Wrestling: Ohio Northern (0-2 Overall) hosts 38th Annual ONU Invitational
Saturday, December 1, 2018, 9 a.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Tournament: Ohio Northern will host the 38th Annual ONU Invitational on Saturday at the ONU Sports Center Fieldhouse ... 12 schools are expected to join ONU in the tournament, which will be a flighted, double-elimination event with the standard 10 NCAA weight classes ... NCAA Division III schools Adrian (Mich.), Alma (Mich.), Heidelberg, Mount Saint Joseph, Muskingum, Ohio Wesleyan, Otterbein, Thomas More (Ky.), Trine (Ind.), Washington & Lee (Va.) and Wilmington and NCAA Division II foe Tiffin are expected to join Ohio Northern at the event ... The polar Bears are coming off a 22-18 loss at Heidelberg on Tuesday ... Senior Clayton Davidson won by fall at 174 pounds to lead Ohio Northern ... Thus far this season, junior Seth Transue and junior Jeff Andrews lead the team with eight victories each with Davidson, sophomore Austin Keeley and sophomore Cash Thompson close behind with six wins ... Davidson leads the team with 3 pins, while Thompson and sophomore Rhett Roeder are tied for second two pins each ... Davidson has moved into 16th place all-time in on ONU's career wins list with a record of 91-43 in four seasons.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Wins | Pins | Tech Falls | Maj. Dec. | |||||||||||
| 1. | Transue | 8-3 | 1. | Davidson | 3 | 1. | Transue | 2 | 1. | Andrews | 4 | |||
| Andrews | 8-4 | 2. | Roeder | 2 | 2. | Pratt | 1 | 2. | Caprella | 2 | ||||
| 2. | Keeley | 6-2 | Thompson | 2 | Andrews | 1 | Transue | 2 | ||||||
| Davidson | 6-3 | |||||||||||||
| Thompson | 6-4 |
Head Coach Ron Beaschler: Beaschler is in his 31st 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 318-226-4 career coaching record in dual action, a winning percentage of .584, making him the all-time winningest coach in ONU 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.
