KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- In her return from a season-ending injury as a freshman, Western Michigan's Payton Murphy opened her sophomore campaign by winning vault and balance beam while the Broncos dropped a close dual match to Northern Illinois in their first action since March 2020.
The Huskies, competing in their second eventof the season, took a 194.250-193.775 decision. Ronni Binstock joined Murphy in capturing an event by winning floor exercise. Murphy, Sarah Moravansky and Dani Petrousek placed second, third and fourth, respectively, in all-around. Murphy was just .