Wrestling: Ohio Northern (0-0 Overall) at Roger Williams (R.I.) Invitational & at Washington & Lee (Va.) Duals

Saturday, November 15, 2014, 10 am, Recreation Center Gymnasium, Bristol, R.I.

Sunday, November 16, 2014, 1 pm, Doremus Gymnasium, Lexington, Va.

This Weekend's Competition: The Polar Bears will open its 2014-15 season at the Roger Williams (R.I.) Invitational in Bristol, R.I. on Saturday, then travel to Lexington, Va. to compete in the Washington & Lee (Va.) Duals on Sunday ... The Roger Williams Invitational features 11 NCAA Division III teams from the Northeast US and two club teams ... ONU will face NAIA foe Huntingdon (Ala.) at 1 pm, Johns Hopkins (Md.) at 2:30 pm and Washington & Lee (Va.) at 4 pm ... The Polar Bears return nine lettermen and seven starters from last year's squad that posted a 9-9 dual meet record, went 1-4 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, was seventh of 17 teams at the NCAA III Mideast Regionals and had an All-American at the NCAA III Championships ... ONU has posted seven consecutive non-losing seasons and has had winning records in 42 of the program's 49-year history ... The Polar Bears finished 44th at the 2014 NCAA III Championships and return senior All-American and two-time Elite 89 Award winner Cody Lovejoy ... Lovejoy is ranked No. 7 nationally by the NWCA ... Senior Cole Cochran, junior First Team All-Conference honoree Tyler Gargano and junior Academic All-OAC honoree Colt Lovejoy lead the list of returners for ONU.

Projected Lineup (2013-14 Record)

125 — Brad Taton
133 — Cole Cochran (17-18, 3 Pins)
141 — Dylan Doplh or Matt Mangen
149 — Evan Morgan (Freshman)
157 — Gennar Feucht (15-14, 3 Pins)
165 — Colt Lovejoy (22-8, 5 Pins)
174 — Tyler Gargano (30-6, 2 Pins)
184 — Aaron Adkins
197 — Dillon Brancheau or Kody Bellamy
285 — #7 Cody Lovejoy (43-5, 24 Pins)

ONU head coach Ron Beaschler: Beaschler in his 27th season at ONU with a 272-195-4 record, a winning percentage of .584 ... He is the all-time winningest coach in ONU history and has the longest tenure as head wrestling coach at ONU ... He was inducted into the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Hall of Fame in 2008 ... He was named OAC Coach of the Year in 1993, 2012 and 2013.