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Gymnastics knocks down school record
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The Huskies failed to find any consistency as they were bit with the injury bug. Page 15.
Event scoring
Steve Shonder Staff Writer T @NSSportsShonder
Vault Uneven parallel bars MAC) set a new school record for Balance beam team total score Sunday at the Convocation Center, as it scored 195.8. Floor exercise
48.9 48.8 48.875 49.225
Total
195.8
DeKalb | Gymnastics (11-4, 4-2
The previous high, 195.65, was reached at the Illinois Classic on March 23, 2003. In breaking the nearly 12-yearold record, the Huskies managed to close out their regular season with a home win over the Eastern Michigan Eagles (13-4, 3-3 MAC), who scored 195.525. How it happened The Huskies got off to a solid start on vault, scoring 48.9, which was capped off by senior Amanda Stepp tying her career-high of 9.9. Freshman Andie Van Voorhis scored 9.8. On uneven bars, the Huskies scored 48.8 and were led by sophomore Jamyra Carter’s 9.8, which was the second-highest score in the
event. Carter was just behind Eastern Michigan freshman Kendall Valentin’s 9.875 as the Eagles scored 48.975 on bars. After trailing the Eagles by just .075 through two events, NIU used a strong performance on beam to catch up, scoring 48.875. Sophomore Megan Greenfield earned a 9.825 while Stepp scored 9.85, which was good for third and second in the event, respectively. Floor, which has been the Huskies’ best event all season, is where they managed to turn it on.
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Despite the Huskies’ 12-17 record, 2014-15 was coach Kathi Bennett’s best season. Page 14.
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