By JIM NELSON, jim.nelson@wcfcourier.com | Posted: Thursday, May 12, 2011 1:00 pm CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Northern Iowa athletics director Troy Dannen was taken back when he learned Nebraska-Omaha dropped its highly successful wrestling program two months ago. Wednesday, at the monthly Panther Wrestling Club meeting in front of a crowd of UNI wrestling supporters and head coach Doug Schwab, he guaranteed that won’t happen under his watch in Cedar Falls. Soon after, Dannen pledged the first $5,000 while announcing [...]

April 20, 2011 CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The University of Northern Iowa wrestling team wrapped up the 2010-11 season with its annual awards banquet Sunday, April 17 in the McLeod Center’s Alumni Suite. The Panthers finished the season with a 12-9 record, including a 5-0 mark in Western Wrestling Conference action. UNI claimed the WWC regular-season dual title while finishing second at the NCAA West Regional. UNI sent three qualifiers to the NCAA Championships. Redshirt freshman Ryan Loder earned the [...]