Wrestling: #29 Ohio Northern (15-5 Overall) at NCAA III Mideast Regional Tournament
Sunday, March 1, 2015, 9 am, Sollenberger Sports Center, Grantham, Pa.
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Sunday's Tournament: Sunday's tournament is the qualifying tournament for the NCAA III Championships, which will be held March 13-14 at Hershey, Pa. ... The top three finishers in each weight class in the double-elimination tournament will receive berths to compete at the NCAA Championships ... 18 teams are expected to compete in the tournament, eight of which are ranked nationally in the latest NWCA poll ... Senior All-American and No. 1-ranked Cody Lovejoy is the defending Mideast Regional Champion at Heavyweight ... This season, Lovejoy is 38-0 and leads the nation with 24 pins this season ... Junior Colt Lovejoy is ranked #9 nationally at 165 pounds ... He is 30-4 on the season with seven pins ... Sophomore Kyler Deeter (28-15, 157 pounds), senior Cole Cochran (27-14, 133), freshman Evan Morgan (26-15, 149), junior Tyler Gargano (24-7, 174), freshman Dylan Dolph (21-20, 141) and freshman Brad Taton (20-14, 125) all enter the tournament with 20-win seasons to their credit ...
ONU head coach Ron Beaschler: Beaschler in his 27th season at ONU with a 287-200-4 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.