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The Northern Illinois wrestling team returns home for their first home meet in over a month Sunday when they host SIU-Edwardsville and Tiffin in Victor E. Court for NIU Wrestling Alumni Day. The Huskies will look to snap their four-match skid against the Cougars and Dragons, two teams who have struggled to this point in...

NIU wrestler Brad Dieckhaus (St. Charles, Mo./Francis Howell Central) was named the Mid-American Conference’s Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week, the league announced Wednesday. The award is voted on by a select group of faculty athletic representatives from the conference’s member institutions. Dieckhaus returned to the lineup Friday night at No. 19 Northwestern with a resounding...

The Northern Illinois wrestling team fell to the No. 19 Northwestern Wildcats, 24-18, Friday night at historic Welsh-Ryan Arena. The Huskies won four matches and the final three of the night, but it was not enough to overcome the 24-3 lead Northwestern built after seven matches. The loss drops NIU to 6-8 on the year,...

Northern Illinois University’s Brad Dieckhaus was named the Mid-American Conference’s Wrestler of the Week, the league announced Thursday. Dieckhaus kicked off his senior season with a bang Saturday, recording three victories at the Hoosier Duals in Bloomington, Ind. After missing the first two duals of the season and the Michigan State Open due to injury,...

After a month away from home, members of the Huskie wrestling team will host their annual Showcase Meet Thursday when they face the Purdue Boilermakers. The meet, which is the 25th meeting between the two schools since 1969, begins at 7 p.m. in the Convocation Center. The dual will also be the first meeting between...

NIU’s wrestling team grabbed two wins Saturday at the 2011 Hoosier Duals, defeating Campbell and SIU-Edwardsville while dropping a tough one to host Indiana. Individually, three Huskies – Nick Smith, Tyler Loethen and Brad Dieckhaus – won all three of their matches on the day. “I’m proud of our effort and competitive fire today,” said...

The Huskie wrestling team will open its 2011-12 regular season Sunday, Nov. 6, as it welcomes nationally ranked Stanford and North Central to Victor E. Court in the Convocation Center. The meet, which starts at 10 a.m., will serve as Northern Illinois head coach Ryan Ludwig‘s head coaching debut after taking over the program in...

Members of the NIU wrestling team will wrap up their preseason practice schedule at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, when they host the annual Wrestle-Offs at Victor E. Court at the Convocation Center. The Wrestle-Offs is an intrasquad meet that helps determine the starting lineup for the upcoming season. It also gives fans the opportunity...

Nine-year wrestling coaching veteran Ryan Ludwig, who has spent the past six years as the assistant and then associate head coach at Northern Illinois, has been named the 17th head coach of the Northern Illinois University wrestling program. “Ryan’s experience working under longtime NIU head coach Dave Grant over the last six years has given...

Football senior Chad Spann and volleyball freshman Lauren Wicinski were named Northern Illlinois University’s 2010 Male and Female Athletes of the Year, headlining a list of 24 award winners honored Monday night during NIU’s second annual Victors Awards.  The Victors saw NIU student-athletes, coaches, athletic department and university staff come together to honor the Huskies’...

NIU wrestlers Bryan Deutsch and Brad Dieckhaus have advanced to the second day of competition at the 2011 NCAA Wrestling Championships at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pa. Deutsch, who opened his tournament with a pin fall loss to North Carolina’s Corey Mock in a pigtail match at 157 pounds, has battled his way through...

NIU wrestlers Bryan Deutsch and Brad Dieckhaus are competing today at the 2011 NCAA Wrestling Championships at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pa. Fans can watch all the action live via ESPN3.com. This is the 40th straight season NIU has sent a wrestler to the NCAA Championships, a streak that dates back to 1972. “It’s...