tennis Center in Mobile, Ala.
Series:
First meeting.
Team Rankings:
The Gold Nuggets were 13th in the final NAIA coaches poll of April 30 and third in
the Region XIII rankings announced April 28. McKendree was unranked in the final
coaches poll and ranked first in Region V.
Most Recently:
The Nuggets reached the semifinals of the NAIA Region XIII Tournament for the first
time. Xavier beat Mobile 5-1 in the opening round before losing 5-0 to top-ranked Auburn
Montgomery — the four-time defending NAIA champion — in the semifinals. Both matches
were played April 25 at Mount Berry, Ga.
NAIA History:
This is the Nuggets' third appearance at the national tournament, and they're 2-2 in the event. The recap:
• 2004 (at Mobile, Ala.) — Defeated Lee (Tenn.) 8-1 in first round; lost 5-0 to Auburn Montgomery in second round.
• 2005 (at Mobile, Ala.) — Defeated Indiana Southeast 9-0 in first round; lost 5-0 to Brenau in second round.
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2007-08 Honors:
• All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference — Dominique Bell, Yuliem Dominguez,
Colleen McArthur, Anastesia Opata.
• Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Year — Dominique Bell.
• Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year — Anastesia Opata.
Rankings Recap:
Here's how Xavier has fared in every edition of the 2008 NAIA coaches poll. The final poll of the season
was announced April 30.
February — 25th on Feb. 6 (preseason), 23rd on Feb. 20.
March — 23rd on March 5, 24th on March 19.
April — 14th on April 2, 21st on April 16, 13th on April 30.
Individual Rankings:
Xavier had four players mentioned in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's NAIA rankings of April 3:
Singles (2 players) — Anastesia Opata 23rd, Dominique Bell 27th.
Doubles (2 teamss) — Dominique Bell-Anastesia Opata 12th, Yuliem Dominguez-Colleen McArthur 22nd.
2008 GCAC Tournament:
Friday, April 11 at Ridgeland Tennis Center, Ridgeland, Miss.
First Round
#5 Tougaloo 6, #4 Belhaven 3 (Belhaven finished 2-9)
Semifinals
#2 Mobile 5, #3 Spring Hill 0 (Spring Hill finished 9-5)
#1 Xavier 5, #5 Tougaloo 0 (Tougaloo finished 1-8)
Championship
#2 Mobile 5, #1 Xavier 4
Fall 2007 Highlights:
• Xavier won its first-ever women's team title in the HBCU National Championships on Sept. 27-29
at Sugar Creek Tennis Center in Atlanta. Xavier edged Southern University and Alcorn State
for the title, which was determined by the number of match victories. Sixteen women's teams
competed. In A-flight doubles, Xavier's Yuliem Dominguez and Colleen McArthur lost 8-4 in the championship match
to Southern's Megan Wiltz and Kathryn Curtis.
HBCU National Championships stories/results:
Sept. 28
Sept. 29
• Colleen McArthur lost 9-8 (7-4) on Sept. 22 to Brenau's
Jolene Wong in the singles consolation final
of the ITA/NAIA Region XIII Tennis Championships at Lagoon Park Tennis Center in Montgomery, Ala.
McArthur reached the final after an 8-2 victory against Brenau's Diana Cardenas. Wong defeated Xavier's
Selam Workeneh 9-8 (7-5) in the other semifinal, after Workeneh beat Brenau's Shkurte Ejupi 9-7.
Teammates Anastesia Opata and Yuliem Dominguez won first-round matches the previous day.
ITA/NAIA Region XIII Championships stories/results:
Sept. 21
Sept. 22
2007:
Xavier was 15-7, won the GCAC championship for the fifth time in six years and was 22nd
in the final NAIA poll.
The Coach:
Alan Green (Xavier 2002) is in his fifth season as the coach of Xavier's women and men.
His women have a five-year record of 88-36 in dual matches (44-0 in the GCAC) and won four GCAC championships. Green, 33,
was a standout player at Xavier.
2006-07 Honors:
• NAIA All-America — Dominique Bell (first team).
• All-Louisiana — Dominique Bell (first team).
• Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars — Alexandra Broussard (fourth team).
• All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference — Dominique Bell, Alexandra Broussard,
Angelina Callis, Yuliem Dominguez, Colleen McArthur, Jihanna Mughnee.
• Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Year — Dominique Bell.
• Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year — Angelina Callis.
• Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year — Alan Green.
History Lesson:
Xavier's proud tennis tradition dates to the 1930s and men's players such as
Jimmie McDaniel, Dick Cohen, Louis Graves and Robert Ryland. The International Tennis
Hall of Fame & Museum featured these four and others at the 2007 U.S. Open with an exhibit
honoring black tennis pioneers. McDaniel was an American Tennis Association men's singles champion
and played Grand Slam winner Don Budge in the first scheduled interracial match on July 29, 1940,
in New York City. Budge won 6-2, 6-1 before 2,000 fans at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Center and
said after the match, "Jimmie is a very good player. I'd say he'd rank with the first 10 of our
white players.'' The artwork at the right first appeared in
the October 1940 edition of the the Xavier Herald, the campus newspaper.
Click on the image for a larger view.
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International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum story on its
exhibit honoring black tennis pioneers.
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Time Magazine story from Aug. 28, 1939, on Jim Crow tennis.
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Learn More:
For more information about Xavier women's tennis, contact:
• Alan Green, head coach — office (504) 520-5008 or amgreen@xula.edu
• Ed Cassiere, sports information director — office (504) 520-5707 or ecassier@xula.edu
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