Instead of asking for a full-time assistant coach, perhaps NIU wrestling boss Ed Vatch would prefer to see a psychologist added to his staff. In Sunday's triple dual at the University of Missouri Hearnes Center Arena, the Huskies lost a 36-9 contest to...

Traveling seems to be what the NIU wrestling team has been doing most of this season. The Huskies have found themselves packing their bags for 14 of their first 15 matches. NIU's last, and only home meet, was when Northwestern University invaded Chick...

The state of Iowa has long been a hotbed for football and wrestling, but this weekend the focus is on tennis as far any Huskies are concerned. The NIU men's tennis team faces a tripleheader in the Hawkeye State. Tonight, NIU stops in Des Moines for a...

In the NIU wrestling room in Chick Evans Field House, 3:50 p.m., Feb. 3, T.C. Dantzler makes an announcement to everyone within earshot. "Hey, guys, I bet I don't get taken down today." Dantzler is a member of the NIU wrestling team. The 158-pound junior...

Sixth-ranked Northern Iowa wrestled like its ranking and Illinois State wrestled just well enough to hand the NIU wrestling team two dual-meet losses over the weekend. Northern Iowa shut out the Huskies 51-0, with the only close match coming from a hard...

The NIU wrestling team will have its work cut out when it travels to Cedar Falls, Iowa, Saturday to take on Northern Iowa and Illinois State.‘ Host Northern Iowa will greet the Huskies and the Redbirds as one of the top five teams in the nation. The...

While some people may think the talent is not there on a 2-11 wrestling squad, the NIU wrestlers are ready to show they have enough talent to compete with some of the nation's best. The Huskies travel to Cedar Falls, Iowa, Saturday to take on Illinois...

The NIU wrestling squad went into the weekend trying to change its ways; instead, coach Ed Vatch changed his. The Huskies (2-11) dropped two of three on the road to Drake University (31-9) and Wisconsin-Stevens Point (29-17). With the Huskies' only win...

The NIU wrestling team (1-7) will try to end a seven-match losing streak this weekend and start its second half of the season on the right foot. The Huskies face Chicago State University and Drake University Friday as part of the Chicago State University...

Although the record of the NIU wrestling team isn't overwhelming (1-6) so far, some of the competition has been. And the schedule doesn't get any easier as the Huskies travel to Champaign this weekend to take on Big Ten foes Illinois and Purdue. The one...

The NIU wrestling team had the University of Notre Dame in an amiable position. The Huskies only trailed the Fighting Irish by four points (13-9) after the first six matches, but ND's strength down the stretch provided the 34-9 final difference. Shannon...

Two-sport athlete T.C. Dantzler made some noise in his return to the wrestling team with a decisive victory last night at Chick Evans Field House. But Dantzler's 15-4 win wasn't enough to help the struggling Huskies overcome Northwestern University. The...