Wrestling: No. 23 Ohio Northern (12-5 Overall, 3-2 OAC) at Wilmington (0-11, 0-6 OAC)
Tuesday, February 8, 2022, 7 p.m. - Raizk Arena, Wilmington, Ohio
Tuesday's Meet: No. 23-ranked Ohio Northern will wrap up the OAC regular season portion of its schedule on Tuesday with a road dual match at Wilmington ... ONU is currently in fourth place in the OAC with a 3-2 mark just behind Heidelberg (4-2) and just ahead of Mount Union (3-3), both of whom the Polar Bears defeated earlier this season ... ONU is coming off a fourth place finish at the Baldwin Wallace John Summa Invitational on Saturday ... Despite resting most of its starters, Ohio Northern had nine wrestlers place in their respective weight classes, led by senior Shaun Wagner's second place finish at 157 ... Freshman Cael Vanderhorst was also third at 141 pounds ... Freshman Jacob Reed is ranked No. 9 nationally at 141 pounds and junior Chase Sumner is ranked 14th at 149 pounds by ther National Wrestling Coaches Association ... Sumner is also ranked No. 10 by D3wrestle.com ... Senior Jordan Hardrick and senior Cash Thompson are ranked as Contenders (11-18th ranking) at 165 and 197 pounds, respectively ... Reed leads the Polar Bears with a 34-3 record, 11 pins and eight major decisions … Senior Schuyler Caprella is second in wins with a 30-12 mark and leads the team with 10 tech falls ... Caprella currently ranks 9th all-time in ONU history with a 109-63 career record ... Thompson is 13th on the wins list with a 103-45 career mark ... Wilmington is still looking for its first dual meet victory of the season ... The Quakers are led by freshman Alex Hobbs (17-7) at 174 pounds and sophomore Shadrach Brausch (12-9) at heavyweight.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Wins | Pins | Tech Falls | Maj. Dec. | |||||||||||
| 1. | Reed | 34-3 | 1. | Reed | 11 | 1. | Caprella | 10 | 1. | Reed | 8 | |||
| 2. | Caprella | 30-12 | 2. | Thompson | 10 | 2. | Vanderhorst | 5 | 2. | Le | 6 | |||
| 3. | Hardrick | 29-8 | 3. | Painter | 9 | 3. | Hardrick | 4 | 3. | Hardrick | 4 | |||
| DePrest | 9 | Hendricks | 4 | Jones | 4 | |||||||||
| Kwiat | 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 353-247-4 career coaching record in dual action, a winning percentage of .588, 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.