DeKALB — The NIU wrestling team comes into the 2021-22 season with high expectations after sending five wrestlers to the NCAA Championship tournament last season. The Huskies were ranked third by WrestleStat in their pre-season ranking of the Mid-American...

DeKALB — NIU head wrestling coach Ryan Ludwig has increased his time as head coach for the Huskies by signing a new contract extension that will go through the 2024-25 season. Athletic Director Sean T. Frazier announced Ludwig’s contract extension...

DeKALB — Redshirt junior 184-pounder Brit Wilson earned All-American honors with a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships Saturday in St. Louis, the highest finish of five NIU wrestlers. Wilson, a Mexico, Missouri native, is the first NIU wrestler...

DeKALB — After several wrestlers were denied their chance to compete at the national championship last year, NIU hopes their five qualifiers this season can find success in St. Louis. While normally the week spent leading up to the NCAA Wrestling...

DeKALB — For the second year in a row, redshirt junior Brit Wilson claims the 184-pound Mid-American Conference championship Saturday to cap off a weekend of success for NIU. Wilson pinned University of Missouri sophomore Jeremiah Kent after 4:33...

DeKALB — For the second year in a row, redshirt junior 184-pounder Brit Wilson and redshirt sophomore 165-pounder Izzak Olejnik will represent NIU in Mid-American Conference wrestling championship bouts.  Wilson and Olejnik advanced through the...

DeKALB — The Mid-American Conference Wrestling Championships will give four NIU wrestlers a chance to earn their way back into the NCAA tournament they never got to partake in. Redshirt junior Brit Wilson, redshirt sophomores Izzak Olejnik and Gage...

DeKALB — The wrestling team’s final competition before the Mid-American Conference championships in two weeks came Friday in a round robin-style dual in Kent, Ohio. NIU had 14 matches against the Edinboro University Fighting Scots and 12 against...

DeKALB — In their only home dual of the season, the Huskies wrestling team faltered out of the gate and fell to the 16th-ranked University of Northern Iowa Panthers Friday 27-9. NIU fought from behind from the start, losing its first two contests...

DeKALB — Dominante performances by the NIU wrestling team this weekend helped them to a sweep of three Mid-American Conference duals Saturday in Edwardsville. The Huskies opened with a 35-3 win over the Clarion University Golden Eagles, followed...

DeKALB — The wrestling team split a doubleheader dual in Columbia Saturday, handily defeating the University of Ohio Bobcats 32-6, while dropping its meet with the ranked University of Missouri Tigers 24-12. The Huskies took care of the lowly Bobcats...

DeKALB — Several bonus point losses cost the Huskies wrestling team against the Central Michigan University Chippewas Sunday, losing 22-14 for their first match of the season. After giving up bonus point losses in three of their first five matches,...