Results
McKENZIE, Tenn. —
NAIA No. 4 Xavier University of Louisiana defeated No. 22 Bethel (Tenn.) 5-2
Thursday to snap a four-match women's tennis losing streak.
The Gold Nuggets (3-6)
will stay on the road and play NCAA Division I Tennessee State in Nashville at
11 a.m. Friday at Hadley Park.
Mbali Langa,
McKenna Wheatley and
Sydney Green won in doubles and singles for XULA.
Langa and Wheatley, No. 1 in the ITA NAIA rankings, clinched the doubles
point with a 7-5 victory against Sofia Canto and Camila Barragan Canas.
Green gave XULA a 4-1 lead with her clinching 6-1, 6-3 victory against Alejandra Vargas at No. 5 singles.
Langa won 7-5, 6-2 against
Barragan Canas at No. 2, Wheatley won 6-1, 6-1 against Cloe Casado at No. 3,
and
Asadah Ma'at won 6-1, 6-0 against Manuela Geraissati at No. 6.
Green and
Amira Bergaoui won 6-3 at
No. 3 doubles against Vargas and Geraissati.