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After back-to-back solid performances which saw Northern Illinois’ team score jump five points in the last two weeks, NIU head gymnastics coach Sam Morreale is looking for the Huskies’ numbers to continue to go up Saturday night when the Huskies play host to New Hampshire at Victor E. Court in the NIU Convocation Center. The...

The Northern Illinois gymnastics season continued on an upward swing Sunday at the NIU Convocation Center, where the Huskies improved their season-best score by a monumental margin of three points, but fell to a red-hot Western Michigan team, 194.575-193.350. The Huskies opened Mid-American Conference competition and a three-meet homestand by putting up season-high team scores...

The Northern Illinois gymnastics team opens a three-week homestand with its first Mid-American Conference meet of the 2012 season when the Huskies play host to Western Michigan at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, at the NIU Convocation Center. The meet, which will be held in Victor E. Court, will be streamed live on NIUHuskies.com through...

Trailing by a half point following the first two rotations, Northern Illinois stormed back with strong performances on floor exercise and balance beam to give first-year head coach Sam Morreale his first career victory, 190.350-190.100, over Southeast Missouri State at Houck Field House in Cape Girardeau Friday night. After scoring 94.000 on the uneven parallel...

After a slow start to the 2012 season last Sunday in DeKalb versus UIC, the Northern Illinois women’s gymnastics team gets back on the vault, bars, beam and floor Friday night with a dual meet versus Southeast Missouri State in Cape Girardeau, Mo. The meet, which can be seen live online for free at KFVS12.com,...

Ghosts, vampires and goblins, oh my! The YMCA Spooky Sports Halloween Party, presented by Kishwaukee Community Hospital, the NIU Convocation Center, NIU Intercollegiate Athletics and B95-FM, will scare up some good fun from 4 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at the Convocation Center. Admission is $1 per person. Children ages 2 and younger are...

Sam Morreale, a former Huskie gymnast who has served as the program’s assistant coach for the past nine years, was named head coach of the Northern Illinois women’s gymnastics program Wednesday by NIU Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics Jeff Compher. Morreale takes over from 12-year Northern Illinois head coach Mark Sontag, who left...

Northern Illinois senior Holly Reichard wrapped up her stellar collegiate gymnastics career Saturday, April 2, with her third NCAA Regional appearance as an all-around competitor.  Up until a misstep on balance beam during her final routine, Reichard was having the type of day that has typified her career. The Palatine native, who rotated with the Washington...

After 158 routines in competition, countless hours in the Huskie Stadium gym and 40 road trips with her Northern Illinois teammates over the last four years, NIU women’s gymnastics senior Holly Reichard has spent the last two weeks training for the final meet of her lifelong gymnastics career. Reichard left DeKalb Thursday for Norman, Okla.,...

NIU senior gymnast Holly Reichard (Palatine, Ill./Palatine Fremd HS) has been selected to compete in the 2011 National Collegiate Women’s Gymnastics Championships  as an individual for the third time in her four-year career with the Huskies. Reichard will compete at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at the NCAA South Central Regional at the University of...

The 2011 Northern Illinois gymnastics season has been a journey filled with uncertainty, adversity, hard work and determination. The Huskies have overcome injury, illness and a changing line-up that, at times, featured only five gymnasts on several events.  As the 2011 Huskies embark on their last road trip as a team – to the 2011 Mid-American...

Northern Illinois junior gymnast Ashley Guerra picked up Mid-American Conference Specialist of the Week honors after her routines on uneven parallel bars and balance beam helped the Huskies to a season-high team score and a second-place finish at the State of Illinois Classic. Guerra scored a career-best 9.800 on balance beam to tie for eighth...