Scores

        NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's top-seeded Kareemah Muhammad defeated LSU-Alexandria's Alicia Romero Gomez 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 1-0 (10-5) Saturday to advance to the women's singles A-bracket semifinals of the NAIA Gulf Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional Championships.
        Muhammad will play William Carey's fifth-seeded Jordan Ortega Mendez at 10 a.m. CDT Sunday at XULA Tennis Center (3619 Pine St., zip 70125). Admission and parking are free.
        The Gold Nuggets' Yi Chen Pao won the singles B-bracket with a 6-0, 6-4 decision against Avery Frierson of city rival Loyola.
        Muhammad, a sophomore, reached a regional semifinal for the second straight year. She and Valaine Clarke won the 2021 doubles title. But Saturday Muhammad and Clarke were eliminated in the quarterfinals.
        Pao is playing her fifth season of college tennis, all for XULA. Her fourth season was in 2019-20, when the spring season was terminated in mid-March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The NAIA granted athletes from that season an additional year of eligibility, which Pao is using in 2022-23. Pao was a summa cum laude XULA graduate in 2020 and is taking classes in graduate school this semester.