Wrestling: #16 Ohio Northern (19-3 Overall, 5-1 OAC) at Otterbein (7-5 Overall, 3-3 OAC)

Tuesday, February 7, 2023, 7 p.m. - Rike Center, Westerville, Ohio

Tuesday's Preview: No. 16-ranked Ohio Northern will wrap up its OAC schedule on Tuesday with a 7 pm dual at Otterbein ... Northern is 5-1 in the round-robin OAC schedule thus far and needs a win over Otterbein and a Baldwin Wallace loss to either Wilmington or Mount Union this week to grab a share of the OAC crown ... More than a dozen junior varsity matches are also on the docket on Tuesday, competing from 6-7 pm and concluding after the varsity match ends ... ONU is ranked No. 16 in the latest NWCA Dual Meet poll and is No. 18 in the NWCA Tournament poll … Three Ohio Northern wrestlers are currently ranked by the NWCA … Sophomore All-American Jacob Reed (141 pounds) is No. 2, senior Chase Sumner (149) is No. 10 and senior Jordan Hardrick (15) is No. 11 … In the latest D3wrestle.com poll, Reed is No. 2, and Sumner is No. 3 … 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 third place finish at the 10-team Baldwin Wallace John Summa Invitational on Saturday ... Sumner placed second at 149 pounds with 3-1 record to lead the Polar Bears ... Sophomore Teagan Hendricks and senior Logan Painter placed third at 157 and 285, respectively ... Sophomore Cael Vanderhorst and senior Ben DePrest posted fifth-place showings at 149 and 197, respectively ... Thus far this season, Hardrick leads the team with a 36-5 record … Reed is second at 35-0 and Sumner is third at 32-3 … Sumner also has a team-best 18 pins … Hardrick has a team-high 8 technical falls, and Reed leads the team with 10 major decisions … Hardrick is 112-42 in his career and ranks 9th all-time at ONU in career victories ... Hendricks (31-13) and Layman (30-5) have also reached the 30-win plateau this season … ONU has wrestlers with winning records in all 10 weight classes ... Otterbein competed at the non-scoring Henry Ford (Mich.) Open on Saturday ... Sophomore Billy Reed-Bodey won the title at Heavyweight to lead the Cardinals ... Sophomore Eric Sadler (133) and junior Brandon Thomas (197) each placed third and freshman Michael Eckelberry (157) placed fourth ... Ryan Whitten leads OU with a 22-5 record and is also listed as Honorable Mention by D3wrestle.com at 165 pounds.

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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 373-250-4 career coaching record in dual action, a winning percentage of .598, 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.