NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana women's tennis kept intact some impressive numbers with a 5-0 victory Friday against William Woods.
     Not only did the Gold Nuggets (12-3) win their 10th in a row — the NAIA's third-ranked team defeated No. 6 — but they also:
     •  Won their 10th in a row at home — 5-0 this season.
     •  Defeated a ranked opponent for the 16th time in their last 17 attempts — 6-0 this season.
     •  Defeated a top-10 opponent for the eighth time in their last nine attempts — 3-0 this season.
     •  Won for the 28th time in their last 32 dual matches.
     XULA should get a stronger challenge Saturday when 9-2 Southern Miss of NCAA Division I visits at 2 p.m. The Gold Nuggets are 0-3 all-time against the Golden Eagles.
     The Gold Nuggets' doubles teams — Mariia Borodii and Farah Baklouti, Charlene Goreau and Angela Charles-Alfred and Angelica De Vincenzis and Yi Chen Pao — all won 8-2 against ranked opponents. Borodii made it 4-0 when she defeated Julia Perez Wienese 6-0, 6-1, and Goreau clinched with a 6-3, 6-0 victory against Zlata Shuraeva.
     Borodii and Baklouti beat Ana Zavala and Shuraeva, No. 4 in last week's Oracle ITA NAIA doubles rankings. Goreau and Charles-Alfred defeated No. 11 Wienese and Paige Smith, and De Vincenzis and Pao beat No. 18 Felicia Cesar and Chelsea Steward.
     Wienese is ranked 27th in singles, and Shuraeva is ranked eighth.