Results

        OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Asadah Ma'at and Mbali Langa won three-set singles matches Friday to help Xavier University of Louisiana clinch a 4-2 women's tennis victory against Middle Georgia in the opening round of the ITA NAIA National Indoor Championships at Overland Park Racquet Club.
        The Gold Nuggets (1-0) advanced to the semifinals for the second consecutive year. They will play second-ranked Keiser at 3 p.m. Saturday.
        Ma'at gave XULA a 3-2 lead when she defeated Yana Prihach 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 on the fifth court, then Langa clinched on the first court with her 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory against Berta Castello.
        Langa and McKenna Wheatley, the NAIA's top-ranked doubles team, won 6-3 against Castello and Tamanna Takoria, but Middle Georgia (0-2) won the doubles point. Wheatley defeated Aya El Marrasse Zarioui 6-3, 6-3 at No. 4 singles, and Amira Bergaoui won 7-6 (10-8), 6-4 against Marina Prieto Gonfaus at No. 2.
        XULA is seeded third and Middle Georgia sixth in this eight-team event.