A hamstring injury wasn’t enough to keep sophomore Jaelyn Olsen down last year. Now that she’s recovered, she has her expectations set even higher.Olsen has been gymnastics’ go-to vaulter since last season, when, as a freshman, she came in and started...
Gymnastics continued its home dominance with another win this weekend.The Huskies (2-1, 2-0 MAC) beat the Western Michigan Broncos (0-4, 0-3 MAC) 192.450-191.6 on Saturday. NIU won three of the four events. In the last two seasons, NIU is 6-1 at home.Head...
If gymnastics wants to win the MAC, it will have to beat the champs.The Huskies (1-1, 1-0 MAC) will take on Western Michigan (0-3, 0-2 MAC) at 7 p.m. Saturday at Victor E. Court. This will be NIU’s second home conference meet in a row.“A lot of us...
Gymnastics got conference play underway with a statement win Friday.The Huskies (1-1, 1-0 MAC) beat Ball State (2-4, 0-1 MAC) 192.05-188.825 at Victor E. Court. NIU swept the meet. Head coach Sam Morreale was pleased with his team’s performance coming...
Gymnastics hopes to make its mark in the MAC as it enters conference play.The Huskies (0-1) will face off against Ball State (2-3) at 7 p.m. Friday at the Convocation Center. It will be the Huskies’ first home meet of the season.Ball State is coming...
Gymnastics managed to start the season off well despite its loss in its first meet of the year.The Huskies (0-1) lost to No. 10 Nebraska (1-0), 196.625-192.525, Saturday at Nebraska’s Devaney Sports Center. Nebraska won all four events to sweep NIU....
Head gymnastics coach Sam Morreale knew when he recruited freshman Jaelyn Olsen that she could take over the high scoring position on vault that former gymnast Tanya Rachan held last season. On paper, that was the plan; that plan also included Olsen getting...
The women’s gymnastics team is off to their best start since the 2009 team won the first two meets of the season. The success of the team has improved since the entrance of head coach Sam Morreale, as he guided a team with solid pieces in place to one...
Women’s gymnastics went on the road for the first time this season and tasted defeat for the first time, as well. Heading into Ball State (2-2, 2-0 MAC) for its second MAC meet of the season, the Huskies (2-1, 1-1 MAC) were in the lead going into the...
