Results

        MOBILE, Ala. — Xavier University of Louisiana's Nereo Suarez clinched for the second consecutive day, and the Gold Rush defeated William Carey 4-3 Wednesday in the second round of the UTR NAIA Men's Tennis National Championship.
        The Gold Rush (15-9), ranked eighth in the final coaches poll and seeded ninth at the tournament, will play defending champion and No. 1 ranked/seeded Georgia Gwinnett in the quarterfinals at 1 p.m. CDT Thursday at Copeland-Cox Mobile Tennis Center. Admission is free for all rounds.
        Suarez won 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 against Matt Shearer on the second singles court. Jacobi Bain won 6-1, 6-1 on court one against Islam Orynbassar, and Artur Yakubov defeated Phil Louis Steinbichler 6-3, 6-4 on court four.
        Yakubov's victory gave XULA a 3-1 lead.
        Bain and Suarez clinched the doubles point with a 6-2 decision against Steinbichler and Artur Ibragimov. Ivan Vazquez and Gabriel Velez produced the other Gold Rush doubles victory, 6-3 against Orynbassar and Ismoil Hayriddinov.
        XULA ended the 11-match win streak of the Crusaders (15-3), who were 2-0 against the Gold Rush during the regular season. William Carey was seeded eighth and ranked ninth.