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ROME, Ga. —
Xavier University of Louisiana's
Jacobi Bain
earned his second singles victory in three days at the ITA Cup tennis championships
— a 6-2, 7-5 decision Saturday against Keiser's Soufiane El Mesbahi.
El Mesbahi was 27th, and Bain was unranked
in the ITA NAIA end-of-season singles rankings of 2021-22.
The other Gold Rush singles entry,
Mathieu Strauss, lost 7-5, 6-2 to Lindsey Wilson's Jan Silhavy. Strauss, a freshman,
finished 0-3 at the ITA Cup. Silhavy ranked 26th at the end of 2021-22.
XULA has two more fall tournaments.
The men and women will compete next Friday and Saturday in New Orleans at the Dillard Invitational,
and the women will compete Nov. 4-5 at the LSU-Shreveport Invitational.