Wrestling: #18 Ohio Northern (20-3 Overall) at Mid-States Invitational
Saturday, February 11, 2023, 10 a.m. - Cutler Event Center, Olivet, Mich.
Saturday's Preview: No. 18-ranked Ohio Northern will wrap up its regular season schedule on Saturday at the Mid-States Invitational at Olivet, Mich. ... Northern is expected to send a squad of 17 wrestlers to the tournament, while resting many of its starters ... 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 36-9 victory at Otterbein in the OAC season finale on Tuesday ... The Polar Bears improve to 20-3 overall and finish OAC dual meet action with a 6-1 mark ... The 20 dual meet victories are tied for the second most in school history, trailing only the 22-2 squad of 1977-78 ... Northern now sits one-half game behind No. 5-ranked Baldwin Wallace in the OAC standings, who is 6-0 and clinched a share of the OAC Regular Season title with its 36-24 victory over Wilmington on Tuesday ... ONU would share the league title with a Mount Union victory over Baldwin Wallace on Sunday ... Senior Logan Painter and Reed each had pins to lead Ohio Northern ... Painter's pin at heavyweight wrapped up the match and Reed's pin at 141 gave ONU an early 15-0 lead ... Painter improves to 23-13 on the season and is 4-0 in OAC action, while Reed moves to 36-0 and finishes a perfect 7-0 in league competition ... Hardrick and sophomore Gavin Layman also finished 7-0 in the OAC with wins on Tuesday ... Thus far this season, Hardrick leads the team with a 37-5 record … Reed is second at 36-0 and Sumner is third at 33-3 … Sumner also has a team-best 16 pins … Hardrick has a team-high 9 tech falls, and Reed leads the team with 10 major decisions … Hardrick is 113-42 in his career and ranks 9th all-time at ONU in career victories ... Layman (30-5) has also reached the 30-win plateau this season … ONU has wrestlers with winning records in all 10 weight classes.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Wins | Pins | Tech Falls | Maj. Dec. | |||||||||||
| 1. | Hardrick | 37-5 | 1. | Sumner | 16 | 1. | Hardrick | 9 | 1. | Reed | 10 | |||
| 2. | Reed | 36-0 | 2. | Reed | 15 | 2. | Sumner | 5 | 2. | Le | 8 | |||
| 3. | Sumner | 33-3 | 3. | DePrest | 12 | 3. | 4 tied with | 3 | Hardrick | 8 | ||||
| Painter | 12 |
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 374-250-4 career coaching record in dual action, a winning percentage of .602, 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.