NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's Jacobi Bain was voted NAIA Men's Tennis National Player of the Week for March 31-April 6.
        Bain, a left-handed senior from Nassau, Bahamas, won in doubles and singles Friday in XULA's 6-1 victory at then-NAIA-13th-ranked city rival Dillard. Bain and Nereo Suarez, No. 10 in the ITA NAIA doubles rankings, won 6-1 against Siddarth Arya and Jesus Rodriguez. Bain, ranked 51st in singles, won 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 against 55th-ranked Yassine Benjemaa.
        Bain also won Red River Athletic Conference Player of the Week for the same period. The RRAC award is Bain's first this season and the fourth of his career.
        This is the ninth all-time NAIA National Player of the Week award for XULA men's tennis — the fifth in the last five seasons.
        The Gold Rush will conclude the regular season with a 2 p.m. Saturday home match against NAIA No. 7 William Carey. Bain will be honored in a prematch senior-day ceremony. Also honored at that time will be Gold Nuggets fifth-year standout Mbali Langa. Her team's regular season has concluded after the Wednesday cancellation of home matches against William Carey and LSU-Alexandria.

XULA men's tennis — NAIA National Player of the Week recipients
selected by the NAIA
•  Jacobi Bain, March 31-April 6, 2025
•  Juan Ramirez, April 11-14, 2022
•  Santiago Perez, April 4-10, 2022
•  Santiago Perez, April 12-18, 2021
•  Shaikh Abdullah, April 5-11, 2021
•  Antoine Richard, April 10-16, 2017
•  Corey Huggins, April 9-15, 2012
•  Loic Didavi, April 2-8, 2012
•  Zach Taylor, April 25-May 1, 2011

Jacobi Bain photo by Yamlak Tsega