Seth Transue pin clinches 23-12 victory for #25 Wrestling over Mount Union in OAC opener
By Tim Glon
ADA — Freshman Seth Transue (Plain City/Dublin) got a pin with 13 seconds left in his bout to clinch a 23-12 victory for No. 25-ranked Ohio Northern over Mount Union in the Ohio Athletic Conference opener for both teams Tuesday night at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 5-0 overall and are 1-0 in the OAC, while the Purple Raiders fall to 5-9, 0-1.
Transue was trailing in his 125-pound match when he got a pin on a nifty move with just 13 seconds left.
His fall gave ONU a 23-6 advantage and clinched the match for the Polar Bears with just two bouts to go.
The match began with a Mount Union victory at the 149-pound weight class, which was selected at random to begin the contest.
Sophomore Gavin Nelson (Oregon/Clay) got Northern on the board with a 5-4 decision at 157 pounds to tie the match at 3-3.
Junior Seth Meyer (Defiance) used a pair of second period takedowns to post a 10-5 decision at 165 pounds to give ONU a 6-3 lead.
Senior Kyler Deeter (Covington) had takedowns in each of the three periods and posted an 8-0 major decision at 174 pounds to put the Polar Bears up 10-3.
Junior Alex Bair (Centerville) made it four wins in a row for ONU with a 13-4 major decision at 184 pounds.
Freshman Nate Barcaskey (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) won by decision 9-5 at heavyweight to give Ohio Northern a 17-6 lead.
After Transue's pin, MtU ended the match by winning at 133 and 141.
The Polar Bears will return to action Friday-Saturday at the Lycoming (Pa.) Duals.
#25 Ohio Northern 23, Mount Union 12
125 — Seth Transue (ONU) pinned Nick Mancini, 6:47
133 — Nathan Kirk (MtU) dec. Brad Taton, 2-0 (ot)
141 — #7 Alec Cotton (MtU) dec. Aidan Pierobon, 7-2
149 — Kyle Ferguson (MtU) dec. Dylan Dolph, 6-3
157 — Gavin Nelson (ONU) dec. Jesse Gross, 5-4
165 — Seth Meyer (ONU) dec. Braden Parker, 10-5
174 — Kyler Deeter (ONU) maj. dec. Nick Miller, 8-0
184 — Alex Bair (ONU) maj. dec. Isaiah Watson-Kirksey, 13-4
197 — Grant Martin (MtU) dec. Evan Hickey, 3-1
285 — Nate Barcaskey (ONU) dec. Mike Sinclair, 9-5
Exhibition Matches
133 — Michael Higley (ONU) pinned Aaron Kammeyer, 4:41
141 — Jeff Andrews (ONU) pinned Sam Valenti (MtU), 4:40
157 — Taylor Komives (MtU) maj. dec. Kyler Barringer, 11-1
165 — Conor Homan (MtU) maj. dec. Max Dole, 16-6
165 — Jacob Thompson (ONU) dec. Jacob Taylor, 4-2 (ot)
174 — Clayton Davidson (ONU) maj. dec. John Staron, 11-0
174 — Rob Valenti (MtU) pinned Junior Benitez, 3:17
