Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Gold XU Rush preseason rank is 12th straight in NAIA top 10

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana was in a familiar spot in the 2013 NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Preseason Poll announced Tuesday.
    

The Gold Rush, 18-8 this past season, are No. 8 in the first of nine team polls this year. It's the 12th consecutive top-10 appearance for the XU men dating to May 2011 and their 42nd consecutive top-25 ranking dating to April 2007.
    

It's also Xavier's highest preseason ranking in this sport. Xavier was ninth in the 2012 preseason and finished the year No. 7 after becoming the first from Xavier in any sport to reach the national quarterfinals since men's basketball in 1973.
    

Xavier opened its spring season this past weekend with a 6-1 loss to Tulane. The Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets will travel to Houma, La., to play Nicholls State at 4 p.m. Saturday. The next Gold Rush home match will start at 2 p.m. on Feb. 8 against NAIA No. 6 William Carey at the new XU Tennis Center.
    

The next two top 25s will be announced Feb. 19 and March 5.

NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Preseason Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records are from 2012 season)
Rank
Team
Record
Points
Last
1
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (8)
20-4
279
3
2
Auburn Montgomery (2)
17-8
271
5
3
Vanguard (1)
15-11
265
6
4
Lindsey Wilson
19-6
245
10
5
Concordia (Calif.)
9-13
243
12
6
William Carey
17-5
235
9
7
Westmont
12-10
230
8
8
Xavier
18-8
223
7
9
Aquinas
26-3
212
13
10
Bethany (Kan.)
22-4
205
14
11
Cumberland
18-3
179
16
12
Belhaven
16-4
174
15
13
Olivet Nazarene
15-5
168
20
14
Campbellsville
19-7
166
17
15
Warner
13-5
160
18
16
Graceland
9-7
143
RV
17
McPherson
15-4
137
RV
18
Pikeville
12-6
126
RV
19
Northwestern Ohio
18-7
119
21
20
Webber International
15-7
116
23
21
Spring Arbor
10-2
100
24
22
Georgetown (Ky.)
12-11
90
RV
23
Coastal Georgia
6-7
89
NR
24
Biola
5-14
73
RV
25
Lee (Tenn.)
9-8
67
RV

Others receiving votes: Indiana Wesleyan 55; Davenport 49, Missouri Valley 41, SCAD Savannah 23, St. Francis (Ill.) 14, Martin Methodist 13, Tennessee Wesleyan 6, Asbury 4, Hastings 3.


By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
XULAATHLETICS
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA

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