Friday was another rough night for the NIU wrestling team, as it fell 24-13 to Northern Iowa at the NIU Convocation Center. "These guys are wrestling hard and a lot of these matches were pretty close," NIU head coach Dave Grant said. "As we go through,...

Northern Illinois (8-5 2-1 MAC), No. 25 Northern Iowa (3-5-1, 1-0 Western Wrestling Conference) 7 P.M. at the Convocation Center What makes this meet different? The Huskies face Northern Iowa in the last home dual meet for NIU's seniors. It will be the...

It was a first for the NIU wrestling team. For the first time this season the Huskies suffered a MAC defeat. On Friday night Kent State came to the Convocation Center and left with a 20-16 win. "We fought hard, the duel went back and forth quite a bit,"...

When thinking of the term cage match, usually the thought of UFC or the WWE comes to mind. However, the term cage match has a different meaning to the NIU wrestling team: a meet against a MAC opponent. "Coach Grant always says when it comes to MAC competition...

You always want to win them all, but losing one out of four isn't a failure. That's exactly what the NIU wrestling team did this weekend. The weekend started with a 26-10 win over Ohio (4-11 overall, 0-2 MAC) on Friday. "When we wrestle a MAC school,...

Youth is not a disadvantage. At least, that's what the NIU wrestling team has found this season. NIU has relied on big contributions this year from its young wrestlers, and MAC-ranked T.J. Wunnicke is one of those guys. A two-time state champion in high...

The NIU wrestling team finished 10th at the 45th annual Midlands Championships at Northwestern. The tournament consisted of over 50 teams. The Huskies finished ahead of top 25 teams such as No. 8 Missouri and No. 24 Northern Iowa. "The fact that we had...

Just more than five minutes into Pat Castillo's second match, the scoreboard symbolized how the NIU wrestling team fared Saturday. The scoreboard read a score of 10 to 8. Normally, that would signal a close match in the third period. The problem is, it...

The chances of earning a MAC Wrestler of the Week award usually aren't good if you only wrestle in one match during that time. But redshirt sophomore Duke Burk made his only match count, beating Northwestern's eighth-ranked Nick Hayes Friday night in...

An unexpected story emerged this semester, as the NIU women's soccer team had the most successful season of all of the fall sports. After an up-and-down, roller-coaster start, NIU finished its last six games with a 5-0-1 record. Overall, the Huskies finished...

NIU redshirt freshman Jake Smith's home wrestling debut couldn't have gone much better. The 197-pound Wyoming transfer outlasted Northwestern junior Carl Howe Friday night to give the Huskies a crucial 3-0 lead, en route to an upset of the fifth-ranked...

NIU redshirt freshman Jake Smith's home wrestling debut couldn't have gone much better. The 197-pound Wyoming transfer outlasted Northwestern junior Carl Howe Friday night to give the Huskies a crucial 3-0 lead, en route to an upset of the fifth-ranked...