Second-ranked Georgia stopped previously unbeaten and No. 1-ranked Stanford to capture the program's second national title with a 5-4 win at the Division I Women's Tennis Championships May 18-26 in Malibu, California.

"What a battle it was," Georgia head coach Jeff Wallace said. "Our players came out here on a mission, and they just believed."

After splitting the singles, 3-3, Georgia took the lead when the duo of Esther Knox and Aarthi Venkatesan captured a quick 8-3 win at No. 2 doubles. Stanford's Lauren Kalvaria and Gabriela Lastra returned the favor and evened the match by scoring a comfortable 8-2 decision at No. 3.

In the deciding doubles finale, Georgia's second-ranked duo of Marissa Catlin and Lori Grey bolted to a 6-1 advantage, only to find themselves suddenly down, 7-6, to Stanford's fourth-ranked Teryn Ashley and Marissa Irvin. Catlin-Grey battled for an 8-8 tie, fell behind 2-0 in the tiebreaker, then rallied for a 7-3 triumph to garner the title.

Individual doubles play produced the first three-time NCAA champion as California's Amy Jensen teamed with Claire Curran to defeat Catlin-Grey in the final. Jensen also won for the Bears in 1998 and 1999 with former teammate Amanda Augustus.

"I am awfully happy right now," Jensen said. "Claire really carried us during some of the tough points of the match. It was a tremendous effort, and the team from Georgia gave us all we could handle."

This was the third time Catlin lost in the individual doubles final.

In singles competition, Stanford freshman Laura Granville became the ninth Cardinal player to win the women's singles title by defeating teammate Irvin, 6-0, 6-4. Granville won the first 10 games of the match -- and had a 22-game winning streak stretching back to her semifinal victory over Georgia's Aarthi Venkatasen -- before surviving a late comeback attempt by Irvin, the nation's No. 1-ranked player and top tournament seed.

"Having Laura and Marissa advance to the championship match makes a strong statement about the quality of the women's tennis program at Stanford," Cardinal head coach Frank Brennan said.

This marked Irvin's second consecutive singles final setback.

Georgia's team title is the second in school history. The Lady Bulldogs, 27-2 this season, previously won on their home courts in Athens in 1994, defeating Stanford by the same 5-4 margin in the final.

Defending-champion Stanford, 30-1, had its 46-match winning streak snapped and was denied its 11th NCAA crown.

TEAM RESULTS

First Round

Southern California 5, LSU 2; Georgia 5, South Ala. 1; Florida 5, Notre Dame 0; Arizona St. 5, Duke 2; California 5, Vanderbilt 1; Wake Forest 5, Tennessee 0; Stanford 5, Northwestern 1; UCLA 5, Texas 2.

Quarterfinals

Florida 5, Arizona St. 3; Georgia 5, Southern California 1; Stanford 5, UCLA 0; California 5, Wake Forest 4.

Semifinals

Georgia 5, Florida 2; Stanford 5, California 0.

Championship

Georgia 5, Stanford 4

Singles: No. 1 -- Aarthi Venkatesan, Georgia, def. Marissa Irvin, Stanford, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3; No. 2 -- Laura Granville, Stanford, def. Esther Knox, Georgia, 6-0, 6-3; No. 3 -- Marissa Catlin, Georgia, def. Lauren Kalvaria, Stanford, 7-5, 7-6 (2); No. 4 -- Gabriela Lastra, Stanford, def. Lori Grey, Georgia, 6-2, 7-6 (7), 6-1; No. 5 -- Jennifer Heiser, Stanford, def. Kelly Baskin, Georgia, 6-4, 6-0; No. 6 -- Anne Nguyen, Georgia, def. Keiko Tokuda, Stanford, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.

Doubles: No. 1 -- Catlin-Grey, Georgia, def. Teryn Ashley-Irvin, Stanford, 9-8 (3); No. 2 -- Konx-Venkatesan, Georgia, def. Granville-Tokuda, Stanford, 8-3; No. 3 -- Kalvaria-Lastra, Stanford def. Zoe Mellis-Nguyen, Georgia, 8-2.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Singles

