Results:  Men   •   Women

     ORLANDO, Fla. — Xavier University of Louisiana's Lacee Ancar, Mariia Borodii and Pierre Andrieu earned a pair of single victories Thursday during the HBCU National Tennis Championships at USTA National Campus.
     Ancar defeated Elizabeth City State's Camryn Thompson 6-2, 6-1 in the women's B-flight round of 32, then beat Johnson C. Smith's Cierra Turner 6-1, 6-1 in the round of 16. Borodii beat North Carolina A&T's Fabiana Ramirez 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7) in the women's A-flight round of 16 and Jackson State's second-seeded Nina Zhang 6-3, 6-4 in the quarterfinals. Andrieu defeated Shaw's Diego Leal 6-4, 6-4 in the men's B-flight round of 32 and North Carolina A&T's Hayden Faulkenbury 6-1, 6-3 in the round of 16.
     XULA's top-seeded Charlene Goreau, the women's A-flight defending champion, lost 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) to Florida A&M's Mialiniaina Rakotondrazafy in the quarterfinals.
     XULA, a longtime NAIA power, won eight matches against NCAA Division I opponents.
     The three-day tournament will conclude Saturday.

2018 HBCU National Tennis Championships — Day 1 Team Scoring
Men
10 Bethune-Cookman
8 XULA
7 Morgan State
7 North Carolina Central
5 North Carolina A&T
4 Florida A&M
3 Shaw
3 Alabama A&M
2 Jackson State
0 Virginia State

Women
11 Alabama A&M
8 XULA
8 Morgan State
7 Florida A&M
7 Jackson State
4 Bethune-Cookman
3 Savannah State
3 Shaw
2 Elizabeth City State
1 North Carolina A&T
0 Johnson C. Smith