No. 15 Wrestling opens home, OAC slates with 60-0 sweep over Wilmington
By Tim Glon
ADA — The No. 15-ranked Ohio Northern wrestling team opened the Ohio Athletic Conference portion of its 2022-23 schedule with a perfect 60-0 victory over Wilmington on Tuesday night at the ONU Sports Center Fieldhouse.
The Polar Bears (5-0 overall, 1-0 OAC) posted four first period falls and six forfeits in the win.
It was also the home opener for ONU.
Northern won the first five weight classes by forfeit to start with a 30-0 lead.
No. 12-ranked senior Jordan Hardrick (Dayton/Wayne) pinned Garrett Simmons in 1:53 to make it 36-0.
After a forfeit win at 174 extended ONU's lead to 42-0, sophomore Gavin Layman (Chesterton, Ind.) won by fall in 2:11 at 184 and freshman Sean Gast (Ashland/Mapleton) won by fall in 1:19 at 197 and it was 54-0.
Junior Jadon Brownlee (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) wrapped up the match at heavyweight with a pin in 2:58.
The Polar Bears will return to action on Saturday with four matches at the Olivet (Mich.) Duals.
No. 15 Ohio Northern 60, Wilmington 0
125 — Colin Mellott (ONU) won by forfeit
133 — Dylan Le (ONU) won by forfeit
141 — #2 Jacob Reed (ONU) won by forfeit
149 — #10 Chase Sumner (ONU) won by forfeit
157 — Jayden Jones (ONU) won by forfeit
165 — #12 Jordan Hardrick (ONU) pinned Garrett Simmons, 1:53
174 — Jackson Hawker (ONU) won by forfeit
184 — Gavin Layman (ONU) pinned Adrian Salmone, 2:11
197 — Sean Gast (ONU) pinned Brayden Smith, 1:19
285 — Jadon Brownlee (ONU) pinned Mo Sissoko, 2:58
Attendance - 56
Total Time - :15
