TENNIS: Harvard-Westlake graduates earn split decision in NCAA doubles finals

Stanford senior Hilary Barte, a Harvard-Westlake graduate, captured the NCAA women's doubles title Monday with Mallory Burdette, defeating Clemson's Josipa Bek and Keri Wong 7-6 (6), 6-0 at Stanford's Taube Stadium.

Barte, who won last year's NCAA doubles championship with Lindsay Burdette, overcame a 6-1 deficit in the first-set tiebreaker with seven consecutive points.

She and the younger Burdette used the momentum to roll in the second set, securing their second victory this season over Bek and Wong, including a 6-3, 6-3 win in the Oct. 10 final of the ITA All-American Championships at the Riviera Tennis Club in Pacific Palisades.

Barte is the first player to repeat as women's doubles champion since Cal's Amy Jensen won three in a row from 1998-2000 and Stanford's first back-to-back winner since Linda Gates in 1984-85.

Ryan Thacher, another Harvard-Westlake graduate, and Bradley Klahn fell 7-6 (4), 6-3 in the men's doubles final to Texas A & M's Austin Krajicek and Jeff Dadamo, their third loss this season against the Aggies' duo.

Klahn and Thacher, who lost 7-6 (3), 7-6 (7) to Virginia's Drew Courtney and Michael Shabaz in last year's semifinals, were looking to win Stanford's first men's doubles title since 2004.