 Media Credit: Tommy Giglio/The daily Northwestern Senior Alexis Prousis (pictured) and sophomore Georgia Rose dominated Notre Dame's No. 8 doubles pair 8-1, as Northwestern upset No. 2 Notre Dame 5-2 on Friday in Evanston. Prousis made her final home appearance, winning singles matches against Notre Dame and Minnesota and dropping her match to Iowa. With the three weekend wins, the Wildcats moved to 16-4 overall. [Click to enlarge]
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By Brian ReganThe Daily Northwestern
Northwestern didn't have to wait long to avenge its 4-3 defeat to No. 2 Notre Dame.
Nearly two months after losing to the Fighting Irish in the semifinals of the ITA Indoor Championships, the Wildcats coasted to a 5-2 victory Friday in Evanston.
The No. 9 Cats then mixed up their lineup, resting Rose, and proceded to beat a pair of Big Ten opponents to complete the weekend sweep with 5-2 wins over Notre Dame, Minnesota and Iowa.
"(Notre Dame) was a really good win for us," Rose said. "We had a good doubles point and everyone gave their best and it turned out we really dominated."
Rose played in only the Notre Dame match, but she made the most of it, winning in both doubles and singles.
Rose and partner Alexis Prousis cruised to an 8-1 victory against twins Christian and Catrina Thompson, the No. 8 doubles pair in the nation.
NU (16-4, 8-0 Big Ten) picked up the doubles point, but No. 2 team Keri Robison and Lauren Lui had their eight-match winning streak come to an end with an 8-6 loss.
The pair was broken to fall into a 1-0 hole and couldn't get the break back as both teams held serve until the Irish broke the duo to win the match.
In singles, Rose fell behind No. 26 Catrina Thompson early, but after going down 3-2, she cruised to win the set and the match, 6-3, 6-2.
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