DeKALB — The wrestling team set a quick pace Saturday with a 29-9 win over the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Cougars, highlighted by a pair of first-round pinfall wins.Redshirt sophomores Bryce West and Brit Wilson both picked up first-round...
Four wrestlers secured berths to the NCAA Championships at the 2016 MAC Championships on Sunday, according to an NIU Athletics news release.Redshirt freshman Austin Eicher won an individual MAC title Sunday and ended the tournament as the No. 4 seed.Redshirt...
Wrestling takes a break from dual meet action this weekend, but there will not be a break from competition. Saturday, the Huskies will make the short drive to Palatine, Ill., and compete in the Harper Open at Harper College. In open tournaments wrestlers...
The 2012-13 season for NIU wrestling has had more twists and turns than a roller coaster at Six Flags Great America. The Huskies (7-7, 0-5 MAC) started the year 5-0 and then lost three straight dual meets. After that, NIU won two in a row, followed by...
Growing up, brothers may occasionally wrestle each other as a way to release some aggression. To a certain extent, two members of the NIU wrestling team are still doing that; however, instead of wrestling against each other, they are now wrestling with...
In the sport of wrestling every pound matters. There are 10 different weight classes that wrestlers compete in. The 10 different weight classes are; 125 pounds, 133 pounds, 141 pounds, 149 pounds, 157 pounds, 165 pounds, 174 pounds, 184 pounds, 197 pounds...
NIU wrestler Brad Dieckhaus may come in at No. 3 on the Northern Star’s top 10 ’11-’12 athletes, but if there was a list for NIU’s most inspiring athletes, he would grace the top spot. Dieckhaus missed the beginning of his senior season after...
NIU wrestler Brad Dieckhaus entered his final season with one goal in sight: winning the NCAA Championships to become the national champion at the 184-lb weight class. A wide range of injuries hampered Dieckhaus from before the season even started through...
Brad Dieckhaus’ wrestling career had all the makings of a storybook ending, but ended on a sour note. Competing for a national title in St. Louis, Mo., near his hometown where he started his career years ago, was seemingly the perfect end to his NIU...
With the wrestling NCAA Championships in St. Louis, Mo. under two weeks away, NIU wrestlers Brad Dieckhaus and Kevin Fanta are hard at work to improve in every way they can. Dieckhaus and Fanta lost in the finals at the MAC Championships at 184 and 141...
