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In its final home meet of the 2013 season, the Northern Illinois gymnastics team hit all four of its events and led from wire-to-wire to earn a 194.775-192.550 victory over Eastern Michigan Friday in the NIU Convocation Center. The Huskies’ team score was its highest of the season and its eighth-highest all-time. Northern Illinois improved...

There were plenty of positives to take from Northern Illinois’ 195.800-194.350 gymnastics loss to No. 21 ranked Kent State Saturday, including eight scores of 9.8 or higher from seven different gymnasts, the second-highest floor score in team history and a host of career-best performances. Northern Illinois surpassed the 194-point mark for the third time in...

Northern Illinois freshman gymnast Jaelyn Olsen (Bethany, Okla./Putnam City West HS) has been named the Mid-American Conference Specialist of the Week, the league office announced Wednesday. Olsen collected the honor with a full-twisting yurchenko vault that earned a score of 9.875 from the judges Saturday at Iowa State. Olsen easily won the vault event, as...

Northern Illinois continued its upward trend to the 2013 season by earning its season-best team score for the second consecutive meet with a 194.375 Friday night versus Iowa State at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. After topping the 194-point total for the first time last Friday at Central Michigan, the Huskies went .350 higher Friday...

Northern Illinois put together its most complete meet of the 2013 season at Central Michigan Friday night, earning its season-high team total with a 194.025, but fell to the No. 21 ranked Chippewas at McGuirk Arena. NIU’s team score was 1.150 points higher than its previous season best, led by a stellar performance on uneven...

Every point and tenth of a point counted for the Northern Illinois gymnastics team Saturday as the Huskies edged Southeast Missouri, 192.875-192.775, to earn their third victory of the season. NIU, which has made a habit of winning close meets by coming from behind at home so far in 2013, needed its best floor score...

After suffering its first loss of 2013 on the road at the hands of Ball State last weekend, the Northern Illinois gymnastics team takes on Southeast Missouri at 5 p.m. Saturday, back in the “friendly confines” of Victor E. Court inside the NIU Convocation Center. The Huskie gymnastics meet is the second half of a...

Northern Illinois’ third consecutive attempt at a narrow victory fell short Friday as the Huskies dropped a 192.475-192.075 decision to Ball State in Mid-American Conference women’s gymnastics action at Irving Gym in the Ball State Sports and Recreation Center. NIU narrowly out-scored the Cardinals in three events, but the margin was not enough to overcome...

Trailing by nearly a point and a half after two rotations, Northern Illinois put together five strong routines on both balance beam and floor exercise Saturday to claim a 192.775-192.525 comeback victory over Bowling Green at Victor E. Court in its 2013 Mid-American Conference opener. NIU improved to 2-0 overall with its second straight narrow...

After earning a 9.825 on balance beam in her first career appearance in the Northern Illinois gymnastics line-up, Huskie junior Natasha Jufko (Spring Hill, Fla./Pasco-Hernando HS) was honored Wednesday as the Mid-American Conference Specialist of the Week. Jufko, who battled injuries in her first two seasons on campus before making her NIU debut Sunday versus...

Trailing Illinois State by more than a point entering the final rotation of its 2013 season opener, Northern Illinois got a strong performance on floor exercise while ISU faltered on balance beam, allowing NIU to claim a 192.175-192.050 victory Sunday in the NIU Convocation Center. Northern Illinois won its season opener for the first time...

Throughout the fall semester, the Northern Illinois women’s gymnastics team has met its benchmarks and exceeded expectations while preparing for the 2013 season. On Sunday, NIU will get its first chance to put all the hours of hard work and training on display when the Huskies play host to Illinois State in their 2013 season...