Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Gold Nuggets remain third in first regular-season poll

NEW ORLEANS -- Xavier University of Louisiana remained at No. 3 Tuesday in the first NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 of the regular season.

The Gold Nuggets (4-3) are in the top three for the eighth consecutive poll and in the top 10 for the 18th straight time. All three of their losses are to NCAA Division I opponents.

The top five teams are the same as they were in the preseason poll Jan. 27. Defending NAIA champion Georgia Gwinnett received all 13 first-place votes. Embry-Riddle (Fla.), which eliminated Xavier in the 2014 national semifinals, is No. 2.

Xavier will visit the University of New Orleans at 3 p.m. Saturday. Then at 2 p.m. Monday, Xavier will play No. 7 Brenau at Mobile, Ala., a neutral site. It will be the Gold Nuggets' first dual of the season against a ranked opponent.

The next team rankings will be announced March 3.

 
NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through Feb. 15)

RankTeamRecordPointsLast
1Georgia Gwinnett (13)2-03431
2Embry-Riddle (Fla.)3-13322
3Xavier4-33213
4Lindsey Wilson1-1310 4
5 Auburn Montgomery1-22995
6SCAD Savannah3-2283 8
7Brenau0-22826
8Northwood (Fla.)1-32617
9Oklahoma Baptist0-02579
10Arizona Christian5-0242RV
11Westmont4-2227tie-12
12Davenport2-1223tie-12
13Concordia (Calif.)2-220510
14Milligan1-118514
15Vanguard2-318311
16Indiana Wesleyan14-117415
17Coastal Georgia0-116516
18Cardinal Stritch6-114318
19Graceland1-0139NR
20Lewis-Clark State2-513717
21Northwestern Ohio4-211819
22Marian (Ind.)12-110520
23William Carey0-294RV
24Cambellsville16-99221
25Southeastern (Fla.)2-18522

Others receiving votes: Olivet Nazarene 72, McPherson 55, Cumberland 41, St. Thomas (Fla.) 37, LSU-Alexandria 21, Evangel 18, Georgetown (Ky.) 8, Aquinas 7, Ashford 4, Bethel (Kan.) 3


Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director 
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