Gold Rush drops one spot to 16th in NAIA coaches poll
Ed Cassiere April 7, 2010

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana dropped one place to 16th in the NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll announced Wednesday.

The Gold Rush (9-11) is ranked for the 22nd consecutive time dating to April 2007.

Seven of Xavier's losses are to teams in this week's top 10 — two losses to No. 2 Auburn Montgomery and one loss apiece against No. 1 Fresno Pacific, No. 3 Concordia (Calif.), No. 5 Azusa Pacific, No. 6 Vanguard and No. 10 Oklahoma Christian. Another loss is against No. 13 Lindsey Wilson.

The next Gold Rush match will start at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday (April 13) against Alcorn State at the University of New Orleans Tennis Center. The Xavier and Alcorn women also will play at the time. The duals were added to the schedule this week.

The next polls for men and women will be announced April 20.