Throughout its tourney run, No. 3 Stanford has received contributions from all nine of its postseason-eligible players. So, it was only fitting to reach its fourth straight NCAA final thanks to a rare double-clinch.

Michaela Gordon and Janice Shin were officially credited with the double-clinch, securing Stanford's 5-2 victory over North Carolina on Saturday afternoon at the USTA National Campus in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships.

The most decorated program in college history and the winningest program on The Farm, defending NCAA champion Stanford (27-1, 10-0 Pac-12) will play in its fourth consecutive final with the hopes of repeating for the first time since a three-year run in 2004-06.

Stanford is riding a 22-match winning streak and owns a 49-5 record during the month of May since 2010, a stretch that has produced four NCAA titles (2010, 2013, 2016, 2018).

The Cardinal will square off against either Duke or Georgia, which handed Stanford its only loss of the season back in February. The NCAA championship match is scheduled for Sunday and will be televised on Tennis Channel, with a start time of not before 2 p.m. PT.

With Stanford needing one point to clinch, Gordon and Shin were both serving for their matches at the Nos. 1 and 5 courts, respectively. Shin's match actually concluded 11 seconds earlier, however the official ruling was that because both points were in progress simultaneously, the final team score of 5-2 was awarded.

The Cardinal was in command from the start, capturing the doubles point for a 1-0 lead. That allowed Stanford – which had lost the doubles point in each of its last two matches – to play extremely aggressive in singles.

The lead was extended to 2-0 when Melissa Lord picked up her 100th career singles victory in the form of a 6-1, 6-3 triumph over seventh-ranked Alexa Graham at the No. 2 spot.

A late substitution into the lineup at No. 6, freshman Sara Choy made the most of her opportunity with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Alle Sanford. Choy, who actually entered the postseason with a No. 119 national ranking despite only playing 16 matches, was taking the court for the first time since playing in only her second dual match back on March 30 at USC.

North Carolina (33-2, 14-0 ACC) fought back with pair of unlikely victories, trimming the deficit to 3-2. Both were uncharacteristic defeats for Stanford, with Caroline Lampl's 23-match winning streak since Jan. 18 finally coming to an end and Emily Arbuthnott suffering her first straight-set loss since Feb. 11.

Shin remained unbeaten in seven career NCAA matches while Gordon knocked off the highest-ranked player in her career in the fifth-ranked Jones.

Stanford, which has won 19 of the possible 37 NCAA championships, owns a 158-19 all-time record in the postseason since the NCAA Tournament went to its present format in 1982. The Cardinal has won 20 national titles overall in school history, also claiming the 1978 AIAW crown.

Despite Stanford's profile as the sport's gold standard, it's only the second time over the last 11 years that the Cardinal has entered NCAA's seeded higher than No. 5 (Stanford was No. 1 in 2011). Remarkably, Stanford has won its last four NCAA championships as a No. 8 seed or lower. In 2018, No. 15 Stanford duplicated its 2016 NCAA title run as the lowest-seeded team to win an NCAA championship. In 2013, Stanford won it all as a No. 12 seed. In 2010, the Cardinal claimed the crown as a No. 8 seed.

DOUBLES

1) No. 19 Lampl/ Kimberly Yee (STAN) d. No. 2 Aney/Graham (UNC) 6-4

2) No. 12 Jones/Morra (UNC) d. No. 29 Arbuthnott/Gordon (STAN) 6-4

3) Lord/Shin (STAN) d. Daavettila/Sanford (UNC) 6-3

Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1