As reported by the XULA website, the Xavier University of Louisiana women’s tennis team ranks 5th in the NAIA Women’s Tennis Coaches Poll. Insights into the Gold Nuggets stats: In the top 25 for the 87th time in a row. In the top 20 for the 87th time in a row. In the top 15 for the 46th time in a row. In the top five for the third time in a row.
Up next for XULA will be three games in the Grizzly Invitational in Lawrenceville, Georgia: Friday at 1:00pm against Cumberland, Saturday at 1:00pm against #2 Georgia Gwinnett, and Sunday at 10:00am against #11 Lindsey Wilson. Keizer ended Georgia Gwinnett’s 30-game hitting streak at no.
1. Keizer defeated Georgia Gwinnett 4-3 February 5 in the title round of the ITA NAIA National Indoor Championships in Overland Park, Kan.
About XULA
Xavier University of Louisiana is a private, historically black, Catholic university in New Orleans, Louisiana.
It is the only Catholic HBCU and, following the canonization of Katharine Drexel in 2000, became the first Catholic university founded by a saint. Senator Barack Obama delivered the keynote address in August 2006. The Archbishop of New Orleans, Alfred C.
Hughes, declined to attend, arguing that Obama was not against abortion and had not been consulted prior to the event. Obama returned after becoming president, visiting New Orleans in August 2010 to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
He gave Xavier a speech complimenting the community leaders’ work and affirming their commitment to continue to help rebuild the area. Xavier’s athletic teams are called the Gold Rush and the Gold Nuggets. The university is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, primarily participates in the Red River Athletic Conference as of the 2021-22 academic year XULA competes in 12 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men’s sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, tennis, and Athletics; women’s sports include basketball, cross country, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball; and coed sports include competitive cheering. Previous sports included soccer. Photo credit: photo by XULA webiste