First round: Chin Bee Khoo, Arkansas, def. Katarina Markovski, South Carolina, 7-5, 6-1; Whitney Laiho, Florida, def. Ipek Senoglu, Pepperdine, 2-6, 6-2, 7-6; Andrea Ondrosiva, Va. Commonwealth, def. Kristina Kraszewski, Washington, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4; Kara Molony, Cincinnati, def. Katarina Valkyova, San Diego, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3; Delphine Troch, William & Mary, def. Kavitha Krishnamurthy, Princeton, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; Stephanie Hazlett, Florida, def. Adria Engel, Wake Forest, 6-4, 6-2; Ivona Mihailova, Mississippi, Ana Frignovic, New Mexico, 6-4, 6-1; Annica Cooper, UCLA, def. Megan Miller, Duke, 7-5, 6-4; Julie DeRoo, Mississippi, def. Sara Walker, UCLA, 6-2, 5-5 (retired); Katarina Malec, UNLV, def. Veronika Safarova, Southern California, 6-0, 6-1; Julie Ditty, Vanderbilt, def. Cintia Tortorella, Pepperdine, 7-5, 6-4; Jewel Peterson, Southern California, def. Michelle Dasso, Notre Dame, 1-6, 7-6, 6-3; Karin Palme, Arizona St. def. Baili Camino, Florida, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6; Zuzana Lesenarova, San Diego, def. Maureen Diaz, UC Irvine, 6-2, 6-4; Kim Niggemeyer, Fresno St., def. Carlyn Buis, Wake Forest, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2; Jessica Lehnhoff, Florida, def. Alison Ojeda, Tennessee, 6-4, 6-1; Bruna Colosio, LSU, def. Alena Jecminkovi, Kansas St., 2-6, 6-2, 6-2; Carmina Giraldo, Clemson, def. Amy Jensen,

California, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3; Mira Radu, Mississippi, def. Janet Bergman, Wake Forest, 6-3, 7-5; Bea Bielik, Wake Forest, def. Alida Gallovits, Florida St., 6-0, 6-0; Celeste Frey, Mississippi, def. Monika Horvath, Pepperdine, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2; Jahnavi Parekh, Baylor, def. Anita Kurimay, California, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2; Megan Payne-Dorny, Utah, def. Janet Walker, Texas, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3; Marissa Irvin, Stanford, def. Michelle Faucher, Texas, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2; Esther Knox, Georgia, def. Eline Chiew, Brigham Young, 6-3, 6-4; Kathy Sell, Duke, def. Keiko Tokuda, Stanford, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; Lori Grey, Georgia, def. Katherine Nasser, Northwestern, 6-2, 6-2; Alison Bradshaw, Arizona St., def. Lauren Kalvaria, Stanford, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3; Marissa Catlin, Georgia, def. Andrea Piski, Auburn, 6-2, 6-0; Laura Granville, Stanford, def. Vladka Uhlirova, Texas, 6-2, 6-2; Aarthi Venkatesan, Georgia, def. Lindsay Blau, Arizona, 6-2, 6-0; Teryn Ashley, Stanford, def. Kristi Dascoli, Ohio St., 6-4, 6-2.

Second round: Grey, Georgia, def. Hazlett, Florida, 6-4, 7-6 (1); Colosio, LSU, def. Troch, William & Mary, 6-4, 6-4; Bradshaw, Arizona St., def. Mihailova, Mississippi, 6-2, 6-1; Malec, UNLV, def. Giraldo, Clemson, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1; Peterson, Southern California, def. Ditty, Vanderbilt, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2; Palme, Arizona St., def. Cooper, UCLA, 6-3, 6-1; Granville, Stanford, def. Catlin, Georgia, 6-2, 6-0; Lesenarova, San Diego, def. Radu, Mississippi, 7-6 (3), 6-3; Irvin, Stanford, def. Knox, Georgia, 6-4, 6-3; Khoo, Arkansas, def. DeRoo, Mississippi, 7-6 (3), 6-2; Laiho, Florida, def. Sell, Duke, 6-2, 7-5; Ondrisova, Va. Commonwealth, def. Molony, Cincinnati, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2; Bielik, Wake Forest, def. Niggemeyer, Fresno St., 6-2, 6-0; Venkatesan, Georgia, def. Frey, Mississippi, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3; Parekh, Baylor, def. Ashley, Stanford, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2; Lehnhoff, Florida, def. Payne-Dorny, Utah, 7-5, 7-5.

Third round: Irvin, Stanford, def. Khoo, Arkansas, 7-5, 6-3; Ondrisova, Va. Commonwealth, def. Laiho, Florida, 0-6, 7-5, 7-5; Colosio, LSU, def. Grey, Georgia, 6-4, 6-3; Malec, UNLV, def. Bradshaw, Arizona St., 5-7, 6-1, 6-3; Peterson, Southern California, def. Palme, Arizona St., 6-4, 6-1; Granville, Stanford, def. Lesenarova, San Diego, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3; Venkatesan, Georgia, def. Bielik, Wake Forest, 6-1, 7-6 (3); Lehnhoff, Florida, def. Parekh, Baylor, 6-2, 6-1.

