Results
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — Xavier University of Louisiana
men's tennis rolled to a 5-0 victory Friday morning against IU Southeast
in the semifinals of an NAIA unaffiliated group tournament.
The Gold Rush (14-6), ranked third in the nation,
will play the host, top-ranked Georgia Gwinnett (21-0), for the championship at
3 p.m. EDT Friday. The winner will receive an automatic bid to the
NAIA National Championships, which will begin May 17 in Mobile, Ala.
Kevin Chaouat and
Thomas Setodji won in doubles
and singles. They produced the first Gold Rush point with an 8-1
victory against Nick Roby and Trent Wallace at No. 1 doubles.
Chaouat made it 4-0 when he defeated Wallace 6-0, 6-2, and Setodji
clinched by beating Jacob Rankin 6-1, 6-0.
In the other doubles matches,
Tushar Mandlekar and
Adam Albrecht beat Bryson Mills and Rankin 8-1,
and
Kyle Montrel and
Karan Salwan defeated Jonathan James and Chris Braun 8-4.
Xavier led in each of the four
uncompleted singles matches.
IU Southeast, the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
tournament champion, finished 15-12.
Georgia Gwinnett, which beat 25th-ranked Asbury
5-0 in the other semifinal, has a 27-dual win streak and was NAIA national
champion in 2014 and 2015.
