Wrestling: Ohio Northern (0-0 Overall) at Adrian (Mich.) Duals
Saturday, November 12, 2022, 9 am - Merrilat Center, Adrian, Mich.
Saturday's Preview: The Ohio Northern wrestling team will continue its 2022-23 season on Saturday at the Adrian (Mich.) Duals ... The Polar Bears will begin dual meet competition at 9:45 am against Southwest Michigan Community College ... ONU will also face Wisconsin-Stevens Point at 11 am, Alma (Mich.) at 1:15 pm and Henry Ford (Mich.) Community College at 2:45 pm ... Non-varsity competion will be held on all matchs from 9-9:45 am ... Northern opened its season last weekend with a fourth place finish at the Mount Union Invitational ... Senior Jordan Hardrick and sophomore All-American Jacob Reed each won weight class titles to lead Ohio Northern ... The Polar Bears finished with 129.5 points in the 9-team tournament ... NCAA Division II Gannon (Pa.) won the team title with 158 points, Mount Union was second with 143.5 and Brockport State (N.Y.) was third with 137 ... Hardrick went 3-0 with a major decision to win the 165-pound weight class, while No. 2-ranked Reed was 4-0 with four falls to blow through the 141-pound weight class field ... Senior Logan Painter and sophomore Gavin Layman placed second at heavyweight and 184, respectively ... Three Ohio Northern wrestlers are ranked in the first NWCA poll ... Sophomore All-American Jacob Reed (141 pounds) is #2, senior Chase Sumner (149 pounds) is #10 and senior Jordan Hardrick (165) is listed in the "Contender" category as being ranked in the 11-18 group of his weight classes ... Sophomore Dylan Le (133) is listed in the "Honorable Mention" category as being ranked in the 19-26 group.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Wins | Pins | Tech Falls | Maj. Dec. | |||||||||||
1. | Reed | 4-0 | 1. | Reed | 4 | 1. | Le | 1 | 1. | Le | 1 | |||
Le | 4-1 | 2. | Gibson | 2 | Jones | 1 | Hendricks | 1 | ||||||
3. | Hardrick | 3-0 | Painter | 2 | Hendricks | 1 | Hardrick | 1 | ||||||
Painter | 3-1 | Layman | 1 | Brownlee | 1 | |||||||||
Spurgeon | 3-2 | |||||||||||||
Hendricks | 3-2 | |||||||||||||
Hawker | 3-2 | |||||||||||||
Brownlee | 3-2 |
Head Coach Ron Beaschler: Beaschler is in his 35th 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.