University of Northern Iowa NCAA News

At this time last year, Joe Colon sought the peace of sand and sun instead of the excitement of college wrestling's most important event.

The Illinois State women's basketball team defeated Northern Iowa at the Family Arena in St. Charles, Mo., in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament.

Last season, WSU's Final Four lightened the mood when Creighton departed for the Big East.

Shock, surprise and a smile. Drake's Kyndal Clark felt a rush of emotions Thursday when she was named the Missouri Valley Conference's women's basketball player of the year.

A pair of former Jackson County Central wrestlers are headed to the NCAA Division 1 Wrestling Championships after earning automatic bids from their respective conference tournaments.

Names you need to know : Jordan Aaron, 5-foot-10 senior guard , Kyle Kelm, 6-foot-9 senior forward , Matt Tiby, 6-foot-8 sophomore forward , Austin Arians, 6-foot-6 sophomore forward Stats you need to know : Milwaukee led the Horizon League in three-point percentage defense and also shot 32 percent from three-point range.

Last season, WSU's Final Four lightened the mood when Creighton departed for the Big East.

Missouri, Northern Iowa and Old Dominion -- newcomers to the Mid-American Conference -- took the top three places at the 2014 MAC wrestling championships Missouri, Northern Iowa and Old Dominion -- newcomers to the Mid-American Conference -- took the top three places at the 2014 MAC wrestling championships The three programs welcomed to the MAC ... (more)

University of Northern Colorado's Tim Tancik looks for a pass as he is taken down by University of Northern Iowa's Collin Albrecht during the game Saturday at Nottingham Field in Greeley.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. With a conference championship and a No. 1 seed on the line, the Indiana State Women's Basketball team closes out regular season action at Northern Iowa on Saturday.

It was a tale of two halves for Northern Iowa last night as the Panthers lost to Southern Illinois, 63-58, despite a 28-9 run in the second half of a quarterfinal game in the Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament.

Tyler Patten stepped on the University of Northern Iowa campus, thinking his days as a competitive wrestler were behind him.

2 and 3 seeds, both eager to show what momentum means after five days off. Second-seeded Indiana State is convinced it means nothing.

Usually, a school's all-time winningest men's basketball coach is a graybeard, someone with a tenure as long as any who came before him.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - Seth Tuttle scored 19 points with seven assists and seven rebounds as Northern Iowa crushed Southern Illinois 73-54 on Wednesday night.

Derek St. John wrestled his way to the NCAA finals two years ago on one healthy leg, captured a national championship last year by gritting through the last two matches without a takedown and he could become the first three-time winner of Iowa's most courageous wrestler award.

You can't blame Doug Elgin for having his thoughts in the clouds. As commissioner of the Missouri Valley Conference, Elgin spent much of the 2012-13 men's basketball season bogged down by Creighton's pending departure and speculation about the league's stability.

A little over four months ago, Austin Arians stood on the court at U.S. Cellular Arena and looked around at the black and gold draping, the banners of past Horizon League and NCAA Tournament success, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee swing man could only hope for bigger things in his sophomore campaign.

Brittni Donaldson hit a pair of tiebreaking free throws with 16 seconds to play in overtime Sunday, and Northern Iowa hung on to a 99-97 victory over in-state rival Drake at the Knapp Center in the second nail-biter between the Missouri Valley Conference foes this season.

With the sound of the starting gun, Aisha Cancio, Arianna Hernandez and Natalie Soubelet took off toward the finish line.