Wrestling: No. 23 Ohio Northern (13-5 Overall) at NCAA Division III Central Regionals
Friday-Saturday, February 25-26, 2022, 11 a.m. - Merrilat Center, Adrian, Mich.
| NCAA III Central Regionals site | Ohio Northern Individual Results |
This Weekend's Tournament: No. 23-ranked Ohio Northern will compete at the NCAA Division III Central Regional Championships Friday and Saturday at Adrian, Mich. ... 20 teams, including eight nationally-ranked schools are expected to compete ... Each team will get one wrestler per weight class ... The top 3 wrestlers in each of the 10 weight classes will advance to the NCAA III Championships march 11-12 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa ... Northern features three wrestlers ranked in the top ... ONU was fourth of 17 teams at the 2020 Central Regional Championships ... Ohio Northern has x wrestlers ranked in the top six in the Central Region of their respective weight classes ... Freshman Colin Mellott is sixth at 125, freshman Jacob Reed is second at 141, junior Chase Sumner is third at 149, senior Schuyler Caprella is fourth at 157, senior Jordan Hardrick is fourth at 165 and senior Cash Thompson is fourth at 197 ... Reed is ranked 11th nationally at 141, Sumner is 12th nationally at 149 and Hardrick is 15th at 165 ... Caprella also ranks fifth in Division III with 10 tech falls against NCAA Division III opponents ... Sumner is also ranked No. 10 by D3wrestle.com ... Senior Cash Thompson is ranked as a Contenders (11-18th ranking) at 197 pounds ... Reed leads the Polar Bears with a 35-3 record, 12 pins and eight major decisions … Senior Schuyler Caprella is second in wins with a 31-12 mark and leads the team with 11 tech falls ... Caprella currently ranks 9th all-time in ONU history with a 110-63 career record ... Thompson is 13th on the wins list with a 103-45 career mark.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Wins | Pins | Tech Falls | Maj. Dec. | |||||||||||
| 1. | Reed | 35-3 | 1. | Reed | 12 | 1. | Caprella | 11 | 1. | Reed | 8 | |||
| 2. | Caprella | 31-12 | 2. | Thompson | 10 | 2. | Vanderhorst | 5 | 2. | Le | 6 | |||
| 3. | Hardrick | 30-8 | 3. | Painter | 9 | Hardrick | 5 | 3. | Hardrick | 4 | ||||
| DePrest | 9 | Jones | 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 354-247-4 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.
