Zach Taylor
Melissa DeLoach
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February 17, 2011
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's Zach
Taylor and Melissa DeLoach are the inaugural Gulf Coast
Athletic Conference Players of the Week in tennis for
the 2011 season.
Taylor, a junior from Monroe, La., and a graduate
of St. Frederick High School, was 4-1 in singles and 4-1
in doubles to help the Gold Rush win four of five dual
matches. His singles victory clinched Xavier's dual
against West Alabama, and his singles win against
Prairie View A&M helped the Rush rally to defeat the
defending Southwestern Athletic Conference champion and
2010 NCAA Tournament participant.
DeLoach, a senior from Fort Washington, Md., and a
graduate of Bishop McNamara High School, was 2-2 in
singles and 3-1 in doubles. She won singles and doubles
matches in the Gold Nuggets' only victory of the week,
5-2 against Our Lady of the Lake.
Xavier's women are idle this week, but the men, ranked
14th in the NAIA, will play 17th-ranked Martin Methodist
at 4 p.m. Friday and Tennessee State at 10 a.m. Sunday
at Nashville, Tenn. |