Huskies place third at George Washington Invitational

Senior Amanda Bartemio performs a floor routine Nov. 22 during NIU's Red and Black Intrasquad meet at Victor E. Court.DeKALB — NIU gymnastics placed third overall at the George Washington Invitational Sunday against Temple University, North Carolina State University and George Washington University.

NIU earned an overall score of 195.450 to finish behind N.C. State’s 196.025 and George Washington’s 195.900 and defeated Temple’s 195.075 in its first multi-team away meet of the season.

"I was super happy with our performance," NIU Head Coach Sam Morreale said in an NIU news release. "We left a little bit on the floor, but coming off the week off, I felt like once we got through warm-ups and…