With summer a hop, skip and a jump away, students are anxiously awaiting its arrival. Only one task remains in front of them: finals. With this on their mind, it’s a good time to evaluate all the Huskies teams as one group. Although each sport presents...

NIU wrestling found out Monday that it will participate in next year’s National Duals for the first time in school history, but assistant coach Scott Owen will not join them. As the Huskies’ career leader in victories and a two-time All-American,...

Rain washed away the final day of the women’s golf MAC Championships as NIU finished sixth in the conference, its best finish since 1999. The Huskies finished with a two-round 649, 39 strokes behind champion Kent State. Leading the way for NIU was Jackie...

After years of decimation by the New York Yankees in the postseason, faithful 1950s-era Brooklyn Dodgers fans coined the phrase "Wait ‘till next year." But even after another second-place finish to the Yankees-esque Central Michigan Chippewas, the NIU...

Despite sending four wrestlers to the 2005 NCAA Wrestling Championships, NIU will have to wait until next year to get its 11th All-American award. But for senior co-captain Sam Hiatt, there will be no next year. "Yeah, it’s very disappointing," said...

In exactly one week, the top 330 wrestlers in Division I, and four from NIU, will descend on St. Louis for a chance to win an NCAA championship. And in his first trip to the national stage, NIU sophomore Mike Grimes will once again try to prove he belongs....

For the fourth straight year, the NIU wrestling team finished second to Central Michigan at the MAC championships. The competition took place over the weekend in Kent, Ohio. The No. 23 Huskies’ lone title came from junior Josh Wooton at 141 pounds....

During a seven-hour bus ride to Kent, Ohio on Thursday, junior Josh Wooton and the NIU wrestling team passed the time watching movies and catching up on sleep. But starting at 11 a.m. today, Wooton said the Huskies will be alert and ready to win their...

If anyone has an excuse to be overconfident, Jake Percival would be that person. The 157-pound Ohio wrestler has achieved three MAC championships, All-America status three times, a 134-9 career record and has never lost a MAC match. But beyond his success...

Today is the first day of March, also known as the official beginning of March Madness in college basketball. The hype and debate surrounding tournament seedings has carried on for months, and it’s still not even time for conference championships, much...

Two torn shoulders, a ripped anterior cruciate ligament, and a broken foot are just a handful of the injuries Scott Owen has endured in his wrestling career. But even after ending his NIU career in 2003 with the most wins in school history, Owen is not...

At 133 pounds, senior Sam Hiatt is usually one of the first wrestlers on the mat to provide an early spark for NIU. But on Senior Day, one of NIU’s best was saved for last to put an exclamation point on Saturday’s 26-11 victory over Eastern Michigan....