TENNIS: Harvard-Westlake graduates Barte, Thacher in NCAA finals

Harvard-Westlake graduates Hilary Barte and Ryan Thacher have advanced to their respective doubles finals today for host Stanford in the NCAA tennis tournament.

Barte, a senior, teams up with sophomore Mallory Burdette to take on Clemson's Josipa Bek and Keri Wong. Barte and Burdette defeated Cal's Jana Juricova and Mari Anderson 6-1, 6-4 in Sunday's semifinals at Taube Tennis Center in Palo Alto.

Barte and Burdette defeated Bek and Wong 6-3, 6-3 in the Oct. 10 final of the ITA All-American Championships at the Riviera Tennis Club in Pacific Palisades.

Thacher and fellow junior Bradley Klahn take on Texas A & M's Austin Krajicek and Jeff Dadamo, looking to capture Stanford's first men's doubles title since 2004.

Thacher and Klahn outlasted Florida's Sekou Coker Bangoura and Alexandre Lacroix 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) in Sunday's final four, helping erase the disappointment of last year's 7-6 (3), 7-6 (7) semifinal loss to Virginia's Drew Courtney and Michael Shabaz.

Dadamo and Krajicek held off Thacher and Klahn 9-8 (8) on May 19 when Stanford defeated Texas A & M 4-2 in the NCAA round of 16.