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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Gymnastics seniors look for win on special day

By Colin Decair | February 25, 2005

Sunday’s gymnastics meet will be a bittersweet one for the NIU seniors. For the graduating gymnasts it will be senior night and their final regular season meet at NIU. "Our feelings are mixed," NIU senior Keri Saint said. "It will be kind of sad because...

NIU gymnastics finish first

By Colin Decair | February 21, 2005

Saturday’s first-place showing for the NIU gymnastics team at the Illinois State University triangular marked the first time a Huskie was the top finisher in every event since Jan. 23 against Eastern Michigan. NIU (4-5) posted a team score of 190.825,...

NIU tries to stop skid

By Colin Decair | February 18, 2005

After starting the season 2-0, the NIU gymnastics team has since dropped five in a row. "We feel the same as we did in the first meet," sophomore Kelly Kramer said. "It’s our work ethic that has changed. We realized that we needed to make the extra...

Gymnastics falls again

By Colin Decair | February 14, 2005

Saturday's Fox Run Invitational saw the NIU gymnastics team’s lowest point total of the season. With a score of 190.450, the Huskies placed fourth in their first quad meet of the season. The squad finished last behind the nation’s No. 2 team Michigan,...

Gymnastics travels to New Hampshire

By Colin Decair | February 11, 2005

The NIU gymnastics team will compete at the 20th annual Fox Run Invitational hosted by the University of New Hampshire at 7 p.m. Saturday. The No. 37 Huskies (2-2 overall, 1-1 MAC) will participate in their first quadrangular meet of the season. The competition...

Falcons hold on for victory

By Colin Decair | February 7, 2005

Despite taking first place in three of the four individual events, the NIU gymnastics team fell to Bowling Green on Sunday at the Convocation Center. For the second week straight, the Huskies (2-2 overall, 1-1 MAC) were unable to come away with the win....

Gymnastics to host Falcons

By Colin Decair | February 4, 2005

The NIU gymnastics team will look to rebound from its first loss of the season when it hosts Bowling Green for a 2 p.m. meet Sunday at the Convocation Center. The No. 38 Huskies continue to improve as they look to go 2-0 in MAC play. "We have confidence...

Gymnastics suffers first loss

By Colin Decair | January 31, 2005

Sunday’s meet was the NIU gymnastics team’s second week in a row against a school from Michigan that wears green and white. The result, however, was not the same. NIU suffered its first loss on the season, 193.20-191.6 to No. 15 Michigan State. "For...

Huskies head to No. 15 MSU

By Colin Decair | January 28, 2005

After starting its first two meets of the year at the Convocation Center, the NIU gymnastics squad (2-0) heads to East Lansing, Mich. for its first road test of the year against No. 15 Michigan State. "This will be more like the meets we’ll see for...

Convo crew to the rescue

By Sean Ostruszka | January 25, 2005

It’s as if the Convocation Center has no memory. As the morning hours roll around, any memories from hours prior are erased in a wash of red, gray and black. In the middle of the arena, the floor lays barren like a dark, cement pool just waiting to...

Huskie gymnasts swing past EMU

By Colin Decair | January 24, 2005

On Sunday the NIU gymnastics team finished a busy weekend at the Convocation Center with a 190.800 to 188.075 MAC win over Eastern Michigan. The Huskies win completed an NIU sweep at the Convo, as men’s and women’s basketball and wrestling were all...

Looking to begin, end at NIU

By Colin Decair | January 21, 2005

After finishing fifth in the MAC in 2004, sixth-year NIU gymnastics coach Mark Sontag sees improvement on the horizon. The Huskies have ambitions of finishing first. "We're hungry and ready for whatever comes into our gym," Sontag said. The Huskies' gym...

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