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Baseball sweeps Xavier to end regular season

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The OLLU baseball squad swept Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) in a Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) three-game series this past weekend, 10-9, 8-4 and 12-2. 

The Saints finish the regular season at 27-22 overall and 16-14 in conference play. The Gold Rush are now 18-23 and 11-19 in the RRAC.

Head Coach Matt Piker said, “I’m very happy with getting the sweep this weekend. The team competed and fought very well. We weren’t very clean defensively in two out of the three games. The pitching staff gave the offense a chance, and the offense did a fabulous job executing. We have a quick turnaround and must get ready for the conference tournament. We’re excited to go to Sterlington next weekend and it should be a lot of fun.”

Women’s tennis ends season with loss to No. 3 ranked Xavier

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The OLLU women’s tennis team concluded the 2024 season last week with a 4-2 loss to Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) at the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) Tournament. 

The Saints were the No. 4 seed while the Gold Nuggets were the No. 1 seed. The Saints finish 13-9 on the season while the Gold Nuggets improve to 20-5.

Selected to the All-Tournament Team were Lucia Popluharova and Millie Wileman.

Mille, Ossio earn women’s tennis All-Conference recognition

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OLLU women’s tennis players Alexandra Mille and Ana Ossio earned Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) All-Conference awards for the 2024 season. 

Mille was awarded Newcomer of the Year. She and Ossio were named to the Second Team. Mille also was recognized as a member of the Champions of Character Team. 

Mille and Ossio both won their singles matches in OLLU’s 4-0 victory over Louisiana Christian University in the quarterfinals last week. 

Men’s tennis garners multiple NAIA Unaffiliated Tournament awards

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The OLLU men’s tennis team garnered multiple awards from the NAIA Unaffiliated Tournament. The Saints lost to Xavier University of Louisiana in the championship match after shutting out Lewis-Clark State College (LCSC) in the semifinals.

Kyllian Savary and David Ekpenyong earned First Team honors. Johan Favelin was the lone Saint on the Second Team. Savary also was named Player of the Year while Ekpenyong was named Freshman of the Year. Savary and Ekpenyong won their doubles match against LCSC in the semifinals. Savary also picked up a line one victory in that match. Favelin was victorious in his singles match against LCSC with a 6-3, 6-0 win. Savary was the only player out of the three award winners that defeated XULA. He won his line one singles over Jacobi Bain 6-3, 6-1.

The No. 23-ranked Saints will wait to see if they are selected to compete at the NAIA National Championships. The tournament runs from May 14-18 in Mobile, Ala.

Track and field teams participate in Rice University meet

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The men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in the 20th Annual J. Fred Duckett Twilight Meet sponsored by Rice University on Saturday.

Head Coach Patrick Torres commented, “It was a huge day for standards on the women’s side for overall races. Aziza Clark, Kristen Torres and Madison Perez all broke their own school records. Our women’s team will be the largest its ever been at nationals this year, and a lot of that happened this weekend.”

Coach Torres said this about the men’s team, “It was a tough day for the shorter races. The track didn’t give back to us as much as we would have liked in those events. But some bright sports were our several season bests, our mile relay moving up to A Standard and Paul Minjoth‘s school record.”

Softball clinches RRAC regular season title with sweep of TAMUSA

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The OLLU softball team clinched the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) regular-season title with a sweep of Texas A&M University-San Antonio (AM-SA), 11-0 and 11-3. 

The Saints won both games in five innings, and increased their win streak to 41 from Feb. 9-April 20, 2024. They own the longest win streak of any university in any division (NCAA D1, D2, D3 and NAIA).

The Saints move to 45-1 overall and 22-0 in the Red River Athletic Conference. AM-SA drops to 24-17 overall and 10-13 in conference.

In between games, the team honored Madison Garza and Eneli Garza for their individual senior day. After the games, the Saints recognized all the seniors, adding Alyssa Flores, Kayla Dreese, Alana Benitez, Cassandra Valdez, Marissa Bradley and Natalie Rodriguez.

Men’s Tennis falls to XULA in Unaffiliated Tournament

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The NAIA No. 23-ranked OLLU men’s tennis team lost to No. 10-ranked Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) 4-2 in the championship match at the NAIA Unaffiliated Tournament on April 20.

OLLU was the No. 2 seed in the tournament while the Gold Rush earned the No. 1 seed. The Saints are now 19-8 overall. 

Seven players at the tournament were selected to the All-Tournament Team. Luis Hernandez and Kyllian Savary represented the Saints. Head Coach Dave Watts commented, “This was a really tough match today. The team played their hearts out. There were a few points here and there but ultimately they were the better team today. I was proud of the support they showed each other. The players that were not playing drove nine hours to support their teammates and made a big difference for them on the court. This is a really special group.”

Softball sweeps Southwest to extend winning streak to 39

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The No. 1 ranked OLLU softball team completed its season sweep over the University of the Southwest (USW) 11-0 and 6-1 on April 13 to extend its winning streak to 39 games, the longest of any team (NCAA D1, D2, D3 and NAIA) in the nation.

The Saints took five innings to claim the first game, 11-0, behind the three-hit pitching of Cassandra Valdez, who secured her 18th win. Alana Benitez also homered and Kayla Dreese tripled for the Saints.

In the second game, Ana Hernandez allowed three hits and one run to secure her 17th win.

The Saints move to 43-1 overall and 20-0 in the Red River Athletic Conference. USW drops to 12-20 overall and 3-17 in conference.

In between games, the team honored Natalie Rodriguez on Seniors’ Day.

Baseball falls short in series against LSU-A

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The OLLU baseball team took one of three games against LSU-Alexandria (LSUA) this past weekend, winning the finale, 13-0, after dropping the first two games, 7-5 and 8-3.

The Saints move to 21-22 overall and 10-14 in the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC). The Generals jump to 17-18 overall and 14-9 in the RRAC.

In the finale, Vincent Banda, Brandon Betancourt and Kobey Allison each had three RBI for the Saints.

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