Wrestling : #7 Mount Union (10-3 Overall, 1-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (13-3 Overall), 1-0 OAC)
Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 7:30 pm, ONU Sports Center, Ohio
Tuesday's Match: Ohio Northern enters tonight's dual well rested, taking a week off after a 21-12 victory at #26 Heidelberg last Tuesday ... Senior All-American and No. 1 ranked Cody Lovejoy led ONU by pinning #3-ranked Nino Majoy in 2:43 of the first period in the Heavyweight division ... With ONU clinging to a 15-12 lead, Lovejoy got a takedown in the first 20 seconds and led 8-0 when he got the pin ... Lovejoy has now defeated the #2 and #3-ranked wrestlers and is 29-0 with 20 pins on the year ... He leads the nation with 17 pins against Division III competition ... Lovejoy currently ranks 5th all-time at ONU with a 130-34 career record ... Sophomore Gennar Feucht is second on the team with a 24-4 record and a team-best 5 tech falls at 157 pounds ... Junior Colt Lovejoy is third on the team with a 22-3 record and 7 pins at 165 pounds ... Freshman Evan Morgan is 21-10 with 5 pins at 149 pounds and senior Cole Cochran is 19-10 with 1 pin at 133 pounds ... Junior Tyler Gargano is 17-5 on the season at 174 pounds this season and ranks 35th all-time at ONU with a 70-28 career record ... ONU will return to action Friday and Saturday at the Wheaton (Ill.) Invitational ... The Polar Bears will return home on Feb. 10 with a 7:30 pm dual with #15 Baldwin Wallace at the ONU Sports Center ... The #7-ranked Purple Raiders enter tonight's dual after back-to-back shutout wins over Niagara (N.Y.) CC (51-0) and Muskingum (56-0) ... MtU has three wrestlers ranked nationally in their respective weight classes, led by junior Jeremy Border, who is ranked #1 at 133 pounds ... Border is 16-0 with 7 pins on the year ... Senior Jon Garrison is ranked #5 at 157 pounds with a 12-2 record and 3 pins and freshman Nick Mancini is ranked #7 at 125 pounds with an 11-4 record and 2 falls..
ONU head coach Ron Beaschler: Beaschler in his 27th season at ONU with a 285-198-4 record, a winning percentage of .589 ... 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.