COLLEGE TENNIS : STANFORD BEATS UCLA FOR TITLE.

Byline: Associated Press 

Second-ranked Stanford reversed three losses earlier this season to defeat UCLA 4-1 and secure its 14th NCAA championship in men's tennis Tuesday.

The Cardinal claimed the title for the 12th time since the current team format was instituted in 1977 and ended the Bruins' hopes of an undefeated season.

The loss snapped UCLA's 27-match winning streak. It was the Bruins who ended Stanford's 37-match winning streak with a 5-1 victory in the final of the USTA-ITA National Team Indoors in February. UCLA claimed 5-4 and 5-2 wins during the remainder of the regular season.

After the Bruins captured the doubles point to take a 1-0 lead, Stanford rallied to win at Nos. 3-6 singles. The Cardinal's Ryan Wolters topped Eric Taino 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the decisive match, No. 3 singles.

Stanford's Ricky Becker knotted the score at 1-1 when he won his fourth consecutive NCAA tournament match at No. 6 singles, easily dispatching Vincent Allegre 6-4, 6-2.

Grant Elliott then defeated Matt Breen 6-3, 7-5, to give Stanford a 2-1 advantage. Elliott's victory came after two straight-set losses to Breen during the teams' previous meetings.

Jim Thomas topped Heath Montgomery 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 at No. 4 singles to put the Cardinal within one match of the title, and Wolters came through less than five minutes later.

Florida women win: Top-seeded Florida capped a perfect season Tuesday with a 5-2 victory over second-seeded Stanford to capture the NCAA Division I women's tennis championship in Tallahassee, Fla.

The Gators, previously 0-3 against Stanford in the NCAA tournament, won their only other championship in 1992 with a perfect season.