Nov. 7, 2004
EVANSTON, Ill. - Freshman Audra Cohen (Plantation, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas) and junior Cristelle Grier (Epsom, England/Putney) captured their second doubles title as a team and of the fall season Sunday by beating Stanford's Alice Barnes and Erin Burdette 8-2 in the final of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Indoor Championships.
The title is the second straight for Northwestern's Grier. Last year, she won it with Jessica Rush. She joins Stanford's Gabriela Lastra (2001) as the only player in tournament history to win doubles title with two different partners
Monday, Oct. 25, the duo captured their first title together at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships by defeating Macall Harkins and Brianna Knue 8-3.
While Cohen and Grier both have losses in singles competition this year, they are a perfect 12-0 when they join forces for doubles.