Considered best female all-around gymnastics performer in NIU history. Two-time NCAA Regional qualifier (1984-86). Named NIU Woman Athlete of Year (1985-86). Won Mid-American Conference All-Around title with league-record 35.60 score (1984). Two-time...

The number 13 lived up to its unlucky reputation for NIU gymnast Vicki Thimgan. As (un)luck would have it, Thimgan found out Monday that she missed qualifying for the NCAA National Gymnastic Tournament by one-tenth of a point. Thimgan was in the running...

Chalking up an outstanding premier appearance at the NCAA Central Regional Championships was the objective, but the NIU women's gymnastic team had to chalk it up as experience. The Huskies took a disappointing fifth-place finish in the seven team regional...

Winning is fun, but revenge can be "oh so sweet." The NIU women's gymnatics team is hoping for a little of both when the Huskies head to Auburn for their first-ever team appearance at the NCAA Central Regional Championships Saturday at 7 p.m. NIU's regional...

Two NIU women gymnasts will be leaving a lifetime of gymnastics behind them when they board the plane for Auburn, Ala., Thursday. The NCAA Central Regional Championships Saturday at Auburn University is the last time seniors Martha Unger and Laurie Vitallo...

Spring: The time when a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of ... baseball. Until recently, if you were a baseball fan at NIU you had to make do with televised Cubs and Sox games. But last year, the powers-that-be at NIU decided to drop the men's gymnastics...

In the world of women's gymnastics, earning respect and notoriety takes more than NIU's No. 15 national team ranking and a 22-1 record. The principle is simple: Having one great season is good for the team. Having consistently great seasons is good for...

More than a single thorn would be necessary to mar the otherwise rosy season of the NIU women's gymnastic team. But that one thorn can still be difficult to ignore. NIU headed into its last regular season meet—the Mississippi Valley Championships—with...

Six-tenths of a point was all it took to stop the NIU women's gymnastics team from achieving its first-ever undefeated season. In Friday's Mississippi Valley Championships, host Southeast Missouri State managed to squeeze by the Huskies with a 190.15-189.55...

Members of NIU's Athletic Board approved a proposal Wednesday to spend up to $22,000 out of the contingency fund (carryover) for postseason travel expenses. NIU's women's basketball squad competes in the eight-team NWIT in Amarillo, Texas, beginning Thursday....

If there is anyone who knows a thing or two about winning, it is the NIU women's gymnastics team. In fact, winning is about the only thing the Huskies are capable of. The 18-0 Huskies took first place in two triangulars last week and defeated Ball State...

Is it possible for NIU to defeat a Big Ten school like the University of Illinois and still be just a little disappointed? It is possible only when dealing with the NIU women's gymnastics team which settles for nothing less than the best. NIU's undefeated...