Stanford sophomore Hilary Barte survived her second three-set match in as many days to advance to the round of 16 at the NCAA tennis championship in College Station, Texas.
Barte rallied to defeat Auburn's 28th-ranked Alex Haney 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 in the second round on Thursday morning. In her first-round match Wednesday, Barte outlasted Baylor's Lenka Broosova 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.
Ranked No. 7 in the country and the tournament's No. 7 overall seed, Barte is aiming for the second All-America honor of her career. The Chatsworth, Calif., native leads Stanford with a 35-5 overall mark. The 2009 Pac-10 Player of the Year, Barte has won 26 of her past 28 matches and is 23-5 against nationally ranked opponents. She is 7-3 in three-set matches this year.
Barte also advanced in NCAA doubles competition with teammate Lindsay Burdette. Stanford's top doubles team, Barte and Burdette cruised past North Carolina's Austin Smith and Katrina Tsang 6-2, 6-1 in an opening-round match. Barte and Burdette are 24-7 overall and ranked 8th in the nation. The duo has a 10-match winning streak and is 12-6 against nationally ranked opponents.
Stanford's second doubles team, Carolyn McVeigh and Jessica Nguyen, suffered a 6-4, 6-3 loss to Tennessee's Natalie Pluskota and Caitlin Whoriskey in the opening round. The duo finished 19-6.
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