Pack Preview: Davidson & Ohio Northern Duals

This afternoon we have two dual meets at Davidson College.  We will be wrestling both Ohio Northern and Davidson.  We take on ONU at 1PM and Davidson right after that match concludes.  Ohio Northern is 15-3 on the season and ranked seventeenth in the country in NCAA Division III.  ONU is led by Ron Beaschler in his 25^th year at the helm of the Polar Bears.  Last season, they finished eighteenth in the NCAA Division III Nationals.  ONU assistant coaches are Rob Yahrmarkt, Jay Salge, Luke Miller, Nathan Jones, and Ben Marks.  Davidson has six wins on the season for ninth-year head coach Bob Patnesky.  His assistants are Erik Wince, Tim Stoud, and Julio Arce.  Here is a look at their line-ups…

Ohio Northern University Line-Up

125 Pounds – Jerry Pasquale is 23-10 on the season as a junior.  He has been a three-year starter.  He is third on the team in falls with seven so far this season.  He finished third at the Alma Open and fourth at the Midwest Classic this season.  He has forty-four career wins.

133 Pounds – Jeremy Jones is a senior and is 22-15 so far this season.  Jones is in his fourth year as a starter.  He is a returning NCAA Division III National Qualifier.  He placed third at the Wheaton Invitational and seventh at the ONU Invitational this season.  He has seventy-one career wins and has been ranked in the top five in the country in NCAA Division III.

141 Pounds – Shaun Lee has three wins and is a freshman from Michigan. 

149 Pounds – Kyle Brezovec holds a 9-7 record as a sophomore.  He won ten matches last season. 

157 Pounds – Jeff Stover has three wins as a freshman.

165 Pounds – Tyler Gargano is 19-11 and is a freshman who transferred into ONU from Kent State.  He placed fourth at the ONU Invitational and eighth at the Midwest Classic this season. 

174 Pounds – Kyle Kwiat is the team leader as a senior.  He is a returning NCAA Division III National Champion and a three-time All-American.  He is 35-3 so far this season and 138-16 in his career.  He holds the all time win record at ONU.  He won the ONU Invitational, won the Alma Open, won the Wheaton Invitational, and took second at the Midwest Classic this season.

184 Pounds – Kyle Raber has seven wins and is the third senior in the line-up.  He has been ranked in the top ten in Division III.

197 Pounds – Michael Pawlitz is a junior with a 25-5 record.  He has the third most wins on the team.  He won twenty-eight matches last season.  He is second on the team in falls with thirteen.  He has been ranked in the top five in NCAA Division III this season.  He took second at the Alma Open, third at the ONU Invitational, and fifth at the Midwest Classic this season.  He has sixty-three career wins.

285 Pounds – Cody Lovejoy is a sophomore with a 26-9 record.  Lovejoy is second on the team in wins and also had twenty-eight wins last season.  He leads the team in falls with seventeen.  He finished third at the Alma Open, fifth at the ONU Invitational, and sixth at the Midwest Classic this season.

Davidson College Line-Up

125 Pounds – Philip Elias is one of Wildcat’s top wrestlers.  He is 11-6 on the season and sophomore from Pennsylvania.  Elias ahs the second most wins on the team.  He missed most of last season with an injury.

133 Pounds – Anthony Elias (Philip’s twin brother) is currently one of Davidson’s hottest wrestlers as he has won three of his last four matches.  He has six wins on the season.  Last season, he won eleven matches and won the Mat Rumble Tournament at VMI.  He was named to the SoCon All-Freshman Team last season.

141 Pounds – Sejiro Littleton is sophomore with six wins on the season and hails from North Carolina.

149 Pounds – Kevin Birmingham is a sophomore from New Jersey.  He has seven wins so far this season.  He won fourteen matches last season.

157 pounds – Nathaniel Powers has two wins so far this season.  He is a freshman from Pennsylvania.

165 Pounds – Chris Cirenza is a senior who has been in the Wildcat line-up for a few years.  He has six wins so far this season.  He came to Davidson from the state of Virginia.

174 Pounds – Ian Solcz is sophomore from New York.  He has seven wins so far this season.  He placed third last season at VMI’s Mat Rumble Tournament.

184 Pounds – Scott Patrick is a junior from Maryland.  He has a team best 14-9 record.  He has the most wins on the team and also the most matches.  Last season, he went 11-3 and placed at both the VMI Mat Rumble and the Citadel Open.  He placed fifth this season at the Wolfpack Open.

197 Pounds – Carson Stack has seven wins on the season.  He is a freshman from New Jersey.

285 Pounds – Ed Isola is a sophomore from Florida.  He has five wins on the year.  He is a returning starter who moved up to heavyweight from 197 pounds last season.