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Gymnastics wins second consecutive meet

By Roland Hacker | February 11, 2018

The gymnastics team beat the Eastern Michigan University Eagles in its meet on the road Friday, marking the first time this season they have earned wins in back-to-back weeks.The Huskies' third win on the season was scored 195.425-194.900 in favor of...

Senior gymnast Ashley Potts finishes her balance beam exercise in the Huskies’ home loss Jan. 28 to Central Michigan.

Q-and-A with Ashley Potts

By Roland Hacker | February 5, 2018

Senior gymnast Ashley Potts finishes her balance beam exercise in the Huskies’ home loss Jan. 28 to Central Michigan.

Gymnastics goes 1-2 in Iowa

By Roland Hacker | February 4, 2018

DeKalb — The gymnastics team defeated the Yale University Bulldogs Friday to earn its second win on the season, while falling to the Iowa State University Cyclones and the West Virginia University Mountaineers, moving its overall record to 2-8 this...

Senior Katherine Prentice balances on the beam in the Huskies’ home loss Sunday to Central Michigan. Prentice finished with a score of 9.675 on the balance beam. 

Gymnastics loses close one to Central Michigan

By Roland Hacker | January 29, 2018

Senior Katherine Prentice balances on the beam in the Huskies’ home loss Sunday to Central Michigan. Prentice finished with a score of 9.675 on the balance beam. 

Gymnastics gets first win of the year

By Roland Hacker | January 14, 2018

DeKALB — The Gymnastics team got its first win of the season against Winona State University Warriors in its meet Saturday, defeating them 193.675 to 184.750.NIU placed third overall in the event, falling against the Minnesota University Golden Gophers...

Junior Katherine Prentice does a layout step-out during her beam routine at the gymnastics meet on Friday against Eastern Michigan University. Huskies won the meet 195.525 to 195.325.

Gymnastics in record books on Senior Day

By Mateo Avila | February 19, 2017

Junior Katherine Prentice does a layout step-out during her beam routine at the gymnastics meet on Friday against Eastern Michigan University. Huskies won the meet 195.525 to 195.325.

Gymnastics sends six to Tuscaloosa

By Northern Star staff | March 28, 2016

Gymnastics finished in sixth place at the MAC Championships on March 19 but is sending six gymnasts to the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional Championships — a program record.Four of the gymnasts were sent as individuals and two were sent as alternates. The last...

Senior gymnast Morgan Johnson performs during the Feb. 15 competition against Bowling Green and Alaska at the Convocation Center. One month later the Huskies rewrote the school record books by scoring 195.8 points in the regular season finale against the Eastern Michigan Eagles on March 15 in DeKalb.

Top 5 stories: No. 5: Gymnastics sets school scoring record

By Steve Shonder | April 20, 2015

Gymnastics put together a meet that was 12 years in the making by taking down the school record for team total score, earning it the No. 5 spot in Sports’ top five stories.The Huskies scored a school record 195.8 in the regular season finale against...

NIU gymnastics: Amanda Stepp back at regionals

NIU gymnastics: Amanda Stepp back at regionals

By Steve Shonder | April 2, 2015

Gymnastics senior Amanda Stepp is headed back to the NCAA Regionals for one final shot at closing her career at the top.Stepp will compete as an individual event specialist on vault and will rotate with the North Carolina State Wolfpack. The meet will...

NIU gymnastics: Huskies end year on sour note

By Steve Shonder | March 23, 2015

Gymnastics’ record-breaking season came to a halt at the MAC Championships over the weekend when the Huskies tied for last place and posted a score of just 193.2.The Huskies tied for sixth place with the Ball State Cardinals on Saturday in Kent, Ohio....