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...

The NIU wrestling squad will enjoy its first home meet of the season when it hosts Northwestern University Thursday. The Huskies enter the match witha 1-3-0 mark in dual competition. Head coach Ed Vatch anticipates another grueling battle against the...

The St. Louis Arch is symbolic of bridging the gap to the West. Last Monday, however, the NIU wrestling team (1-3) was unable to bridge a similar gap as NIU fell to a more experienced Southwest Missouri State University 31-10. Using a lineup featuring...

The NIU wrestling squad took a lot of youth and inexperience to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for dual meets Saturday. The only thing they got out of the meet was a lesson. What head coach Ed Vatch called a "positive experience," most people would...

NIU wrestling coach Ed Vatch believes in diving right in, head on. The Huskies plunge into dual-meet competition in a big way tomorrow participating in the University of Wisconsin Duals. Action begins at 9 a.m. with NIU facing Ivy League foe Brown University....

Being a student-athlete at a Division I university is not the easiest thing to do. But NIU wrestler Mel Heckman has proved that he can hit the books as hard as he can hit his opponents. Besides posting a 9-6 record last season, which included five pins,...

The football during Saturday's NIU—Southwestern Louisiana game squirmed out of players' hands as if it were a block of ice, and considering the weather (25 below-zero wind chill), it must have felt like one too. The Huskies and Southwestern Louisiana...