Goreau, seeded first, was denied an opportunity to win her second singles title of the semester when LSUA's Alba Perny beat her 8-4. Pao fell 8-6 to the Generals' Laia Charles. The Perny-Charles final was not played.
Goreau and Pao were the No. 1 doubles seed and had a bye into the semifinals, but Perny and Charles defeated them 8-6. Perny and Charles defeated Koral Martinez and Nadia Ochsner of another New Orleans school, Loyola, 8-3 in the final.
Goreau and Pao won the doubles consolation title as a result of walkover victories in each of the last two rounds. Walkover victories are not counted in individual statistics.
Also not played was the singles consolation final between fourth-seeded Martinez and LSUA's third-seeded Miljana Melojevic. In the semifinals, Martinez upset William Carey's second-seeded Natalia Baliaeva 8-4, and Melojevic defeated Loyola's Miranda Cano 8-4.
The women-only event was XULA's fall finale. The Gold Nuggets and Gold Rush will play their first dual matches of 2018 in late January. The XULA men will seek a third consecutive appearance in the NAIA national finals; they finished second to Georgia Gwinnett in 2016 and 2017.
Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications
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