Wrestling: #18 Ohio Northern (19-3 Overall) at Baldwin Wallace Invitational
Saturday, February 4, 2023, 11 a.m. - Lou Higgins Center Fieldhouse, Berea, Ohio
| Baldwin Wallace John Summa Invitational site |
This Weekend's Preview: No. 18-ranked Ohio Northern will travel east for the 46th annual Baldwin Wallace John Summa Invitational on Saturday at th Lou Higgins Center Fieldhouse ... A total of 11 schools from New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, West Virginia and Ohio are expected to compete in the double-elimination individual weight class tournament ... The Polar Bears will likely rest many of their starters who are nursing injuries ... ONU is ranked No. 16 in the latest NWCA Dual Meet poll and is No. 18 in the NWCA Tournament poll … Three Ohio Northern wrestlers are currently ranked by the NWCA … Sophomore All-American Jacob Reed (141 pounds) is No. 2, senior Chase Sumner (149) is No. 10 and senior Jordan Hardrick (15) is No. 11 … In the latest D3wrestle.com poll, Reed is No. 2, and Sumner is No. 3 … 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 seventh place finish at the 30-team Wheaton (Ill.) Invitational on Saturday ... Hardrick placed second at 165 pounds with a 5-1 record to lead the Polar Bears ... Sophomore Gavin Layman placed third at 184 pounds, Le placed fifth with a 3-2 record at 133 pounds and sophomore Cael Vanderhorst placed seventh at 149 pounds ... Thus far this season, Hardrick leads the team with a 36-5 record … Reed is second with a 35-0 mark and Layman is third at 30-5 … Sumner and Reed each have a team-best 14 pins … Hardrick has a team-high 8 technical falls, and Reed leads the team with 10 major decisions … Hardrick is 112-42 in his career and ranks 9th all-time at ONU in career victories … ONU has wrestlers with winning records in all 10 weight classes.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Wins | Pins | Tech Falls | Maj. Dec. | |||||||||||
| 1. | Hardrick | 36-5 | 1. | Sumner | 14 | 1. | Hardrick | 8 | 1. | Reed | 10 | |||
| 2. | Reed | 35-0 | Reed | 14 | 2. | Sumner | 5 | 2. | Le | 8 | ||||
| 3. | Layman | 30-5 | 3. | Layman | 11 | 3. | 5 tied with | 3 | Hardrick | 8 |
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 373-250-4 career coaching record in dual action, a winning percentage of .598, 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.