Women's Gymnastics | January 27

DeKalb, Ill. - The Northern Illinois University Gymnastics team will host its home opener against Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan at 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 28 inside the NIU Convocation Center. The tri-meet, which will be broadcast on ESPN+, has been designated as the Huskies' "Black Out" Meet and fans are encouraged to wear black. Admission is free. 

The Huskies have competed in three meets thus far in 2024 and have an overall record of 2-3-1 with a 1-0 in Mid-American Conference competition.

"I'm excited about Sunday, the hope is we can continue building on what we've been building," head coach Sam Morreale said. "Central Michigan is the defending MAC champ, so it'll be great to test ourselves against them and see where we stand this time of the year. We want to finish as regular season and MAC tournament champs."

NIU last competed on Friday, January 19 at the Tennessee Collegiate Classic in Nashville where the Huskies set an all-time team scoring record. NIU finished with a score of 196.400 which topped the team's previous high of 196.350. At the meet, the Huskies also set an all-time team vault record with 49.150.

"I would like to do the same thing as last week, we set some records last week and we would like to do that again," Morreale said. "We feel like we are that type of team. The hope is we use that meet to continue to build toward where we want to be and get better at what we are doing."

The Huskies' all-around competitor, junior Isabella Sissi, scored 39.225 in the Huskies last meet in Tennessee, coming close to her all-time high score of 39.325.

Last time out, 2023 NCAA Regional Qualifier Alyssa Al-Ashari tied her all-time high score of 9.925 on bars.

CMU enters Sunday's meet 3-2 and 1-0 in MAC competition, while EMU comes in 1-3 and 0-1 in MAC competition after falling to the Chippewas their last time out.
 
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