Quarterfinals: Irvin, Stanford, def. Ondrisova, Va. Commonwealth, 6-1, 6-4; Malec, UNLV, def. Colosio, LSU, 2-6, 6-2, 6-0; Venkatasen, Georgia, def. Lehnhoff, Florida, 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-0; Granville, Stanford, def. Peterson, Southern California, 6-1, 6-1.

Semifinals: Irvin, Stanford, def. Malec, UNLV, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2; Granville, Stanford, def. Venkatesan, Georgia, 6-1, 6-0.

Championship: Granville, Stanford, def. Irvin, Stanford, 6-0, 6-4.

Doubles

First round: Teryn Ashley-Marissa Irvin, Stanford, def. Erica Brio-Brooke Siebel, Duke, 6-3, 6-2; Esther Knox-Aarthi Venkatesan, Georgia, def. Vilmarie Castellvi-Alison Ojeda, Tennessee, 7-5, 6-3; Paola Palencia-Ipek Senoglu, Pepperdine, def. Whitney Laiho-Jessica Lehnhoff, Florida, 7-6, 6-3; Michelle Dasso-Becky Varnum, Notre Dame, def. Viviana Mracnova-Angela Steoup, Oklahoma, 6-1, 5-7, 7-6; Alison Bradshaw-Celena McCoury, Arizona St., def. Coleen Cheng-Katherine Nasser, Northwestern, 6-4, 6-1; Kristy Blumberg-Kate Burson, Vanderbilt, def. Jessica Anderson-Kelly Blanch, Indiana, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1; Claire Curran-Amy Jensen, California, def. Amanda Basica-Sara Walker, UCLA, 7-5, 6-1; Katarina Malec-Marianne Bakken, UNLV, def. Ashleigh Dolman-Maria Galoustova, Oklahoma St., 6-0, 5-7, 6-2; Karoline Borgersen-Anita Kurimay, California, def. Lauren Kalvaria-Gabriela Lastra, Stanford, 6-1, 6-1; Janet Bergman-Bea Bielik, Wake Forest, def. Lindsay Blau-Michelle Gough, Arizona, 6-2, 7-5; Marissa Catlin-Lori Grey, Georgia, def. Martina Nedelkova-Andrea Ondrisova, Va. Commonwealth, 6-2, 7-5; Bruna Colosio-Ana Paula Mores, LSU, def. Toni Neykova-Shera Wiegler, Iowa, 6-3, 6-1; Laura Granville-Keiko Tokuda, Stanford, def. Carljin Buis-Delphine Troch, William & Mary, 6-3, 7-6; Kristy Dascoli-Monica Rincon, Ohio St., def. Lucie Dvorakova-Daria Zoldakova, TCU, 6-3, 6-2; Elizabeth Schmidt-Abigail Spears, UCLA, def. Jennifer Embry-Shyanna Taheny, Purdue, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; Martina Ondrejkova-Iva Puflerova, South Ala., def. Zuzana Lesenarova-Katarina Valkyova, San Diego, 6-4, 6-1.

Second round: Ashley-Irvin, Stanford, def. Knox-Venkatesan, Georgia, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2; Palencia-Senoglu, Pepperdine, def. Dasso-Varnum, Notre Dame, 6-3, 6-4; Bradshaw-McCoury, Arizona St., def. Blumberg-Burson, Vanderbilt, 7-5, 6-4; Curran-Jensen, California, def. Bakken-Malec, UNLV, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0; Bergman-Bielik, Wake Forest, def. Borgersen-Kurimay, California, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2; Catlin-Grey, Georgia, def. Colosio-Mores, LSU, 7-5, 6-2; Granville-Tokuda, Stanford, def. Dascoli-Rincon, Ohio St., 6-2, 6-3; Ondrejkova-Puflerova, South Ala., def. Schmidt-Spears, UCLA, 7-5, 5-7, 6-4.

Quarterfinals: Palencia-Senoglu, Pepperdine, def. Ashley-Irvin, Stanford, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5; Curran-Jensen, California, def. Bradshaw-McCoury, Arizona St., 6-2, 6-1; Catlin-Grey, Georgia, def. Bergman-Bielik, Wake Forest, 7-5, 6-7 (7), 6-0; Ondrejkova-Puflerova, South Ala., def. Granville-Tokuda, Stanford, 6-3, 6-2.

Semifinals: Curran-Jensen, California, def. Palencia-Senoglu, Pepperdine, 6-3, 6-4; Catlin-Grey, Georgia, def. Ondrejkova-Puflerova, South Ala., 7-5, 6-3.

Championship: Curran-Jensen, California, def. Catlin-Grey, Georgia, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5.