NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's Nereo Suarez was announced Tuesday as Red River Athletic Conference Player of the Week in men's tennis for Feb. 13-19. It's the first award for Suarez, a freshman from Santa Fe, Argentina.
        Suarez was 2-0 in singles and 2-1 in doubles to help the Gold Rush win 2-of-3 matches at the Grizzly Invitational in Lawrenceville, Ga. Sunday in XULA's 4-0 victory against NAIA No. 8 Lindsey Wilson, Suarez and Jacobi Bain clinched the doubles point with a 6-2 victory against Sebastian Junqhanns and Ilyas Coichari. Then Suarez beat Coichari 6-3, 1-6, 6-0 in singles.
        Suarez and Bain clinched the doubles point in a 4-0 Friday victory against 12th-ranked Cumberland.
        It's the third straight week that the Gold Rush won the RRAC award. Mathieu Strauss was honored for Jan. 30-Feb. 5, and Bain won for Feb. 6-12.
        Next for XULA, 5-2 and ranked fifth in the NAIA, will be a 1 p.m. Wednesday match at seventh-ranked William Carey in Hattiesburg, Miss., then three matches over Friday and Saturday in the LSUA Tournament at Alexandria and Pineville, La.