Wrestling: #19 Ohio Northern (10-0 Overall) at Wilkes (Pa.) Open
Thursday, December 22, 2022, 9:30 a.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Tournament: Ohio Northern will wrap up the 2022 portion of its season on Thursday at the Wilkes (Pa.) Open ... Approximately 240 wrestlers are expected to compete in the 10 weight classes ... ONU is ranked No. 13 in the latest NWCA Dual Meet poll and is No. 19 in the latest NWCA Tournament poll ... Two Ohio Northern wrestlers are currently ranked by the NWCA ... Sophomore All-American Jacob Reed (141 pounds) is #2 and senior Chase Sumner (149 pounds) is #9 ... In the latest D3wrestle.com poll, Reed is #2 and Sumner is #7, while senior Jordan Hardrick (165) and sophomore Dylan Le (133) are listed in the "Honorable Mention" category as being ranked in the 19-26 group ... The Polar Bears are coming off a victory at the 41st Annual ONU Invitational on Dec. 3 ... Northern scored 198.5 points to win the team crown ... No. 22 Lycoming (Pa.) was second with 173.5 points, No. 11 Olivet (Mich.) was third with 155.5 points and Adrian (Mich.) was fourth with 91 points ... Sumner, Reed and sophomore Colin Mellott (125) all won their individual weight class titles to lead ONU ... Top-seeded sophomore Gavin Layman placed second at 184, top-seeded sophomore Teagan Hendricks was second at 157 and Le was second at 133 ... Thus far this season, Reed leads the team with a 14-0 record, 6 pins and 4 major decisions to go with 5 pins ... Le is second at 13-2 and Sumner, Hardrick and Sophomore Gavin Layman are all 12-1 ... ONU finished 2nd of 16 teams at the 2021 ONU Invitational and has placed second (three times) or third (twice) in the last five ONU Invitational tournaments.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Wins | Pins | Tech Falls | Maj. Dec. | |||||||||||
| 1. | Reed | 19-0 | 1. | Reed | 9 | 1. | Sumner | 5 | 1. | Hardrick | 6 | |||
| 2. | Sumner | 17-1 | 2. | Layman | 8 | 2. | Hardrick | 3 | 2. | Reed | 5 | |||
| Hardrick | 17-2 | Sumner | 8 | 3. | Hendricks | 2 | 3. | Le | 4 | |||||
| Le | 17-3 | Myers | 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 364-247-4 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.