Wrestling: Ohio Northern (0-0 Overall) at Mount Union Invitational
Saturday, November 6, 2021, 10 am - Peterson Field House, Alliance, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: The Ohio Northern wrestling team will open up its 2021-22 season on Saturday at the 11-team Mount Union Invitational ... Five of the 11 teams are nationally ranked - #11 Baldwin Wallace and #22 Mount Union in Division III and #5 West Liberty (W.Va.), #7 Ashland and #8 Gannon (Pa.) of Division II ... Five Ohio Northern wrestlers are ranked in the first NWCA poll, released Tuesday night ... Junior Chase Sumner (149 pounds), senior Schuyler Caprella (157 pounds) and senior Jordan Hardrick (165) nationally ranked, listed in the "Contender" category as being ranked in the 11-18 group of their respective weight classes ... Senior Cash Thompson (197) is listed in the "Honorable Mention" category as being ranked in the 19-26 group ... Sumner (4-0) and sophomore Devon Harbison (4-1) lead the returners with four victories last season.
ONU Returning Statistical Leaders (2020-21 Stats):
| Wins | Pins | Tech Falls | Maj. Dec. | |||||||||||
| 1. | Sumner | 4-0 | 1. | Harbison | 2 | 1. | Sumner | 1 | 1. | Wagner | 2 | |||
| Harbison | 4-1 | Sumner | 2 | Williamson | 1 | 2. | DePrest | 1 | ||||||
| 3. | Wagner | 3-0 | Gibson | 2 | ||||||||||
| DePrest | 3-1 | |||||||||||||
| Williamson | 3-2 |
Head Coach Ron Beaschler: Beaschler is in his 34th 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 341-242-4 career coaching record in dual action, a winning percentage of .584, 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.