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NEW ORLEANS —
It will be an all-Xavier University of Louisiana matchup in the men's singles A-bracket final
of the NAIA Gulf Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional Championships.
Third-seeded
Mathieu Strauss and fourth-seeded
Jacobi Bain will meet for the
title no sooner than 11 a.m. CDT Sunday at XULA Tennis Center (3619 Pine St., zip 70125).
Admission and parking are free.
In the semifinals Saturday, Strauss defeated
Johan Favelin of Our Lady of the Lake 6-2, 6-1, and Bain won 6-2, 6-2 against eighth-seeded
Justin Van Amerongen of Blue Mountain.
Bain and
Nereo Suarez, top-seeded in doubles,
will play fourth-seeded Van Amerongen and Rick Sakamoto in the semifinals at 10 a.m.
Bain and Suarez won 8-3 in the quarterfinals against Remus Hebhang-Balan and Hippolyte Barbier de Preville of city rival Loyola (N.O.)
Guillermo Coiras of the Gold Rush won the
singles B-bracket with a 6-1, 6-1 victory in the final against Loyola's Spencer Matz.