No. 16 Wrestling concludes its season at 2025 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The No. 16-ranked Ohio Northern wrestling team finished its season at the 2025 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships on Friday.

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The Basics

• Records: #16 Ohio Northern (16-7 Overall) 
• Venue: Amica Mutual Pavilion - Providence, RI.
• Friday's sessions were sessions one and two of four. Session three will be Saturday morning at 10 am EDT, and the final session will be Saturday evening at 7pm EDT. 
• The top 8 placers in each weight class earn All-American honors. 

ONU Individuals

• Senior Teagan Hendricks (Jamestown/Greeneview) finished 2-2 in the tournament at 165 pounds.
• He fell in the second round of the Championship bracket to Christopher Stathopoulos (Stevens) by decision 6-3. 
• Hendricks then won in the second round of the consolation bracket by decision 4-2 to Josh Heuss (Wis.-Stevens Point). 
• He won his next match by decision 3-1 to Mark Troni (Wash. & Lee) in the third consolation round. 
• Hendricks then fell in the fourth consolation round by decision 4-1 to Nicholas Sacco (TCNJ). 
• Hendricks finishes an incredible season with a 33-15 record and his career with a 113-49 mark.
• Senior Adam Myers (Springfield/STEM Academy) went 1-2 at 174 pounds.
• He fell in round two of the Championship bracket to LJ Richardson (Coe) by technical fall 18-2.
• Myers won in the third round of the consolation bracket by major decision over Cam Hines (Western New Eng.) 
• He fell in the fourth round of the consolation bracket to Zeb Gnida (Loras) by decision 9-2.
• Myers finishes his successful season with a 20-11 record and his career with a 90-46 mark.
• Senior #14 ranked Gavin Layman (Chesterton, Ind.) went 1-2 in the tournament at 197 pounds.
• Layman lost Friday morning in the Championship bracket to Will Davis (Elizabethtown) by major decision 15-2. 
• He then won round one of the consolation bracket by decision 7-6 to beat Bryce McCloskey (Mount Union).
• Layman fell in the second round of the consolation bracket to Ian Pepple (Wis.-Eau Claire) by major decision 11-3.
• He finishes his season 31-9 and ends his career at 125-51.
• Freshman #13 ranked Myles Johnson (Springboro) went 1-2 at the tournament at 285 pounds. 
• He won Friday morning in the first round of the championship bracket, beating Caleb Burkhart (Wilkes) by tech fall 18-2.
• Johnson lost in round one of the championship bracket to Austin Cooley (Schreiner) by major decision 14-6.
• Johnson then fell in the consolation second round to Mauro Pellot (Alvernia) by major decision 18-9.
• He finishes his season with a 39-6 record. 
• Senior #2 ranked All-American Jacob Reed (Canal Winchester/Lancaster) finished the tournament with an 0-2 record at 141 pounds.
• Reed lost in the second round of the championship bracket to Sean Conway (Chicago) by sudden victory 4-1.
• He then fell in the consolation round to Jake Eckerle (JWU) by decision 9-5.
• Reed finishes his season 32-3 and a career record of 148-10.
• Senior Cael Vanderhorst (Covington) went 0-2 at the tournament at 149 pounds.
• He lost Friday morning in round two of the championship bracket to Kyler Romero (Wartburg) by decision 8-5.
• Vanderhorst then fell to Thomas Monn (McDaniel) by major decision 13-0 on Friday afternoon 
• Vanderhorst finishes his season 29-11 and has a career record of 77-26.

Notables 

• Reed is 2nd all-time in ONU wrestling history in career wins with a 148-10 record.
• Myers, Johnson, and Vanderhorst all were making their first NCAA Championships apperance.
• Layman is making his third appearance at the NCAA Championships.
• Hendricks is making his second NCAA Championships appearance.
• Ohio Northern head coach Ron Beaschler is in his 37th season and has a 407-264-4 dual meet record, a winning percentage of .605.

Up Next

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