Xavier University of Louisiana women's tennis

Women's Tennis

Gold Nuggets repeat as team champion at HBCU nationals

Results

        COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — Xavier University of Louisiana women's tennis repeated Saturday as team champion of the HBCU National Championships at South Fulton Tennis Center.
        The Gold Nuggets, a longtime NAIA power, got a doubles title from Tianna Dixon and McKenna Wheatley and won team honors with 25 points, just ahead of North Carolina Central (22.5), Alabama A&M (22), Alabama State (21.5) and Florida A&M (21), all NCAA Division I members. Fifteen women's teams competed.
        Dixon, a sophomore, and Wheatley, a freshman, won the B bracket with a 6-1 decision against Albany State's Asia Raulerson and Natalya Ogunwale.
        The HBCU team title is the Gold Nuggets' third. They also won in 2018.

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Players Mentioned

Tianna Dixon

Tianna Dixon

5' 4"
Freshman
HS
McKenna Wheatley

McKenna Wheatley

5' 10"
Freshman
HS

Players Mentioned

Tianna Dixon

Tianna Dixon

5' 4"
Freshman
HS
McKenna Wheatley

McKenna Wheatley

5' 10"
Freshman
HS