Wrestling: No. 22 Ohio Northern (11-3 Overall, 2-0 OAC) at OAC Quad Duals at Muskingum

January 21, 2022

Saturday, January 22, 2022, 10 a.m. - Steele Center, New Concord, Ohio

Saturday's Duals: No. 22-ranked Ohio Northern has an opportunity to clinch a share of the OAC Regular Season title with three victories on Saturday at the OAC Quad Duals at Muskingum ... The Polar Bears will face Muskingum at 10 a.m., No. 24 John Carroll at 11:30 am and No. 7 Baldwin Wallace at 1 pm ... ONU (2-0), JCU (3-0) and BWU (3-0) are the three remaining undefeated teams in league dual meet action ... Three victories would leave Northern as the lone undefeated league team at 5-0 with just one OAC dual left in the season … The Polar Bears are coming off a third place finish at the Manchester (Ind.) Classic last Saturday ... Senior Schuyler Caprella won the 157-pound weight class as Northern had eight placers in the 10 weight classes and finished the tournament with 118.5 points ... Senior Cash Thompson and freshmen Dylan Le and Jacob Reed all posted second place finishes ... Thompson was 3-1 at 197, Le was 2-1 at 133 and Reed was 3-1 at 141 ... ONU has five wrestlers ranked in the latest d3wrestle.com poll led by junior Chase Sumner, who is eighth at 149 pounds … Reed, Hardrick and Thompson are ranked as Contenders (11-18th ranking) at 141, 165 and 197 pounds, respectively, and Caprella is ranked as Honorable Mention (19-26th ranking) at 157 pounds … Reed is ranked No. 12 nationally at 141 pounds in the latest NWCA Division III poll and leads the Polar Bears with a 28-2 record, 11 pins and five major decisions … Caprella is second with a 26-8 mark and a team-best seven tech falls ... Muskingum is 2-2 overall and 1-2 in the OAC this season with victories over Wilmington (33-18) and Waynesburg (22-19) ... John Carroll is 4-1 overall and 3-0 in the OAC and is coming off a 29-10 win over Heidelberg on Tuesday ... Baldwin Wallace is also 11-3 on the year and is 3-0 in the OAC and is coming off a 49-3 win over Wilmington on Tuesday.

ONU Statistical Leaders:

	Wins			Pins			Tech Falls			Maj. Dec.
1.	Reed	28-2	1.	Reed	11	1.	Caprella	7	1.	Reed	5
2.	Caprella	26-8	2.	Thompson	9	2.	Vanderhorst	5	2.	Le	4
3.	Hardrick	24-4	3.	Painter	8	3.	Hardrick	4		Hardrick	4

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 352-245-4 career coaching record in dual action, a winning percentage of .590, 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.