NEW ORLEANS — For the fourth time in its last five attempts, Xavier University of Louisiana has defeated the University of New Orleans in men’s tennis.
Tushar Mandlekar and Karan Salwan won in doubles and singles, and Antoine Richard and Moses Micheal saved the doubles point in the Gold Rush’s 4-3 victory at UNO Monday.
XULA (11-5), ranked second in the NAIA, snapped a 2-dual losing streak but won its third in a row against an NCAA Division I opponent. It was the Gold Rush regular-season finale; next will be a May 17 dual match in the second round of the NAIA National Championship at Mobile, Ala. The NAIA will announce the 24 qualifying teams May 8 and the pairings and seedings May 9. Continue reading
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XAVIER (LA) GOLD RUSH WIN FOUR OF FIVE VERSUS NCAA DIVISION ONE
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XAVIER (LA) GOLD RUSH DEFEAT SUNO TO REACH GCAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TODAY AT 2PM
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Chris Iles and Devin Andrew scored 14 points apiece Friday, and Xavier University of Louisiana made 10-of-10 free throws in the final 76 seconds to secure a 75-66 men’s basketball victory over SUNO in the semifinals of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament.
The Gold Rush (27-4), ranked 17th in NAIA Division I and seeded second in the tournament, will play 13th- Continue reading
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XAVIER (LA) GOLD RUSH HOOPS TAKE DOWN THE RAMS
MOBILE, Ala. — Anthony Simmons scored 14 points and Kevin Miller 13 to lead NAIA No. 13 Xavier University of Louisiana to a 66-57 men’s basketball victory against Mobile.
Xavier (24-3) won for the 10th time in 11 games and matched its highest victory total since the 1983-84 season. Five days after surrendering a season-worst 91 points at Tougaloo, Xavier allowed less than 60 points for the 12th time this Continue reading
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GOLD NUGGETS PICK UP DIVISION ONE TRANSFERS
NEW ORLEANS — Women’s tennis players Yazmin Hooper of Corona, Calif., and Kourtney Howell of Cypress, Texas, have transferred to Xavier University of Louisiana from NCAA Division I schools and signed athletic scholarships.
Hooper, a 2009 graduate of Corona’s Santiago High School, transferred from Howard University. Howell, a 2010 graduate of Cypress Woods High School, transferred from the U.S. Naval Academy.
Hooper, a left-hander, was a California Bowl girls 16 singles champion and helped Continue reading
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GULF COAST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ADDING TALLADEGA AND PHILANDER SMITH COLLEGE
NEW ORLEANS — The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference announced Friday the addition of two new members — Philander Smith College of Little Rock, Ark., and Talladega College of Talladega, Ala. — for the 2011-12 academic year. Continue reading
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UNBEATEN GOLD RUSH RISE TO NUMBER 9
NEW ORLEANS — Unbeaten Xavier University of Louisiana moved from 10th to ninth in the NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 on Monday.
It’s the highest rank for the XU men since Feb. 13, 2008, when they were eighth. It’s the first time since the 2003-04 season that the Gold Rush made the top 10 in consecutive polls.
Xavier (10-0) won 85-66 at Loyola in their only game of the past week. It’s the first time since 1983-84 and just the second time since World War II that the XU men won their first 10 Continue reading
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XAVIER (LA) GOLD NUGGETS WIN AGAIN AS GRANT SHINES
NEW ORLEANS — Jasmine Grant made a school-record-tying seven 3-point field goals and scored a career-best 23 points Friday, leading NAIA No. 22 Xavier University of Louisiana to an 86-33 women’s basketball victory over Paul Quinn. Continue reading
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XAVIER (LA) NEAR TOP IN NAIA’S CHAMPIONS OF CHARACTER LIST
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana was among the leaders on the 2009-10 NAIA Champions of Character Scorecard released Thursday by Continue reading
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XAVIER GOLD RUSH NEWS!
The following courtesy of Xavier (LA) Sports Information:
NEW ORLEANS — For the fourth time this season, Xavier University of Louisiana‘s Matt Pieri is the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Runner of the Week in men’s cross country.
Pieri, a sophomore from New Orleans and a graduate of Brother Martin High School, ran 8,000 meters in a season-best 28 minutes, 15.31 seconds Friday to finish 18th out of 74 non-NCAA Division I runners in the Mississippi College/Watson Ford Invitational at Clinton, Miss. Overall he placed 36th out of 131 men.
Pieri is the second Gold Rush harrier to win the GCAC award four or more times in a season since its establishment in 2008. Mark Dotson won five times in 2009. Xavier has won all five GCAC men’s Runner of the Week awards this season — Ray Walston earned the other — and 12 of 14 since the start of the 2009 season.
Xavier’s next meet — its final one of the regular season — will be the Demon Invitational at Walter P. Ledet Track Complex in Natchitoches, La., on October 22. The women’s 6,000-meter race will start at 4 p.m., followed by the men’s 8,000-meter race at 4:30. Northwestern State is the host school.
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