May 27, 2005
ATHENS, Ga. - Audra Cohen and Cristelle Grier's unbelievable season together as a doubles tandem came to an end Friday in the semifinal round of the NCAA Doubles Championships. Stanford's Amber Liu and Anne Yelsey defeated the Wildcat duo 6-2, 6-2.
The 'Cats finish the season 37-7 overall.
"Stanford played a very solid doubles game," Grier said. "We really couldn't find a way through it. They were not spectacular, nothing really special, just solid."
Liu and Yelsey's win sets up an all-Stanford doubles final against teammates Barnes and Burdette. This year marks the third time that one school has supplied both doubles duos in the championship match. In 1990, Stanford's Meredith McGrath and Teri Whitlinger defeated Sandra Birch and Debbie Graham. In 1982, UCLA's Heather Ludloff and Lynn Lewis topped teammates Kathy O'Brian and Helena Manset.
Live scoring and daily results are available at UGA's tournament website and the NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championship page .
2005 NCAA Doubles Championships Semifinal Results
Amber Liu/Anne Yelsey (STAN) def. #2 Audra Cohen/Cristelle Grier (NU), 6-2, 6-2
Alice Barnes/Erin Burdette (STAN) def. Ana Cetnik/Story Tweedie-Yates (TCU), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
NCAA Doubles Championship Match
vs. Amber Liu/Anne Yelsey (STAN) vs. Alice Barnes/Erin Burdette (STAN) @ 1:30 CT, Saturday, May 28