Results:  Men   •   Women

     ORLANDO, Fla. — Xavier University of Louisiana's Yi Chen Pao scored straight-set victories against a pair of NCAA Division I opponents Friday to reach the title round of the HBCU National Tennis Championships at USTA National Campus.
     Pao, a junior seeded third in women's C-flight singles, defeated Alabama A&M's India Woods 6-1, 6-3 in the quarterfinals and Bethune-Cookman's Karen Romero, 6-1, 6-2 in the semifinals.
     XULA is a longtime NAIA power.
     Chris Anders of the Gold Rush won four matches, two with Gabriel Niculescu to advance to the men's B-flight doubles semifinals. Anders and Niculescu beat Junior Babalola-Davies of Shaw and Joshua Wilson of Alabama A&M 6-1 in round of 16, then defeated Florida A&M's fourth-seeded Luis Espinoza and Illya Skoromnyy 6-2 in the quarterfinals.
     In C-flight consolation singles, Anders beat Alabama A&M's Rodrigo Arana Rios 8-2 and Virginia State's Keon Halley 8-0 to reach the semifinals.
     The three-day tournament will conclude Saturday.

2018 HBCU National Tennis Championships — Team Scoring Through 2 Days
Men
22 Bethune-Cookman
18 XULA
16 North Carolina Central
13.5 Morgan State
6 Florida A&M
5.5 Jackson State
5 North Carolina A&T
3 Shaw
3 Alabama A&M
2 Virginia State

Women
16 XULA
16 Morgan State
14 Florida A&M
13 Alabama A&M
12 Jackson State
8 Bethune-Cookman
7 Shaw
5 North Carolina A&T
4 Savannah State
2 Elizabeth City State
0 Johnson C. Smith