Spring Fling

Not every sports hero is the subject of trade talks or office-pool calculations. On campuses across the country, the athletic careers of many college stars culminated with a third strike, a sweetest stroke, a stalwart save or a gut-busting push to the finish line. You may not recognize the faces in these pictures from Division I national championships, but you'll have a tough time forgetting them.

Net gain
Princeton goalie Trevor Tierney, whose dad, Bill, is the Tigers' coach, made this save in Princeton's 10-9 overtime title-game win against Syracuse.

Tennis

MEN'S TEAM CHAMPION
Georgia

MEN'S SINGLES CHAMPION
Matias Boeker, Georgia

MEN'S DOUBLES CHAMPIONS
Matias Boeker and Travis Parrott, Georgia

WOMEN'S TEAM CHAMPION
Stanford

WOMEN'S SINGLES CHAMPION
Laura Granville, Stanford

WOMEN'S DOUBLES CHAMPIONS
Whitney Laiho and Jessica Lehnhoff, Florida

Hat trick
Bulldog Boeker is the third player since 1977 to win all three men's tennis championships.