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Huskies lick their wounds after loss

By Rob Bolton | January 13, 1993

They've had a couple of days to think it over. What should have been ... wasn't. What was ... shouldn't have been. NIU gymnastics is now officially underway. With this past weekend's disappointing last place finish at the Ball State Pentangular now behind...

Move saddens Huskie pioneer

By Wes Swietek | April 3, 1992

Barbara Lyles was there at the beginning. As a 1975 graduate of NIU, Lyles was a member of the Huskie field hockey team that made the transition from club sport to Division I status. She's still involved in the game as the head girls' field hockey coach...

Field hockey to get the ax

By Todd McMahon | April 2, 1992

NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell met with members of the field hockey program yesterday to inform them that he is recommending the program be dropped. "We will meet with the Executive Committee of the Athletic Board to make a recommendation to them...

Gymnasts fall less than a point short for NCAAs

By Laura Higgins | March 31, 1992

The tallies are in and the Huskie women's gymnastics team 1992 campaign is officially over. After Saturday's performance at Chick Evans Field House, NIU played a waiting game to see if its team average was high enough to qualify for the postseason regionals....

Gymnasts hit season-best mark

By Laura Higgins | March 30, 1992

NIU women's gymnastics coach Bobbie Cesarek and her squad could not have asked for a more pleasing season finale this weekend. The Huskies stole the show in the Midwest Independent Gymnastics Championships after registering a season-best 189.15 Saturday...

Baseball, gymnastics and softball head out

March 20, 1992

"On the road again" seems to be the general theme for NIU athletic teams this weekend. Things start out tonight at 7 p.m. when the NIU gymnastics team competes in the eight-team State of Illinois Classic at Champaign. Then, on Saturday, the 3-4 Huskies'...

Two falls hurt gymnasts

By Laura Higgins | March 17, 1992

After registering its highest meet score of the season in the first of two outings scheduled in California, the Huskie women's gymnastics team's voyage to the West Coast looked promising. But, a third-place finish at California State University- Fullerton...

Tumblers peak

March 16, 1992

Although the NIU women's gymnastics team has not yet reached the top of the mountain yet, the Huskies are nearing that peak meet after meet. Last Tuesday, that became evident when the squad's 188.6 mark gave NIU the blue ribbon at the University of California-Santa...

NIU gymnasts have work planned for West Coast

By Laura Higgins | March 5, 1992

The Huskie women gymnasts are heading west over Spring Break—but fun in the sun will have to take a backseat. With a triangular meet Tuesday at University of Santa Barbara and another competition Friday at California State University- Fullerton, NIU...

Gymnasts set for memorable night

By Laura Higgins | February 28, 1992

Tonight's home gymnastics meet will be extra special for the NIU tumblers who competed on last year's NCAA regional qualifying team. In a pre-meet ceremony, the Huskies will receive their rings for the 1991 NCAA competition, in which the entire team qualified....

NIU tumblers bypass traditional beginnings

By Laura Higgins | February 27, 1992

While most of NIU's athletes are recruited out of high school, the Huskie women's gymnastics team is comprised mostly of club participants. The majority of NIU's tumblers bypassed their high school teams and instead opted to compete on a national level...

Huskie gymnasts buck Broncos

By Laura Higgins | February 24, 1992

Momentum and team spirit carried the NIU women's gymnastics squad to victory this past weekend. The Huskies posted a 185.85-184.25 dual-meet triumph Saturday over host Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. And coach Bobbie Cesarek credits much of...