Wrestling: #20 Ohio Northern (9-0 Overall, 1-0 OAC) at Heidelberg (0-1 Overall, 0-1 OAC)
Tuesday, November 29, 2022, 7 pm - Sieberling Gymnasium, Tiffin, Ohio
Tuesday's Preview: The No. 20-ranked Polar Bears will return to OAC action on Tuesday with a 7 pm dual meet at Heidelberg ... Three Ohio Northern wrestlers are currently ranked by the NWCA ... Sophomore All-American Jacob Reed (141 pounds) is #2, senior Chase Sumner (149 pounds) is #10 and senior Jordan Hardrick (165) is #14 ... In the latest D3wrestle.com poll, Reed is #2, Sumner is #7 and Hardrick is listed as a Contender as being ranked in the 11-18 group ... Sophomore Dylan Le (133) is listed in the "Honorable Mention" category as being ranked in the 19-26 group ... The Polar Bears are coming off a 4-0 record at the Olivet (Mich.) Duals on Nov. 19, which included a 37-12 win over No. 11 Olivet ... Seven different ONU wrestlers finished the day with 4-0 records, led by No. 10-ranked senior Chase Sumner, who finished with two pins, a tech fall and a major decision at 149 pounds ... No. 14-ranked senior Jordan Hardrick (165), No. 2-ranked sophomore Jacob Reed (141) and sophomores Gavin Layman (184), Dylan Le (133), Jayden Jones (157) and Colin Mellott (125) also went 4-0 ... Reed leads the team with a 13-0 record and 4 major decisions to go with 5 pins ... Le is second at 12-2 and Sumner, Hardrick and layman are all 11-1 ... Heidelberg is coming off a 38-3 loss at #22 Baldwin Wallace on Nov. 15 ... Senior Adam Medeiros won 9-4 at 184 to lead HU ... The Student Princes are led by senior Carson Mendoza-Pottenger with a 9-3 record at 165 and freshman Anthony Grecol with an 8-4 mark at 157.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Wins | Pins | Tech Falls | Maj. Dec. | |||||||||||
| 1. | Reed | 13-0 | 1. | Brownlee | 6 | 1. | Sumner | 2 | 1. | Hardrick | 4 | |||
| 2. | Le | 12-2 | 2. | Reed | 5 | Hardrick | 2 | Le | 4 | |||||
| 3. | Sumner | 11-1 | Sumner | 5 | 7 Tied With | 1 | Reed | 4 | ||||||
| Hardrick | 11-1 | Layman | 5 | |||||||||||
| Layman | 11-1 |
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 363-247-4 career coaching record in dual action, a winning percentage of .594, 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.