NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana
has three Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Players of the Week
for Jan. 22-28, the GCAC announced Tuesday.
XULA recipients are
Jalen David in men's basketball,
Charlene Goreau in women's tennis and
Samir Chikhaoui in men's tennis.
David and Chikhaoui are first-time honorees; Goreau won for the first time
this season and the ninth time in her career.
David — a senior guard/forward from Mount Vernon, N.Y.,
and a former Mount Vernon High School and Moberly Community College standout —
averaged 16.7 points and six rebounds and shot 54.1 percent from the floor
in three games and scored a season-high-tying 21 points in consecutive games against Philander Smith and Loyola.
David scored 15 points in the final 10 minutes during a 38-13 rally that gave
XULA an 82-72 home victory against Loyola and the first season sweep of its city rival in seven years.
Goreau, a junior from Toulouse, France, won
in doubles and singles Sunday at home against Loyola. Goreau teamed
with
Manon Bonada for an 8-3 victory against Koral Martinez and Nadja Ochsner,
then beat Martinez 6-3, 6-1. Goreau's career total of GCAC awards is one
fewer than the league record held by
Nour Abbes, now a XULA graduate assistant.
Chikhaoui, a sophomore from Lille, France, and a former Eastern Florida State College standout,
won in doubles and singles against Loyola and helped
Alan Green earn his 200th career
victory as coach of the Gold Rush. Chikhaoui and
Pierre Andrieu beat
Sean Presti and Tiger Cheung 8-4, then Chikhaoui defeated Presti 6-4, 6-2.
Chikhaoui had three unfinished matches Friday against NCAA Division I Louisiana-Lafayette,
and he led at No. 2 singles in the second dual match of that evening.
Next competition for each team:
• Men's tennis: 2 p.m. Friday at home vs. Jacksonville State.
• Women's tennis: 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Louisiana-Lafayette.
• Men's basketball: 7:30 p.m. Monday at home vs. Edward Waters.
