Wrestling: Mount Union (3-4 Overall, 0-1 OAC) at #13 Ohio Northern (16-2 Overall, 2-0 OAC)

Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 7 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio

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Tuesday's Preview: The Polar Bears return to Ohio Athletic Conference action on Tuesday hosting a dual meet against Mount Union … ONU is ranked No. 13 in the latest NWCA Dual Meet poll and is No. 17 in the NWCA Tournament poll … Two Ohio Northern wrestlers are currently ranked by the NWCA … Sophomore All-American Jacob Reed (141 pounds) is No. 2, and senior Chase Sumner (149) is No. 10 … In the latest D3wrestle.com poll, Reed is No. 2, and Sumner is No. 10 … Sophomore Dylan Le (133) is listed in the "Honorable Mention" category as being ranked in the 19-26 group … The Polar Bears are coming off a fourth-place finish at the two-day Lycoming (Pa.) Duals … Northern went 3-0 in Friday's pool play with wins of 46-0 over Penn College, 30-13 over Lycoming and 31-15 over Springfield (Mass.) to advance to the events championship bracket … The Polar Bears fell 32-16 to No. 8 Wisconsin-Eau Claire in the semifinals and 27-14 to No. 21 Ithaca (N.Y.) in the consolation round … Reed was 5-0 at 141 pounds with two pins and two major decisions en route to being named OAC Wrestler of the Week for the third time this season … Sumner was 4-1 in the event, posting two pins and a major decision at 149 pounds ... Thus far this season, Reed leads the team with a 31-0 record … Sumner and senior Jordan Hardrick (165) are second with 28 wins each … Sumner has a team-best 14 pins, while Reed has 13 and sophomore Gavin Layman (184) has 11 … Hardrick has a team-high seven technical falls, and Reed and Le lead the team with eight major decisions … Hardrick is 103-41 in his career and ranks 14th all-time at ONU in career victories … ONU has wrestlers with winning records in all 10 weight classes … Mount Union is 3-4 on the season after falling 31-15 at No. 18 John Carroll and competing in the Olivet (Mich.) duals and the NWCA National Duals … The Purple Raiders are ranked No. 20 in the NWCA Tournament poll … Senior Jack Stanley is ranked No. 2 at 125 pounds by the NWCA and is listed in the "Contender" category as being ranked in the 11-18 group by D3wrestle.com … Freshman Nicholas Nettleton is listed in the "Contender" category at 157 pounds … UMU is coming off hosting the Purple Raider Open on Sunday … Freshman Darese Sparkman advanced the furthest among the Raiders, going 3-1 on the day and placing sixth at 149 pounds … Freshman Andrew Magness went 2-1 at 133 pounds … In dual action, the Raiders defeated Saint Claire (Mich.), Adrian (Mich.) and Alma (Mich.) and lost to Olivet at the Olivet Duals and fell to No. 16 The College of New Jersey and Wilkes (Pa.) at the NWCA National Duals … In the dual against John Carroll, Stanley won at 125 by pin, senior Zach Larue won at 141 by pin, and freshman Austin Ryder won at 285 by decision … Ryan Riggs is in his second season as head wrestling coach at Mount Union … Last season, he helped lead three Purple Raiders to the national tournament, and the team finished with two All-Americans and a national champion.

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Head Coach Ron Beaschler: Beaschler is in his 35th season at the helm of the Ohio Northern wrestling program and currently stands as the longest-tenured head wrestling coach at the institution ... He sports a 370-249-4 career coaching record in dual action, a winning percentage of .597, making him the all-time winningest coach in program history ... Beaschler was inducted into the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Hall of Fame in 2008 and has been named OAC Coach of the Year three times in 1993, 2012, and 2013.