WHITTIER, Calif. — For the second time this season, Xavier University of Louisiana's tennis teams defeated ranked opponents on the same day. The Gold Nuggets beat Northwestern Ohio, ranked 24th in the NAIA, 8-1 Sunday, and the Gold Rush beat UNOH's 10th-ranked men 6-3.
     The Gold Nuggets (13-8) are ranked seventh in the NAIA, and the Gold Rush (11-5) are sixth. The XU men beat a top-10 opponent for the second straight day, and the Nuggets beat a top-25 team for the second time in three days.
     Nour Abbes, Caroline Vernet, Carmen Nelson and Simone-Alyse Ewell won in doubles and singles for Xavier's women. Abbes and Nelson trailed 7-4 before winning the final five games in a 9-7 No. 2 doubles victory against Kate Bondarenko and Vladica Djurdjevic.
     Vernet rallied at No. 2 singles in a 2-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-4) victory against Djurdjevic. Abbes defeated 15th-ranked Melena Lopez 6-2, 6-1 to clinch the dual, and Nelson beat 48th-ranked Raquel Marques 6-3, 6-2.
     Vernet and Ewell won 8-0 at No. 1 doubles against Lopez and Marques. Brion Flowers and Brandi Nelson defeated Valeria Popko and Ana Lacerda 8-5.
     Ewell beat Bondarenko 6-4, 7-5, and Sha'Nel Bruins defeated Lacerda 6-4, 6-3 for her fifth consecutive singles victory.
     In the men's dual, Xavier followed the same script of Saturday, when it beat eighth-ranked Westmont. Tushar Mandlekar and Adam Albrecht won in doubles and singles, and Kyle Montrel and Nikita Soifer beat ranked singles opponents.
     Albrecht and Kevin Chaouat trailed 6-3 before earning a 9-7 No. 3 doubles victory against Ronnie Myburgh and Akira Kuwada. Albrecht beat Garbriel Cleto 6-2, 6-1.
     Mandlekar and Manav Chakma needed a tiebreaker to defeat 11th-ranked Rik van Gerwen and Emin Alpan 9-8 (7-5), and Mandlekar clinched the dual with his 7-5, 6-4 victory against Alpan.
     Montrel beat ninth-ranked Daniel Rueda 6-4, 6-2, and Soifer defeated 29th-ranked van Gerwen 6-0, 7-5.
     UNOH's women are 8-6, and its men are 10-5. Site of the duals was Whittier College, an NCAA Division III member.
     Next for the Nuggets and Rush will be 1 p.m. PDT duals at Vanguard in Costa Mesa, Calif. Vanguard's women are 5-11 and ranked 15th — UNOH defeated them 5-4 Friday — and the men are 18-0 and ranked fourth.

Women's Tennis Results
Xavier 8, Northwestern Ohio 1

Sunday, March 29, 2015
Richard Ettinger Tennis Courts (Whittier College), Whittier, Calif.

Xavier victories highlighted

Doubles
No. 1 — Caroline Vernet - Simone-Alyse Ewell (XU) d. Melena Lopez-Raquel Marques (UNOH) 8-0.
No. 2 — Nour Abbes-Carmen Nelson (XU) d. Vladica Djurdjevic-Kate Bondarenko (UNOH) 9-7.
No. 3 — Brion Flowers-Brandi Nelson (XU) d. Valeria Popko-Ana Lacerda (UNOH) 8-5.

Singles
No. 1 — Nour Abbes (XU) d. Melena Lopez (UNOH) 6-2, 6-1.
No. 2 — Caroline Vernet (XU) d. Vladica Djurdjevic (UNOH) 2-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-4).
No. 3 — Carmen Nelson (XU) d. Raquel Marques (UNOH) 6-3, 6-2.
No. 4 — Simone-Alyse Ewell (XU) d. Kate Bondarenko (UNOH) 6-4, 7-5.
No. 5 — Valeria Popko (UNOH) d. Brion Flowers (XU) 0-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7).
No. 6 — Sha'Nel Bruins (XU) d. Ana Lacerda (UNOH) 6-4, 6-3.

Order of Finish: Doubles — 1, 3, 2. Singles — 3, 1, 2, 5, 4, 6.
Records: Xavier 13-8, Northwestern Ohio 8-6.

Men's Tennis Results
Xavier 6, Northwestern Ohio 3

Sunday, March 29, 2015
Richard Ettinger Tennis Courts (Whittier College), Whittier, Calif.

Xavier victories highlighted

Doubles
No. 1 — Daniel Rueda-Thommy Johansson (UNOH) d. Kyle Montrel-Nikita Soifer (XU) 8-5.
No. 2 — Tushar Mandlekar-Manav Chakma (XU) d. Rik van Gerwen-Emin Alpan (UNOH) 9-8 (7-5).
No. 3 — Adam Albrecht-Kevin Chaouat (XU) d. Ronnie Myburgh-Akira Kuwada (UNOH) 9-7.

Singles
No. 1 — Kyle Montrel (XU) d. Daniel Rueda (UNOH) 6-4, 6-2.
No. 2 — Nikita Soifer (XU) d. Rik van Gerwen (UNOH) 6-0, 7-5.
No. 3 — Thommy Johansson (UNOH) d. Jordan Harrell (XU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
No. 4 — Tushar Mandlekar (XU) d. Emin Alpan (UNOH) 7-5, 6-4.
No. 5 — Ronnie Myburgh (UNOH) d. Vincenzo Ciccone (XU) 7-6 (10-8), 6-3.
No. 6 — Adam Albrecht (XU) d. Garbriel Cleto (UNOH) 6-2, 6-1.

Order of Finish: Doubles — 1, 3, 2. Singles — 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5.
Records: Xavier 11-5, Northwestern Ohio 10-5.