MOBILE, Ala. — Patricia Recalde Pacua won a third-set tiebreaker Monday against Jana van der Walt to give Brenau a 5-4 victory against Xavier University of Louisiana in a matchup of top-10 NAIA women's tennis teams.
    Pacua defeated van der Walt 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (7-1) at the fourth singles flight. Van der Walt led 6-5 in the third set after trailing 5-4.
    Brenau (5-2) is ranked seventh, and Xavier (4-5) is third. It was the Gold Nuggets' first dual-match loss this season to an NAIA opponent.
    Xavier trailed 4-2 before tying the dual on Nour Abbes' 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 victory against Fatyha Berjane and Sha'Nel Bruins' 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 victory against Kelley Cohron. Brion Flowers earned the Gold Nuggets' other singles victory, 6-0, 6-3 against Nathalia Bolivar.
    Abbes and Carmen Nelson beat Maria Perdomo-Medina and Pacua 8-4 at the top doubles flight. But Brenau won the other doubles matches and took a 2-1 lead into singles when Berjane and Paula Rives Palau beat Flowers and Caroline Vernet 9-7.
    Abbes is 36-1 in singles in her XU career, 19-1 this season and 6-0 this semester.
    A year ago, Xavier defeated Brenau 5-4 at XU in another top-10 matchup when Simone-Alyse Ewell won in three sets at No. 5 singles.
    Xavier's women and men will play NCAA Division I's Alcorn State at 2 p.m. Tuesday at XU Tennis Center. Xavier's men are ranked eighth.

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Women's Tennis Results
Brenau 5, Xavier 4

Monday, February 23, 2015
Copeland-Cox Mobile Tennis Center, Mobile, Ala.

Xavier victories highlighted

Doubles
No. 1 — Nour Abbes-Carmen Nelson (XU) d. Maria Perdomo-Medina - Patricia Recalde Pacua (BU) 8-4.
No. 2 — Fatyha Berjane-Paula Rives Palau (BU) d. Caroline Vernet-Brion Flowers (XU) 9-7.
No. 3 — Nathalia Bolivar-Kelley Cohron (BU) d. Brandi Nelson-Sha'Nel Bruins (XU) 8-1.

Singles
No. 1 — Nour Abbes (XU) d. Fatyha Berjane (BU) 6-0, 4-6, 6-3.
No. 2 — Maria Perdomo-Medina (BU) d. Carmen Nelson (XU) 6-0, 6-1.
No. 3 — Brion Flowers (XU) d. Nathalia Bolivar (BU) 6-0, 6-3.
No. 4 — Patricia Recalde Pacua (BU) d. Jana van der Walt (XU) 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7-1).
No. 5 — Paula Rives Palau (BU) d. Brandi Nelson (XU) 6-2, 6-4.
No. 6 — Sha'Nel Bruins (XU) d. Kelley Cohron (BU) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3.

Order of Finish: Doubles — 3, 1, 2. Singles — 2, 3, 5, 1, 6, 4. 
Records: Xavier 4-5, Brenau 5-2.

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