Results
Coaches poll of March 22, 2023
PENSACOLA, Fla. —
Xavier University of Louisiana men's tennis, playing a top-12 opponent
for the ninth time this season, lost 6-1 Saturday to West Florida.
The Argonauts (12-2) are ranked seventh in
NCAA Division II and have a 20-match home win streak. The Gold Rush (13-6) are No. 9 in the NAIA.
Julius Hell won twice
for XULA. Hell and
Mathieu Strauss won 6-3 at No. 2 doubles against
Albin Ekenros and Adam Svensson. Hell defeated
Bernardo Costa 7-5, 6-0 at No. 3 singles.
Since enrolling at XULA in January,
Hell, a freshman from Pforzheim, Germany, is 15-1 in singles and won his last 11.
XULA had a great chance to win the
doubles point, but Costa and Enzo Silveira won a 9-7 tiebreaker against
Guillermo Coiras and
Dedric Ray on court three. At No. 6 singles,
Jered Wilson lost 10-4 to Silveira in a third-set super-tiebreaker.
The Gold Rush will play host to
NAIA No. 7 William Carey at noon CDT Saturday (April 1).
NOTES: XULA
is 4-5 this season against top-12 teams and has three victories against NAIA top-10 opponents . . .
The Gold Rush dropped one spot to No. 9
in the NAIA coaches poll announced Wednesday.
The XULA men are in the top 10 for the 14th consecutive time
and the 97th time in the last 100 polls. The Gold Rush are in the top 25 for the 127th consecutive time —
the longest active streak in NAIA men's tennis. That streak began April 4, 2007.
