Going into the first meet of the year, gymnastics coach Kerri Beach was more concerned on getting the athletes focused on their events than the overall score.

The Falcons recorded six individual top three finishes, with two number one performances from junior Breanne Guy on the vault and from red-shirt freshman Kasey Fillmore on the balance beam, but it was not enough as they fell to the Huskies of Northern Illinois Sunday, 193.450-191.875.

“The floor exercises were our big weakness Sunday,” coach Kerri Beach said. “I am happy with the overall performance though – it was much higher than last year’s first meet.

“Since Northern is in the MAC, it would have been really nice to come away with a win, but we’ll get them next time.”

Junior Breanne Guy landed a 9.875 on the vault, tying her career best and also came up big on her floor exercise with a 9.775, tying for second. With her big scores in Sunday’s meet, she will be a key competitor for the Falcons this season.

“Breanne is our best All-Arounder on the team,” Beach said. “We expect her to be the best gymnast in the MAC this season.”

Next Sunday, BG has their first home meet of the season against Ball State at 2 p.m. in Anderson Arena.

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