Wrestling: John Carroll (4-3 Overall, 0-1 OAC) at #20 Ohio Northern (8-2 Overall, 1-0 OAC)

January 16, 2017

Tuesday, January 17, 2017, 7:30 pm, ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio

Tuesday's Match: The Polar Bears enter Tuesday's OAC dual meet ranked No. 20 in the latest NWCA Division III rankings ... ONU is coming off a sixth place finish at the Lycoming (Pa.) Duals after posting a 3-2 record ... Northern defeated Springfield (Mass.) 22-20, Oswego State (N.Y.) 26-12 and #21 College of New Jersey (33-12) and fell to #25 York (Pa.) 32-10 and Cortland State (N.Y.) 37-6 ... Senior Kyler Deeter, junior Alex Bair and freshman Seth Transue all went 3-2 on the weekend to lead the Polar Bears ... Thus far this season, Bair leads the team with a 19-11 record at 184 pounds ... Deeter is second with an 18-7 mark at 174 and freshman Nate Barcaskey is third with a 16-5 mark and 12 pins at heavyweight ... ONU head coach Ron Beaschler recently surpassed the 300-win plateau as head coach at Ohio Northern ... In 27 seasons, Beaschler's teams are 306-213-4 ... JCU is coming off a 27-11 loss to #9 Baldwin Wallace on Friday ... Sophomore Mitch Tikkanen (133), Sal Corraro and Jarrad Lasko all won their bouts for the Blue Streaks at 133, 141 and 149 pounds ... Tikkanen leads the team with a 15-7 record, Austin Victor is second at 14-4 and Lasko (13-6) and Kevin Khoma (13-7) are tied for third.

ONU Statistical Leaders

	Wins			Pins			Tech Falls			Maj. Dec.
1.	Bair	19-11	1.	Barcaskey	12	1.	Davidson	5	1.	Dole 5	4
3.	Deeter	18-6	2.	Deeter	8	2.	Deeter	3	2.	Bair	3
3.	Barcaskey	14-8	3.	Bair	7	3.	5 Tied With	1		Nelson	4
										Jones	4

ONU head coach Ron Beaschler: Beaschler in his 27th season at ONU with a 306-213-4 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.