Wrestling: Mount Union (5-8 Overall, 0-0 OAC) at #25 Ohio Northern (4-0, 0-0 OAC)

January 9, 2017

Tuesday, January 10, 2017, 7:30 pm, ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio

Tuesday's Match: The Polar Bears enter Tuesday's dual meet ranked No. 25 in the latest NWCA Division III rankings ... ONU is coming off a second place finish at the 11-team Waynesburg (Pa.) Invitational on Saturday ... Northern had 11 wrestlers place in the top-6 of their respective weight classes, led by runner-up finishes by junior Evan Hickey (197) and freshman Nate Barcaskey (285) ... Barcaskey leads the team this season with a 15-5 record and 12 pins and junior Alex Bair is 15-9 with six pins ... Senior Kyler Deeter is 14-5 at 174 pounds and Hickey is 14-7 at 197 ... Junior Brad Taton is fifth on the team with a 13-6 record at 133 ... ONU head coach Ron Beaschler recently surpassed the 300-win plateau as head coach at Ohio Northern ... In 27 seasons, Beaschler's teams are 301-201-4 ... The Purple Raiders will begin the OAC portion of their schedule after going 0-2 at the NWCA Duals in Fort Wayne last weekend ... Junior Alec Cotton is ranked #7 nationally at 141 pounds and has an 18-3 record on the season ... Sophomore Mike Sinclair is 14-11 at heavyweight and Senior Nick Miller is 14-10 at 174 pounds ... The Purple Raiders have won four of the last six OAC titles and are 26-5 in OAC duals over the past six seasons.

ONU Statistical Leaders

	Wins			Pins			Tech Falls			Maj. Dec.
1.	Barcaskey	15-5	1.	Barcaskey	12	1.	Davidson	5	1.	Jones	4
	Bair	15-9	2.	Deeter	9	2.	Deeter	2	2.	6 Tied With	2
3.	Hickey	14-7	3.	Bair	6		Jones	2

ONU head coach Ron Beaschler: Beaschler in his 27th season at ONU with a 301-210-4 record, a winning percentage of .588 ... 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.