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Northern Illinois University senior gymnast Natasha Jufko (Spring Hill, Fla./Pasco Hernando HS) has been selected by Mid-American Conference gymnastics coaches as the MAC Specialist of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday. Jufko earned the honor, presented weekly to a MAC gymnast who competes in only one or two of four possible events, for the...

The Northern Illinois University gymnastics team earned its highest team score of the 2014 season Friday night with marks of 48.275 or higher in all four events in a 195.675-193.375 loss to No. 25 Kent State. NIU put together its most consistent overall meet that included a season-best 48.425 on floor exercise. Three different Huskies...

A strong performance on balance beam lifted the Northern Illinois University women’s gymnastics team to a 192.450-191.600 Mid-American Conference victory over Western Michigan Saturday night at the NIU Convocation Center. The win improves the Huskies’ record to 2-1 overall and 2-0 in league competition and NIU is now 6-1 at home over the last two...

Sophomore Jaelyn Olsen (Bethany, Okla./Putnam City West HS) won the vault and balance beam and senior Megan Melendez (Stafford, Va./North Stafford HS) claimed the uneven parallel bars Friday night to lead the Northern Illinois University gymnastics team to a 192.050-188.825 win over Ball State t the NIU Convocation Center. A standing-room-only crowd at Victor E....

The Northern Illinois University women’s gymnastics team returns to action for the first time in two weeks tonight when the Huskies play host to Mid-American Conference opponent Ball State at the NIU Convocation Center. The meet, which will be held in Victor E. Court, begins at 7 p.m. Admission to all NIU gymnastics meets is...

The Northern Illinois University gymnastics team kicked off its 2014 season with a 196.625-192.525 loss to the No. 10 Nebraska Cornhuskers in Lincoln, Neb., but the season-opening performance had NIU head coach Sam Morreale encouraged about the season to come. En route to an excellent season-opening score, NIU ran into trouble on its last event,...

The Northern Illinois University women’s gymnastics team gets its 2014 season started at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, when the Huskies take on the preseason No. 10-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers at the Bob Devaney Center in Lincoln, Neb. Live scoring of the meet will be available online, and fans can view the meet on HuskersNside on...

The Northern Illinois gymnastics team added another record to its 2013 list Thursday as four Huskies were named to the Mid-American Conference Academic All-MAC Gymnastics team. Senior Natalie Sutter (Barberton, Ohio/Barberton HS) and juniors Kim Gotlund (Wadsworth, Ill./Warren Township HS), Natasha Jufko (Spring Hill, Fla./Pasco-Hernando HS) and Megan Melendez (Stafford, Va./North Stafford HS) all earned...

Northern Illinois closed out the 2013 Mid-American Conference Gymnastics Championships with a bang, as the Huskies’ vault squad combined for a school record 49.000 score, but falls on uneven parallel bars and balance beam kept the Huskies from contending for the title. NIU scored a 194.050 to place fourth, right in the middle of the...

Northern Illinois junior Kim Gotlund has been named to the first All Mid-American Conference gymnastics team based on regular season performance, the MAC Office announced Friday on the eve of the MAC Gymnastics Championships. Gotlund, an all-arounder from Wadsworth, Ill., was one of six gymnasts selected to the team, which was selected by league head...

Northern Illinois showed its mental toughness and ability to come back from adversity by overcoming extremely tough judging on its first event to put together three solid events at the State of Illinois Classic Saturday at UIC’s Physical Education Building. NIU finished with a 192.675 to take fourth place at the meet. No. 17 Illinois...

The Northern Illinois gymnastics team earned its highest scores of the season on uneven parallel bars and vault, but suffered some uncharacteristic falls on balance beam in its final event of the meet and dropped a 194.825-193.675 decision to Western Michigan Sunday at University Arena in Kalamazoo. The loss drops the Huskies’ record to 4-5...