Saturday, April 1, 2017

No. 2 Gold Rush make 52nd straight top-10 appearance

NEW ORLEANS — You've heard this before. Xavier University of Louisiana is No. 2 in the NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll.
     

It's the sixth consecutive time that the Gold Rush (8-3) are second. The XULA men have won eight of their last nine dual matches; the lone blemish was 5-0 Feb. 19 against Georgia Gwinnett, which Tuesday earned its 24th consecutive unanimous No. 1 ranking.
     

Since the previous poll, the Gold Rush won 8-1 at then-NAIA No. 19 St. Thomas (Fla.) and 5-2 at home against Ouachita Baptist, No. 39 in NCAA Division II.
     

The next Gold Rush dual match will start at noon April 8 at NCAA Division I Jackson State. The next home appearance will be April 13 at 11 a.m. against NAIA No. 6 William Carey at XULA Tennis Center.
     

The Gold Rush active poll streaks:
     •  82 consecutive appearances in the top 25 . . . streak began April 4, 2007.
     •  73 consecutive appearances in the top 20 . . . streak began April 30, 2008.
     •  58 consecutive appearances in the top 15 . . . streak began Feb. 1, 2011.
     •  52 consecutive appearances in the top 10 . . . streak began May 3, 2011.
     •  14 consecutive appearances in the top 5 . . . streak began Jan. 26, 2016.
     •  12 consecutive appearances in the top 3 . . . streak began March 1, 2016.
     •  6 consecutive appearances in the top 2 . . . streak began May 25, 2016.


NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through March 26)

RankTeamRecordPointsLast
1Georgia Gwinnett (12)18-03121
2XULA8-33022
3Keiser15-32913
4Northwestern Ohio12-02835
5Lindsey Wilson9-52724
6William Carey9-32626
7Arizona Christian11-82507
8William Woods6-423510
9Campbellsville7-32298
10Cardinal Stritch5-32269
11Mobile16-121711
12Westmont5-620012
13San Diego Christian4-619013
14Coastal Georgia11-518514
15Reinhardt8-516116
16Middle Georgia9-615618
17Aquinas10-315417
18Tennessee Wesleyan8-112321
19Olivet Nazarene4-512215
20SCAD Savannah6-6110NR
21McPherson1-310520
21Cornerstone12-5105NR
23Cumberland3-29922
24St. Thomas (Fla.)5-88119
25Lewis-Clark State1-77524
Dropped from rankings:  No. 23 Warner, No. 25 Bethany (Kan.)
Others receiving votes:  Warner 54, Asbury 45, Bethany (Kan.) 41, Loyola (N.O.) 20, Lawrence Tech 17, Biola 14, Cumberlands 10, Marian (Ind.) 10, SCAD Atlanta 8


Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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