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Wrestling preps for Midlands Championships

By Raven Boyd | December 29, 2015

Wrestling (3-3, 0-1 MAC) will play in its first matches since Dec. 19 as it travels to Northwestern for the 53rd Ken Kraft Midlands Championships today and tomorrow.The Huskies began winter break with a dominating 29-4 victory in a non-conference matchup...

Wrestling hosts Michigan State

By Danny Albers | December 3, 2014

Wrestling hosts its first home solo dual of the season when the Michigan State Spartans come to DeKalb this weekend.The Huskies (7-5) take on the Spartans (2-3) 7 p.m. Friday. The matchup will be held in the Chick Evans Field House due to scheduling conflicts...

Wrestling wins trio of duals on road

By Danny Albers | November 30, 2014

Wrestling swept away its competition at the Journeymen/ASICS Northeast Duals to move above .500 for the first time this season.The Huskies (7-5) defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers (0-4), 18-17, the Binghamton Bearcats (1-5), 27-13, and the Sacred...

NIU men’s basketball to take on Central Michigan

By Ed Rietveld | January 16, 2013

Wrestling looks to pick up its first MAC victory of the season when the Huskies (7-4, 0-2 MAC) face the 12th ranked Central Michigan Chippewas (8-3, 2-0 MAC) this weekend. The Huskies are coming off a 32-13 defeat at the hands of MAC rival Ohio University....

Freshmen make name for themselves on wrestling mats

By Mike Romor | November 7, 2012

Freshmen are not known to have immediate success at the college level. For NIU wrestling, however, freshmen have been making names for themselves early on this season. After five true freshmen won matches at the opening wrestle-offs, coach Ryan Ludwig...