NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's Jacobi Bain won several end-of-season men's tennis awards as a freshman in 2022, but no Red River Athletic Conference Player of the Week honors. Those went to teammates who played higher in the singles lineup, eight awards in all.
        But those teammates — Santiago Perez, Juan Ramirez and Megh Patel — are gone, and Bain, now XULA's No. 1 singles player, was announced Tuesday as the RRAC weekly winner for Feb. 6-12.
        Bain, from Nassau, Bahamas, won in doubles and singles Sunday in XULA's only match of the week, a 4-3 home victory against city rival Loyola. Bain and Dedric Ray beat the Wolf Pack's Hippolyte de Preville and Aubin Duchier 6-2 on the second doubles court, then Bain won 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 against Francisco Javier Arce Vieyra.
        It's the second straight week that the Gold Rush won the RRAC award. Mathieu Strauss was honored for Jan. 30-Feb. 5.
        Next for XULA, 3-1 and ranked fifth in the NAIA, will be three matches in the Grizzly Invitational at Lawrenceville, Ga.: 1 p.m. Friday against Cumberland, 1 p.m. Saturday against Georgia Gwinnett and 10 a.m. Sunday against Lindsey Wilson. Times are Eastern. Cumberland was 13th, Georgia Gwinnett first and Lindsey Wilson eighth in the NAIA preseason coaches poll, but new rankings will be announced Wednesday.