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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

Womens gymnastics set for Missouri State

By Matt Hopkinson | January 30, 2013

The women’s gymnastics team will look to find some stability as it hosts Southeast Missouri State University on Saturday. The Huskies won their first two meets of the season in comeback fashion, losing their most recent meet after taking a lead in the...

Women’s gymnastics uses leadership as motivation

By Matt Hopkinson | January 29, 2013

With a roster featuring just two seniors and less than half of the total being upperclassmen, the women’s gymnastics team is still not short of leadership. Leaders can show their importance in a few different ways, both leading by example and being...

NIU gymnastics’ alumna shows support

By Matt Hopkinson | January 29, 2013

The women’s gymnastics team graduated five athletes last season, but hasn’t lost the support from any of those former contributors. Former Huskie gymnasts like Ashley Guerra have already been in attendance this year, her first removed from the team,...

Women’s gymnastics off to a strong season

By Matt Hopkinson | January 28, 2013

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 suffers first loss of the season

By Matt Hopkinson | January 27, 2013

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...

NIU gymnastics set for Ball State meet

By Matt Hopkinson | January 23, 2013

The gymnastics team has notched two victories in its last two meets, both of the comeback variety. While the victories are always a nice thing and show the resiliency of the team, head coach Sam Morreale and junior gymnast Natasha Jufko know that more...

Music may be NIU gymnastics' secret weapon

Music may be NIU gymnastics’ secret weapon

By Matt Hopkinson | January 22, 2013

People use music to help them in a task they may be working on. Some study while listening to classical or easy going music, others use high intensity music for exercising. The women of the NIU gymnastics team pair their music with their routines, specifically...

NIU Gymnast, Sophomore Amanda Stepp, performs a split jump on the beam event at the 2013 season opener against Illinois State University at the Convocation Center Sunday afternoon.

Women’s gymnastics set to meet Bowling Green

By Matt Hopkinson | January 16, 2013

Women’s gymnastics will compete in its second straight home meet of the season against its first MAC foe. The Huskies (1-0) will welcome Bowling Green (0-2) to Victor E. Court on Saturday. Head coach Sam Morreale hopes there is a similar turnout of...

New faces look to dominate NIU gymnastics

By Matt Hopkinson | January 13, 2013

Despite the loss of key senior leadership and contribution from last season’s team, women’s gymnastics appears to be on an upward trend. The squad lost five seniors, including big scorers like Tanya Rachan, Ashley Guerra, and Shonda Clore. Coach Sam...

Gotlund, Rachan have mixed results at NCAA regionals

By Matt Hopkinson | April 8, 2012

The NCAA women’s gymnastics regional meet wrapped up Saturday afternoon in Champaign, Ill. While this means little for the NIU gymnastics squad as a whole, it featured two members of the team, both sophomore all-arounder Kim Gotlund and senior specialist...

Rachan, Gotlund heading to NCAA regionals

By Matt Hopkinson | April 4, 2012

Two members of the NIU women’s gymnastics roster will compete in the regional meet at different times in their college careers. Sophomore all-arounder Kim Gotlund and senior Tanya Rachan will both be heading to U of I to compete in the NCAA Regional...

Coaches Corner: Sam Morreale

By Matt Hopkinson | April 3, 2012

Sam Morreale, NIU women’s gymnastics coach, recently completed his first full season in his new capacity. Prior to this season, Morreale, an NIU graduate and former gymnast himself, served as the program’s assistant coach for nine years. Morreale...

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