Wrestling: Ohio Northern (11-4 Overall) at NCAA III Midwest Regionals
Friday-Saturday, February 24-25, 2017 - 11am/10am - Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, Ind.
| Match Program (.pdf) | NCAA Regionals Site | ONU Invdividual Results |
This Weekend's Tournament: The Polar Bears will travel to Fort Wayne to compete in the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Tournament, hosted by Manchester (Ind.) ... 17 schools from Wisconsin-LaCrosse in the west to Ohio Northern in the east will compete in the double-elimination individual weight class tournament ... The top three placers in each of the 10 weight classes will qualify for the NCAA III Championships March 10-11 at LaCrosse, Wis. ... On Friday, wrestling will continue Ohio Northern and Otterbein are the two OAC schools in the region ... Four of the 17 teams are nationally ranked in the latest NWCA Poll ... Wisconsin-LaCrosse is #5, Wisconsin-Whitewater is #10, Olivet (Mich.) is #11 and Wabash (Ind.) is #21 ... ONU was ranked as high as #20 nationally earlier this season ... Ohio Northern clinched its 16th upper division OAC finish in the 18 years since OAC adopted its current round-robin format in 1999-2000, posting a 4-2 duel meet record in the league ... Thus far this season, freshman Nate Barcaskey leads the team with 29 wins and 20 falls ... Sophomore Clayton Davidson is second with a 28-12 record, senior Kyler Deeter is third at 25-11 and junior Evan Hickey is fourth at 21-16.
ONU Statistical Leaders
| Wins |
Pins |
Tech Falls |
Maj. Dec. |
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| 1. | Barcaskey | 29-7 |
1. | Barcaskey |
20 |
1. | Davidson | 9 |
1. | Dole |
7 |
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| 2. |
Davidson | 28-12 |
2. |
Deeter |
11 |
2. |
Thompson | 5 |
2. |
Nelson |
5 |
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| 3. |
Deeter | 25-11 |
3. |
Hickey |
8 |
3. |
Deeter | 4 | Thompson |
5 |
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| Andrews | 5 |
ONU head coach Ron Beaschler: Beaschler in his 27th season at ONU with a 309-215-4 record, a winning percentage of .590 ... He is the all-time winningest coach in ONU history and has the longest tenure as head wrestling coach at ONU ... He was inducted into the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Hall of Fame in 2008 ... He was named OAC Coach of the Year in 1993, 2012 and 2013.