Stanford women’s tennis saw strong runs from freshman Lindsay Burdette, senior Theresa Logar and junior Celia Durkin at the NCAA Individual Championships this past weekend, but all three ultimately came up short of the tournament title as the Cardinal wrapped up its season in Athens, Ga.

Logar and Durkin both reached the Round of 16 before losing to Natalie Frazier of Georgia and Audra Cohen of Miami (Fla.), respectively.

Logar, playing in what proved to be her last collegiate match, fell to Frazier in a hard-fought 6-0, 5-7, 7-6 loss on Friday. Assistant coach Frankie Brennan was still proud of the senior’s performance, though.

“Theresa had a really tough match the day before she played Natalie Frazier,” he said. “She had to deal with a lot of adversity. I still feel that she’s one of the top four or five players in the country.”

But it was Burdette who ended up being the story of the tournament for the Cardinal. The freshman advanced to the quarterfinals of the singles tournament while also reaching the quarterfinals of the doubles competition with senior co-captain Anne Yelsey.

“I thought she played absolutely outstanding,” Brennan said of Burdette’s performance. “She’s had a great year as a freshman.”

Burdette and Yelsey fell in the quarterfinals to Clemson’s Ani Mijacika and Federica van Adrichem, 6-3, 6-4.

Amassing impressive victories against last year’s defending champion Suzie Babos and Northwestern’s Georgia Rose, Burdette faced a familiar opponent in top-ranked Audra Cohen in the quarterfinal round of the singles tournament. Burdette and Yelsey had already defeated Cohen and teammate Laura Vallverdu in the second round of the doubles tournament.

Despite her previous victory against Cohen, Burdette’s tournament run came to an end on Saturday when she lost in straight sets, 6-0, 6-2.

Burdette advanced the farthest of any member of the Cardinal squad. In the process, she helped establish herself on a national level.

“We knew she had it in her,” Brennan said. “We were very impressed with her play.”

Burdette also stressed the importance of her run, as national rankings and prestige often correlate to the results of the championship tournaments. With runs to the quarterfinals of both the singles and doubles tournaments, Burdette’s ranking will be in good standing when next year’s season begins in the fall.

“[Her performance here] solidifies her as one of the best players in the country, even as a freshman,” Brennan said. “It will also help her hold a top ranking for the rest of the career — it’s going to help her whole career.”

Aside from Burdette’s performance, the second biggest story for Stanford was Logar and Yelsey, who as senior co-captains competed in their final collegiate matches during last week’s NCAA Championships. Although neither had outstanding tournament performances in comparison to their NCAA performances in the past, (Logar advanced to the singles Round of 16 this year, while Yelsey advanced to the Round of 32 in singles and the quarterfinals in doubles), the tournament was a final chance for the two to showcase their illustrious college careers.

“They went out there and they fought hard,” Brennan said. “I think that so much was taken out of them with the team championship loss [to UCLA in the semifinals].”

Logar and Yelsey leave behind a strong legacy at Stanford, where they both won three team national titles in their careers and helped the Cardinal win 89 straight matches to start their careers.

Brennan and head coach Lele Forood will have to do their best in replacing the two seniors who have been cornerstones of the program for the last four years.

“It’s going to be really tough to replace them,” Brennan said. “Anne was just a great competitor and a leader for our team. Theresa was so fiery and had tons of energy and brought a lightness to the team, keeping them loose with her jokes and her personality. It’s going to be impossible to replace them.”

Stanford finishes its season with a 24-2 record. But unlike many previous years, in which the Cardinal dominated on its way to a national title, this year’s season was filled with adversity from injury, illness and, ultimately, depth issues. Still, the team’s season had many a thrilling moment, despite the squad’s loss in the semifinals of the NCAA Team Championships.

Stanford now looks forward to the individual tournament season beginning in the fall. The team figures to see changes throughout the lineup, and the voids left by Logar and Yelsey’s departures will likely be filled by the likes of Burdette, current sophomore Jessica Nguyen and current juniors Durkin and Whitney Deason.