A fall in gymnastics is a high-priced mistake - costing exactly five-tenths of a point. And for the NIU gymnastics team, one fall was the difference, as the Huskies fell short at the MAC Championships on March 29. "Basically, we were one fall out of second...

Practice makes perfect, and perfect brings wins. That's the motto the NIU women's gymnastics team has lived by this season. Huskies head coach Mark Sontag said his team has worked hard since its first August practice with one goal in mind: a MAC Championship....

This week has been good for two NIU athletes. Gymnast Leah Johnson was named MAC Co-Gymnast of the Week and pitcher Adam Holdenrid was named MAC West Pitcher of the Week. Johnson won the award for the third time this season by posting an all-around score...

Perfection always comes at a price. The price the NIU gymnastics team faced this weekend was the realization it can't always be perfect. The Huskies (193.725) fell to the University of Illinois (194.825) and University of Illinois at Chicago (194.550)...

Keeping the momentum is key for the NIU gymnastics team as it heads into the Illinois State Championships on Saturday. The Huskies will compete against the University of Illinois, Illinois State and the University of Illinois-Chicago in a quadrangular...

There was no break for NIU gymnastics as it sprung into two meets over the past week. The team started by heading to Eastern Michigan for a quadrangular meet at the Eagle Invitational. The Huskies saw their five-match win streak end, but were able to...

Raising the bar is what NIU gymnastics is all about. The team has not lost a meet since Jan. 20, and is sitting on a five-meet win streak going into Eastern Michigan this Sunday. EMU is hosting NIU, along with the Air Force and Illinois State, in the...

With the NIU campus closed after the Feb. 14 shootings, NIU suspended all athletic competitions until Feb. 25. Twenty-seven contests in men's and women's basketball, gymnastics, baseball, softball, men's and women's tennis, wrestling, women's track and...

It's unusual for a gymnastics team to compete more than once a week. However, due to schedule changes, the NIU gymnasts were forced to compete for the second time in five days Sunday. NIU (5-1, 3-1 MAC) defeated Central Michigan and Illinois-Chicago on...

After having three weeks off between meets, the NIU gymnastics team will take the floor for the second time in five days. The Huskies host Central Michigan (1-5 overall, 1-3 MAC) and Illinois-Chicago Sunday afternoon at the Convocation Center at 2 p.m....

Imagine how the New York Giants would feel losing Eli Manning in pregame warm ups. That is how the NIU gymnastics team must have felt, as it was unable to compete with all-arounder Leah Johnson on Sunday's contest against Ball State. The junior was injured...

Momentum is an important factor in any gymnast's competition level. And momentum is what the NIU gymnastics team (1-1 overall, 1-1 MAC) has after a big win against Western Michigan (2-2, 1-1) last week. NIU head coach Mark Sontag and the team hope to...