Wrestling: Ohio Northern (13-8 Overall) at Baldwin Wallace Invitational
Saturday, February 8, 2020, 10 am - Lou Higgins Center Fieldhouse, Berea, Ohio
| Baldwin Wallace Invitational Site | ONU Individual Results |
Saturday's Preview: The Ohio Northern wrestling team will compete at the 34th annual John Summa Baldwin Wallace Tournament on Saturday ... 13 NCAA Division II and III schools are expected to compete in the double-elimination individual tournament ... Ohio Northern is expected to rest many of its starters and will go with a lineup comprised primarily of reserves ... Freshman Chase Sumner (#16 at 149) and senior Jeff Andrews (#20 at 141) are ranked at their respective weight classes in the Jan. 28 D3Wrestle.com rankings ... Thus far this season, Sumner leads the team with a 32-4 record ... Senior Seth Transue is second at 31-2 and junior Schuyler Caprella (30-7) and Andrews (30-12)are tied for third with 30 wins each ... This marks the first time in school history that four wrestlers have reached the 30-win plateau in a single season ... Junior Cash Thompson is 26-7 and leads the team with 14 pins ... Andrews leads the team with 10 tech falls and Transue and Sumner lead the team with 8 major decisions each ... Andrews (92-57) leads all active ONU wrestlers with 92 victories, which ranks him 17 th all-time in ONU history ... Transue (91-41) is tied for 18th all-time in ONU history, while Thompson is 29th all-time with a 81-36 career record ... Caprella is one victory away from breaking into ONU's top 50 with a 65-47 career mark.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Wins | Pins | Tech Falls | Maj. Dec. | |||||||||||
| 1. | Sumner | 32-4 | 1. | Thompson | 14 | 1. | Andrews | 10 | 1. | Transue | 8 | |||
| 2. | Transue | 31-2 | 2. | Spears | 13 | 2. | Caprella | 8 | Sumner | 8 | ||||
| 3. | Caprella | 30-7 | 3. | Sumner | 12 | 3. | Transue | 6 | 3. | Lenhoff | 6 | |||
| Andrews | 30-12 |
Head Coach Ron Beaschler: Beaschler is in his 32nd 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 337-241-4 career coaching record in dual action, a winning percentage of .582, 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.