Pins by Letcher, Pawlitz, Lovejoy lead No. 23 Wrestling to 38-7 dual meet victory over Mount Saint Joseph

ADA — Junior Mick Letcher and freshmen Michael Pawlitz and Cody Lovejoy each registered pins, leading No. 23-ranked Ohio Northern to a 38-7 victory over Mount Saint Joseph Tuesday night in a non-conference dual wrestling meet at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears improve to 2-3, while the Lions fall to 1-1.

Northern won eight of the 10 weight classes, including the first five of the night.

Freshman Cole Cochran got ONU on the board first with a forfeit win at 125 pounds.

Junior Jeremy Jones used a third period escape to post a 3-2 victory at 133 pounds to put ONU up 9-0.

At the 141-pound weight class, sophomore Ryan Fowler had two 3-point near falls in the second period to take a 9-5 lead and went on to post a 10-6 decision, giving the Polar Bears a 12-0 advantage.

Freshman Kyle Brezovec got a first period takedown and 3-point near fall and made it stand up, as he improved to 2-0 on the season with a 6-1 victory at 149 pounds, extending ONU's lead to 15-0.

After an MSJ major decision at 157, Letcher improved to 2-0 on the year with a quick pin in 1:22 at 165 pounds and ONU's lead was 21-4.

With the Polar Bears leading 21-7, junior All-American and No. 6-ranked Kyle Kwiat sealed the match for ONU with a tech fall victory at 184 pounds.

Kwiat used three first period near falls to build an early 11-0 lead and won 17-0 in 6:00.

Pawlitz remained undefeated at 5-0 and posted his fourth pin of the season, winning by fall at 3:59 at the 197-pound weight class.

Lovejoy won by fall in 3:41 at heavyweight after leading 12-0 in the second period.

The Polar Bears will return to action Saturday when they host the 31st annual ONU Invitational at the ONU Sports Center.

No. 23 Ohio Northern 38, Mount Saint Joseph 7

125 — Cole Coleman (ONU) won by forfeit
133 — Jeremy Jones (ONU) dec. Ed Sanders, 3-2
141 — Ryan Fowler (ONU) dec. Wayne Black, 10-6
149 — Kyle Brezovec (ONU) dec. Joe Conrad, 6-1
157 — Tom Fehring (MSJ) maj. dec. Dylon Gregg, 14-3
165 — Mick Letcher (ONU) pinned Cory Disbennett, 1:22
174 — Nicholas Manning (MSJ) dec. Billy Painter, 5-0
184 — #6 Kyle Kwiat (ONU) tech fall Alec Camp, 6:00 (17-0)
197 — Michael Pawlitz (ONU) pinned Logan Andriot, 3:59
285 — Cody Lovejoy (ONU) pinned Robert Grogan, 3:41

Exhibition Matches
133 — Cole Cochran (ONU) dec. William Bryant, 5-0
141 — Tevin Byers (MSJ) dec. Austin Nelson, 11-9 (ot)
149 — Pat Piszker (ONU) dec. Alexander Jung, 8-2
157 — Evan Samad (MSJ) maj. dec. Brandon Howes, 15-1
157 — Ryan Ouzts (ONU) maj. dec. Anthony Catanzarile, 16-4
184 — Dominic Owens (ONU) dec. Justin Meineke, 3-2
285 — D.J. Recknagel (ONU) pinned Nathan Islamovsky, 2:33