Caizzo, Murphy lead Wrestling to 38-6 victory at OAC foe Mount Union on Tuesday

ALLIANCE — The Ohio Northern wrestling team earned a 38-6 victory at Mount Union in an Ohio Athletic Conference dual on Tuesday evening. 

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (5-0 Overall, 2-0 OAC), Mount Union (3-3 Overall, 1-2 OAC)
• Venue: Timken Gymnasium - Alliance, Ohio.

ONU Individuals

• Sophomore Casper Caizzo (Norwalk/St. Paul) and freshmen Londen Murphy (Moscow/Moeller) earned pins to lead the Orange and Black. 
• Freshman Kurt Mokros (Lewis Center/Olentangy) won 12-3 in a major decision at the 125 pound weight class to take the early lead 4-0
• Sophomore Chase Vanderhorst (Covington) extended the lead to 8-0 after his win by decision at 133. 
• Caizzo made it 14-0 with his pin at 141.
• Sophomore Aaron Turner (Dayton/Butler) won by major decision 11-2 to make it 18-0 at 149.
• Murphy extended the lead with his pin at 157 in 1:22, making it 24-0.
• Freshman Ben Hegler (Brecksville/Brecksville-Broadview Heights) won by major decision at 165, extending the lead to 28-0. 
• Sophomore Flint Guerra (Lebanon) extended the lead with his techincal fall win at 174 making it 33-0. 
• No. 5 ranked Sophomore Myles Johnson (Springboro) made it 38-3 after his technical fall win at 197.

Notables

• Dyszkiewicz has a team-high seven pins this season.
• Locke is tied for 49th in program history in career wins with 72.
• Johnson is ranked No. 5 at 197 pounds by the NWCA.
• Ohio Northern head coach Ron Beaschler is in his 38th season and has a 396-257-4 dual meet record, a winning percentage of .602.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action Saturday at home for the 44th annual ONU Invitational at 9 am. 

Ohio Northern 38, Mount Union 6

• 125 — Kurt Mokros (ONU) major dec. Mason Taylor,. 12-3
• 133 — Chase Vanderhorst (ONU) maj. dec. Layne Armstrong, 8-0
• 141 — Casper Caizzo (ONU) pinned Ben Brownfield, 2:17
• 149 — Aaron Turner (ONU) maj. dec. Shawn German, 11-2
• 157 — Londen Murphy (ONU) pinned Alex Poll, 1:22
• 165 — Ben Hegler (ONU) maj. dec. Aiden Stecker, 14-6
• 174 — Flint Guerra (ONU) tech. fall Jake Starkey, 21-3 5:46
• 184 — Blaine Chrisman (UMU) dec. Ajay Locke, 4-2
• 197 — #5 Myles Johnson (ONU) tech. fall Brayden McFetridge, 20-4 4:46
• 285 —#13 Steven Marra (UMU) dec. Troy Dyszkiewicz, 4-3 

Exhibition Matches

• 125 — Aidan Pastor (UMU) pinned William Miller, 5:51
• 141 — Bryce Russell (UMU) tech fall Karson Davis, 21-1 5:23
• 149 — Adrian Pigg (ONU) dec. Cole Lintner, 2-0
• 157 — Gabe Hansen (ONU) maj. dec. Joey Kana, 10-1 
• 157 — Ethan Bartlett (ONU) dec. Carter Hill, 7-4
• 165 —Giovanni Duniec (UMU) pinned Hunter Buckland, 3:56 
• 174 — Anthony Lahoski (ONU) dec. Alec Brodbeck, 3-1
• 285 — Hunter Probasco (ONU) pinned Kamron Cargill, 4:11