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12/29/2008 - Football

Huskie Effort Falls Short in Independence Bowl ...

12/30/2008 - Wrestling

Four Pins Launch DeShazer to Sixth Place Finish...

12/23/2008 - Football

Independence Bowl Central

1/1/2009 - W. Basketball

Huskies Usher in 2009 at Home Saturday

12/29/2008 - Football

Northern Illinois out-gained Louisiana Tech in rushing, passing and total offense at the 33rd Annual Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La., but committed a season-high three turnovers and gave up a momentum-turning 97-yard kickoff return to drop a 17-10 decision to the Bulldogs Sunday night.

12/30/2008 - Wrestling

Tristen DeShazer turned heads by turning shoulders, as he recorded four pins to earn a sixth-place finish at the 46th Midlands Wrestling Championships, Tuesday. The top finisher for Northern Illinois, DeShazer won five consecutive matches after losing his opening bout.

12/23/2008 - Football

Follow the Huskies on their trip to the Independence Bowl with news, blogs, photo galleries, podcasts and video from Shreveport, La., where NIU will take on Louisiana Tech, Dec. 28 at 7 p.m.

1/1/2009 - W. Basketball

The Northern Illinois University women's basketball team closes out the non-conference portion of its schedule when it plays host to Chicago State Saturday afternoon at the Convocation Center.

