No. 24 Wrestling prevails 48-0 over OAC foe Otterbein on Tuesday

ADA — The No. 24 ranked Ohio Northern wrestling team defeated Otterbein 48-0 at home in an Ohio Athletic Conference dual on Tuesday evening. 

The Basics

• Records: #24 Ohio Northern (12-3 Overall, 3-0 OAC), Otterbein (5-3 Overall, 2-1 OAC)
• Venue: ONU Sports Center - Ada, Ohio.

ONU Individuals

• Freshman Kurt Mokros (Lewis Center/Olentangy) won by forfeit to give ONU a 6-0 lead at the 125 pound weight class. 
• Sophomore Chase Vanderhorst (Covington) extended the lead with a victory by pin at 133 to make it 12-0.
• Sophomore Casper Caizzo (Norwalk/St. Paul) won by decision to give Northern a 15-0 lead at 141. 
• Sophomore Jovanni Greco (Ross) made it 19-0 with his win by major decision at 149. 
• Freshman Londen Murphy (Moscow/Moeller) extended the Orange and Black lead to 24-0 with his technical fall win at 157. 
• Freshman Ben Hegler (Brecksville/Brecksville-Broadview Heights) earned a pin and made it 30-0 at 165. 
• Freshman Jack Hoffman (Springboro) extended the lead to 34-0 with his major decision victory at 174.
• Senior Ajay Locke (Lancaster) won by decision and made it 37-0 at 184. 
• #5 Sophomore Myles Johnson (Springboro) extended the lead to 43-0 with a pin at 197. 
• Freshman Troy Dyszkiewicz (Cleveland, Tenn./Walker Valley) won by major decision and made it 48-0 at heavyweight. 

Notables

• This is the Polar Bears second shutout of the season. 
• Murphy has a team-high 13 pins this season with a 21-0 record. 
• Johnson is 23-2 on the season with six pins and 9 tech falls.
• Hegler is 24-5 on the season with eight pins and four tech falls.
• Mokros is 23-7 with five pins and four tech falls.
• Locke is tied for 43rd in program history in career wins with 77.
• Johnson is ranked No. 4 nationally at 197 pounds by the NWCA.
• Ohio Northern head coach Ron Beaschler is in his 38th season and has a 419-267-4 dual meet record, a winning percentage of .607.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action Saturday at Wilmington for the OAC Quad dual starting at noon. 

Exhibition Matches

• 141 — Reid Todhunter (OU) tech. fall Karson Davis, 19-2 3:57
• 149 — Max Kaye (ONU) pinned Austin Winn, 2:49
• 149 — Adrian Pigg (ONU) pinned Radley Spencer, 2:11
• 149 — Aaron Turner (ONU) pinned Austin Winn, 2:55
• 157 — Ryan Foster (ONU) maj. dec. Jason Patterson, 9-0
• 157 — Dean Poppy (ONU) maj. dec. John Nestor, 9-0
• 157 — Owen Crabtree (OU) dec. Ethan Bartlett, 5-2
• 165 — Sam Wegesin (OU) pinned Hunter Buckland, 2:56
• 165 — Landon Irvin (ONU) pinned Peyton Beavers, 2:57
• 165 — Peyton Beavers (OU) tech. fall Hudson Smith, 17-1 1:26
• 174 — Flint Guerra (ONU) pinned Eli Cassady, 6:30
• 184 — Aiden Helmke (ONU) pinned Dallas Downs, 1:41
• 184 — Caiden Hooks (OU) maj. dec. Nick Kaplack, 11-3
• 285 — Samuel Cruser (ONU) maj. dec. Carter Wallace, 10-0