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Greenhaw helps pin NIU’s wrestling team’s first MAC victory of the season

By STEVE NITZ | February 23, 2009

For the second time in its last three dual meets, the NIU wrestling team had to wait until the final match of the night to decide the meet. On Feb. 6 against Eastern Michigan, NIU's Bryan Deutsch lost a 6-4 decision in the final match of the evening,...

Wrestling sports new practice room

By STEVE NITZ | February 20, 2009

For years, the NIU wrestling team had something that most Division I programs didn't â€" and it wasn't a good thing. Until the fall of 2008, NIU didn't even have its own wrestling room. The program had to share a practice facility with NIU's gymnastics...

Deutsch takes the only win in NIU’s loss against CMU

By STEVE NITZ | February 16, 2009

Sunday's home finale for the NIU wrestling team showed how youthful the team is. First of all, on what would normally be senior night, NIU had no seniors to honor. The Huskies, who wrestled six freshman and four sophomores, also showed their youth against...

NIU loses against the Eagles for the first time in nearly 12 years

By MIKE BUDA | February 9, 2009

A bitter taste was left in the mouth of the NIU wrestling team on Friday, as it dropped its third MAC and second home match of the season. The Huskies (4-7 overall, 0-3 MAC) fell late to Eastern Michigan (7-9, 1-2) 18-16. This was the Huskies first loss...

Huskies to matchup against Eastern Michigan tonight at home

By STEVE NITZ | February 6, 2009

So far, things haven't worked out so well for the NIU wrestling team in MAC competition. NIU is 0-2 in the conference heading into tonight's meet against Eastern Michigan at the Convocation Center. The Huskies lost a close dual meet against Ohio, 23-22...

NIU hopes for a home win against Eastern Michigan

By STEVE NITZ | February 6, 2009

So far, things haven't worked out so well for the NIU wrestling team in MAC competition. NIU is 0-2 in the conference heading into tonight's meet against Eastern Michigan at the Convocation Center. The Huskies lost a close dual meet against Ohio, 23-22...

Coach’s Corner with Wrestling’s Dave Grant

By MIKE BUDA | February 4, 2009

Love has multiple meanings for different people, but for wrestling head coach Dave Grant, there is one that sticks out. The Northern Star was able to talk with Grant in the middle of a busy week for the program to discuss his start into wrestling, his...

DeShazer shines with the only win for the Huskies

By STEVE NITZ | February 2, 2009

Pins come easy for Tristen DeShazer these days. DeShazer pinned Northern Iowa's Steven Fitzgerald 1:29 into Friday night's 133-pound match in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It was DeShazer's 15th pin of the season and 19th victory overall, which ties him for the...

Perspective of fair game on the court

By BEN GROSS | January 30, 2009

I always hate being underdressed - it makes me so uncomfortable. Yet, there I was in a white T-shirt, blue jeans and hiking boots. Actually, my shirt read "volunteer" across the back, but for the most part, it was white especially when you compared it...

Wrestling travels to face off with Northern Iowa

By NORTHERN STAR STAFF | January 30, 2009

Another tough test faces the NIU wrestling team this weekend as it battles with No. 22 Northern Iowa at 7 p.m. Friday in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The match will feature five ranked wrestlers from the NCAA Division-I Wrestling Coaches Panel including NIU's Tristen...

Special Olympians deserve a fair game

By BEN GROSS | January 29, 2009

I always hate being underdressed - it makes me so uncomfortable. Yet there I was, in a white T-shirt, blue jeans and hiking boots. Actually, my shirt read "volunteer" across the back, but for the most part, it was white, especially when you compared it...

DeShazer turns over a new leaf

By MIKE BUDA | January 27, 2009

Failure is not an answer for some people. The same can be said for redshirt sophomore wrestler Tristen DeShazer. This season could not have become what it is without DeShazer's desire to turn his wrestling career around. In high school, DeShazer was the...