Saturday, Jan 3
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Women's Basketball	Chicago State	DeKalb, Ill.	2:00 PM	Watch \| Gametracker \|
Wrestling	"Flash" Flanagan Open	Dubuque, IA	9:00 AM
Wednesday, Jan 7
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Women's Basketball	Central Michigan	Mt. Pleasant, Mich.	6:00 PM	Audio \|
Saturday, Jan 10
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Men's Basketball	Toledo	DeKalb, Illinois	2:00 PM	Watch \| Gametracker \|
Women's Basketball	Toledo	Toledo, OH	1:00 PM
Women's Track	Carthage Opener	Kenosha, Wis.	10:30 AM
Wrestling	SIU Edwardsville	Edwardsville, IL	2:00 PM
Wrestling	Missouri Baptist	Edwardsville, IL	TBA
Sunday, Jan 11
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Women's Gymnastics	Bowling Green	DeKalb, Ill.	2:00 PM
Tuesday, Jan 13
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Men's Basketball	Ball State	Muncie, Indiana	6:00 PM	Audio \|
Wednesday, Jan 14
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Women's Basketball	Western Michigan	DeKalb, Ill.	7:00 PM	Watch \| Gametracker \|
Thursday, Jan 15
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Wrestling	Ohio (Showcase Meet)	Convocation Center	7:05 PM
Saturday, Jan 17
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Men's Basketball	Western Michigan	Kalamazoo, Michigan	1:00 PM	Audio \|
Women's Basketball	Eastern Michigan	DeKalb, Ill.	2:00 PM	Watch \| Gametracker \|
Men's Tennis	Michigan State	East Lansing, Michigan	10:00 AM
Women's Track	Panther Open	Cedar Falls, Iowa	All Day
Tuesday, Jan 20
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Men's Basketball	Eastern Michigan	DeKalb, Illinois	7:00 PM	Watch \| Gametracker \|
Wednesday, Jan 21
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Women's Basketball	Ball State	DeKalb, Ill.	7:00 PM	Watch \| Gametracker \|
Saturday, Jan 24
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Men's Basketball	Central Michigan	DeKalb, Illinois	2:00 PM	Watch \| Gametracker \|
Wrestling	Kent State	Kent, OH	11:00 AM
Women's Track	Carle/Health Alliance Invitational	Champaign, Ill.	All Day
Sunday, Jan 25
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Women's Gymnastics	Eastern Michigan	DeKalb, Ill.	2:00 PM
Men's Tennis	Wisconsin	Madison, Wisconsin	3:00 PM
Wednesday, Jan 28
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Men's Basketball	Miami (Oh)	Oxford, Ohio	6:00 PM	Audio \| Gametracker \|
Friday, Jan 30
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Women's Tennis	Wisconsin	Madison, Wis.	4:00 PM
Wrestling	Northern Iowa	Cedar Falls, IA	7:05 PM
Saturday, Jan 31
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Men's Tennis	Iowa	Iowa City, Iowa	1:30 PM
Women's Track	Illinois Intercollegiate	Charleston, Ill.	All Day
Sunday, Feb 1
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Women's Tennis	Marquette	Milwaukee, Wis.	10:00 AM
Women's Tennis	UW-Green Bay	Milwaukee, Wis.	10:00 AM
Friday, Feb 6
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Women's Track	Central Michigan Quadrangular	Mt. Pleasant, Mich.	4:00 PM
Saturday, Feb 7
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Women's Tennis	Eastern Illinois	DeKalb, Ill.	1:00 PM
Men's Tennis	Western Illinois	Galesburg, Illinois	2:00 PM
Women's Gymnastics	Ball State	Muncie, Ind.	6:00 PM
Sunday, Feb 8
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Women's Tennis	Southern Illinois	DeKalb, Ill.	1:00 PM
Friday, Feb 13
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Women's Gymnastics	Illinois-Chicago	Chicago, Ill.	7:00 PM
Sunday, Feb 15
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Men's Tennis	Bradley	DeKalb, Illinois	1:00 PM
Friday, Feb 20
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Baseball	North Florida	Starkville, Miss.	3:00 PM
Baseball	Mississippi State	Starkville, Miss.	6:30 PM
Softball	Prairie View A&M	Houston, Texas	11:00 AM
Softball	Illinois	Houston, Texas	1:00 PM
Men's Tennis	Eastern Illinois	DeKalb, Illinois	3:00 PM
Women's Gymnastics	Central Michigan	Mt. Pleasant, Mich.	6:00 PM
Women's Track	Ball State Quadrangular	Muncie, Ind.	All Day
Saturday, Feb 21
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Baseball	Mississippi State	Starkville, Miss.	4:30 PM
Softball	Prairie View A&M	Houston, Texas	11:00 AM
Softball	Cal State Northridge	Houston, Texas	1:00 PM
Women's Tennis	Western Illinois	DeKalb, Ill.	1:00 PM
Sunday, Feb 22
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Baseball	North Florida	Starkville, Miss.	12:30 PM
Softball	Houston	Houston, Texas	11:00 AM
Women's Gymnastics	Kent State	DeKalb, Ill.	2:00 PM
Thursday, Feb 26
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Baseball	Arizona State	Tempe, Ariz.	TBA
Friday, Feb 27
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Baseball	TBD	Tempe, Ariz.	TBA
Softball	Samford	Birmingham, Ala.	3:30 PM

