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XU's Anastesia Opata (first team) and Angelina Callis (second team)
were NAIA All-Americans in 2009


Women's Tennis
updated October 11, 2009

Head Coach:   Alan Green (seventh season), (504) 520-5008 or amgreen@xula.edu
Media Contact:   Ed Cassiere, (504) 520-5707 or ecassier@xula.edu


Next:   The Gold Nuggets withdrew from the mid-October Warhawk Classic at Monroe, La., and will not compete in any more tournaments this fall. Dual matches will begin in January.

Next Home Match:   To be announced.

Most Recently:   Anastesia Opata and Colleen McArthur, both seniors, lost in singles semifinals of the HBCU National Championships at Atlanta.

Recruiting:   There's one new player on the 2009-10 roster: freshman Carmen Nelson of Jonesboro, Ga.   story

The Record:   19 wins, 7 losses (8-0 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference) in 2008-09. The Gold Nuggets were 17-8 overall, 8-0 GCAC in 2007-08.

Rankings:
   Team — Xavier was No. 15 in the final NAIA coaches poll of the season.
   Individual — In the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's NAIA final women's singles rankings (announced June 26), Anastesia Opata was 18th, and Angelina Callis was 38th. Callis and Opata were No. 8 in doubles, a school record.

Streaking:
  •   The Nuggets have a 53-match GCAC regular-season winning streak. The most recent loss was 5-4 at home against Spring Hill on April 13, 2002.
  •   The Nuggets have been in the NAIA top 25 for 33 consecutive polls dating to February 2004. The streak does not include 2006, when Xavier did not compete due to the effects of Hurricane Katrina.
  •   The Nuggets are 4-0 in first-round matches at the NAIA National Championship. They won in 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2009.

2008-09 Highlights:
  •   Won the GCAC Tournament for the sixth time in eight years.
  •   Anastesia Opata (first team) and Angelina Callis (second team) were NAIA All-Americans.
  •   Anastesia Opata and Angelina Callis were ITA/NAIA All-Americans.
  •   Anastesia Opata was GCAC Player of the Year, and Alan Green was GCAC Coach of the Year.
  •   All-Louisiana team: Anastesia Opata made the first team), Angelina Callis made the second team, and Alan Green was Coach of the Year.
  •   Defeated two ranked NAIA teams on the same day for the first time in school history. The Nuggets beat Shorter and Oklahoma Baptist on March 13.
  •   Yuliem Dominguez won a pair of titles in the HBCU National Championships at Atlanta, Ga., in September. Dominguez defeated Florida A&M's Kathline Durden 6-7 (7-3), 6-3, 6-3 in the women's B-flight singles final, then teamed with Angelina Callis to beat FAMU's Alexis Brown and Britney Dean 8-2 in the women's B-flight doubles final.
  •   Four dual-match victories against ranked NAIA opponents: Shorter (twice), Oklahoma Baptist and Union (Ky.)
  •   An NAIA-leading three dual-match victories against NCAA Division I opponents: Southern, Grambling and Jackson State.
  •   Won seven of the nine GCAC Player of the Week awards: Anastesia Opata four times, Angelina Callis twice and Yuliem Dominguez once.

2007-08:   Xavier was 17-8 and No. 13 in the final NAIA coaches poll. It was the fourth consecutive Nuggets team to be ranked in the final top 25. For the third time in four seasons the Nuggets earned an at-large bid to the NAIA National Championships and won a first-round match. Xavier had four victories against NCAA Division I opponents, including SWAC Tournament champion Alcorn State.
     2008-09 Xavier University of Louisiana women's tennis team

The 2008-09 Xavier University of Louisiana women's tennis team.

2008-09 Statistics
(records include fall competition)
Alexandra Broussard 4-4 singles 10-6 doubles
Angelina Callis 20-7 singles 24-4 doubles
Melissa DeLoach 6-3 singles 9-8 doubles
Yuliem Dominguez 16-7 singles 21-7 doubles
Marian Lang 13-9 singles 4-4 doubles
Colleen McArthur 7-8 singles 12-6 doubles
Jihanna Mughnee 10-11 singles 10-2 doubles
Anastesia Opata 20-5 singles 22-3 doubles

Leaders
Singles Victories: Angelina Callis 20, Anastesia Opata 20
Singles Winning Percentage: Anastesia Opata .800 (20-5)
Doubles Victories: Angelina Callis 24
Doubles Winning Percentage: Anastesia Opata .880 (22-3)
Combined Victories: Angelina Callis 44
Combined Winning Percentage: Anastesia Opata .840 (42-8)

 

 
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
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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 and women's teams in basketball, cross country and tennis.

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