Wrestling: Ohio Northern (14-8 Overall) at NCAA III Championships
Friday-Saturday, March 13-14, 2020, 11 am-10 am - U.S. Cellular Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
| NCAA III Championships site | ONU Individual Results | Brackets (.pdf) |
| D3Wrestle.com 133 Pound preview | D3Wrestle.com 149 Pound preview | D3Wrestle.com 197 Pound preview |
This Weekend's Preview: Three members of the Ohio Northern wrestling team will compete at the NCAA III Championships Friday and Saturday at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa ... Senior Seth Transue will represent Ohio Northern in the 133-pound weight class, freshman Chase Sumner will wrestle for Northern at 149 pounds and junior Cash Thompson will battle in the 197-pound weight class for the Polar Bears ... The top eight wrestlers in each weight class earn All-America honors ... The championships are a double-elimination style tournament ... Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the NCAA announced limited attendance for all of its upcoming championships, including the DIII Wrestling Championships ... All pre-sold tickets have been invalidated and are eligible for reimbursement ... Six (6) passes per student-athlete and one (1) additional pass for each credentialed coach shall be issued for distribution to limited family members ... Transue is seeded seventh in the 133-pound weight class ... Thus far this season, junior Schuyler Caprella leads the team with a 43-10 record ... Sumner is second at 37-6, Transue is third at 36-2 and senior Jeff Andrews (34-14) is fourth ... 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 29-8 and would become the fifth 30-win wrestler with a victory this weekend ... He is also second on the team with 14 pins ... Caprella leads the team with 11 tech falls and Sumner leads the team with 11 major decisions ... Transue (96-41) and Andrews (96-59) are tied for 16th all-time in ONU history, while Thompson is 25th all-time with an 84-38 career record.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Wins | Pins | Tech Falls | Maj. Dec. | |||||||||||
| 1. | Caprella | 43-10 | 1. | Szigeti | 16 | 1. | Caprella | 11 | 1. | Sumner | 11 | |||
| 2. | Sumner | 37-6 | 2. | Thompson | 14 | 2. | Andrews | 10 | 2. | Transue | 9 | |||
| 3. | Transue | 36-2 | 3. | Spears | 13 | 3. | Transue | 6 | 3. | Lenhoff | 8 | |||
| 4. | Andrews | 34-14 | Sumner | 13 |
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 338-241-4 career coaching record in dual action, a winning percentage of .583, 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.