Tuesday, Dec 30
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Wrestling	Midlands Championships	Evanston, IL	20th
Monday, Dec 29
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Wrestling	Midlands Championships	Evanston, IL	32nd
Sunday, Dec 28
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Football	Louisiana Tech	Shreveport, La.	L, 17-10	Gametracker \| Get Tickets!
Women's Basketball	Southern Illinois	Carbondale, Ill.	W, 67-55	Final Box
Saturday, Dec 20
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Men's Basketball	Loyola Chicago	DeKalb, Illinois	W, 72-62	Watch \| Gametracker \|
Women's Basketball	Illinois-Chicago	DeKalb, Ill.	W, 85-79	Watch \| Gametracker \|
Thursday, Dec 18
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Women's Basketball	DePaul	Chicago, Ill.	L, 83-70
Wednesday, Dec 17
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Men's Basketball	Southern Illinois	DeKalb, Illinois	L, 73-58	SIU 73, NIU 58 Final Box Watch \| Gametracker \|
Monday, Dec 15
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Women's Basketball	Illinois State	DeKalb, Ill.	L, 89-67	Watch \| Gametracker \|
Sunday, Dec 14
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Men's Basketball	Arkansas-Little Rock	Little Rock, Arkansas	L, 97-85	Live Stats Audio \|
Saturday, Dec 13
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Wrestling	Loras	Sycamore, IL	W, 43-6	Live Stats
Sunday, Dec 7
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Women's Basketball	Wisconsin	Madison, Wis.	L, 70-64
Saturday, Dec 6
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Men's Basketball	Chicago State	DeKalb, Illinois	W, 93-81	Watch \| Gametracker \|
Women's Track	Early Bird Invitational	Normal, Ill.	NTS
Thursday, Dec 4
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Wrestling	Northwestern	Evanston, IL	L, 27-12
Wednesday, Dec 3
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Men's Basketball	Air Force	Colorado Springs, Colorado	L, 67-55	Audio \| Gametracker \|
Women's Basketball	UNI	Cedar Falls, Iowa	W, 58-46
Saturday, Nov 29
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Men's Basketball	Western Carolina (Great Alaska Shootout)	Anchorage, Alaska	L, 71-67
Tuesday, Nov 25
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Football	Navy	DeKalb, Ill.	L, 16-0	Box Score Audio \| Gametracker \|
Monday, Nov 24
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Women's Cross Country	NCAA Championships	Terra Haute, Ind.	11:00 AM
Saturday, Nov 22
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Wrestling	Kaufman-Brand Open	Omaha, NE	NTS
Friday, Nov 21
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Women's Volleyball	Miami (Oh) (MAC Tournament Second Round)	Toledo, Ohio	L, 3-2	Miami 3, NIU 2 Final Box
Tuesday, Nov 18
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Football	Kent State	Kent, Ohio	W, 42-14	Audio \|
Women's Volleyball	Kent State (MAC First Round)	DeKalb, Ill.	W, 3-2	NIU 3, KSU 2 Final Box Gametracker \|
Sunday, Nov 16
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Men's Soccer	Akron	Akron, Ohio	L, 1-0	Live Stats
Saturday, Nov 15
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Women's Cross Country	NCAA Regional	Stillwater, Okla.	11:00 AM
Wrestling	Purdue	West Lafayette, IN	L, 32-9
Women's Volleyball	Ball State	Muncie, Ind.	W, 3-1	NIU 3, BSU 1 Final Box
Friday, Nov 14
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Men's Soccer	Buffalo (MAC Tournament Semifinals)	Akron, Ohio	W, 1-0	Live Stats
Women's Volleyball	Toledo	Toledo, Ohio	W, 3-1	NIU 3, Toledo 1 Final Box
Thursday, Nov 13
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Men's Soccer	Bowling Green	Akron, Ohio	W, 2-0	Live Stats
Wednesday, Nov 12
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Football	Central Michigan	DeKalb, Ill.	L, 33-30	Final Stats(pdf) Audio \| Gametracker \|
Saturday, Nov 8
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Women's Volleyball	Central Michigan	DeKalb, Ill.	L, 3-0	CMU 3, NIU 0 Final Box Gametracker \|
Friday, Nov 7
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Women's Volleyball	Eastern Michigan	DeKalb, Ill.	W, 3-2	NIU 3, EMU 2 Final Box Gametracker \|
Thursday, Nov 6
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Men's Soccer	Western Michigan	Kalamazoo, Mich.	W, 2-1
Wednesday, Nov 5
Sport	Event	Location	Time	Coverage
Football	Ball State	Muncie, Ind.	L, 45-14	Final Stats(PDF) Audio \|

Brad Dieckhaus
Sophomore - 184
St. Charles, Mo.
Business
3.44 GPA

Dieckhaus wrestled for the first time this season against No. 4 Northwestern, where he competed at 197 pounds after weighing in at 184. Despite an incredible effort, he lost a tough 4-2 decision.