DeKALB — NIU didn’t leave the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Regionals in East Lansing, Michigan with any titles Monday, but it did pull off a major upset in doubles competition.
Juniors Lara Slisko and Maria Potsi upset the Notre Dame duo of junior Ally Bojczuk and sophomore Zoe Taylor in the first round of the doubles draw, outlasting the Fighting Irish in an 8-7 tiebreaker game.
Head Coach Eric Burns said the win over a high-profile program like Notre Dame will help build NIU into a consistently competitive program.
"Lara and Maria's win over Notre Dame was huge for our program and an unbelievable effort," Burns said in an NIU athletics press release Monday.