By Tim Glon

Freshman Nate Barcaskey (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) got a first period pin at heavyweight to clinch a 22-12 victory for the No. 20-ranked Ohio Northern wrestling team over John Carroll on Tuesday night at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears improve to 9-2 overall and are 2-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Blue Streaks fall to 4-4, 0-2. With ONU clinging to a 16-12 lead, Barcaskey got a pin in 2:43 of the first period to keep ONU atop the OAC standings. Barcaskey's pin is his team-leading 13th of the season and gives him a 17-5 record on the year.

Freshman Seth Transue (Plain City/Dublin) got the Polar Bears on the board first with a solid 11-4 decision at 125 pounds, improving his record to 14-11 on the season. Sophomore Gavin Nelson (Oregon/Clay) improved to 15-7 on the season with a 9-5 decision at 157 pounds to pull ONU within 9-6 at the midway point of the match.

Junior Seth Meyer (Defiance) evened the match at 9-all with a 6-0 decision at 165 pounds. Senior Kyler Deeter (Covington) gave the Polar Bears a 13-9 lead with a 12-3 major decision at 174 pounds. Deeter improves to 19-7 on the season. Junior Alex Bair (Centerville) got a reversal with 18 seconds left and back points in the final seconds to rally for a 9-5 victory at 184 and put ONU up 16-9. Bair is now 

The Polar Bears will return to action Jan. 27-28 at the Wheaton (Ill.) Invitational.

#20 Ohio Northern 22, John Carroll 12 

125 — Seth Transue (ONU) dec. Dom Devine, 11-4
133 — Mitch Tikkanen (JCU) dec. Brad Taton, 3-2
141 — Sal Carrao (JCU) dec. Aidan Pierobon, 10-4
149 — Jarrad Lasko (JCU) dec. Evan Morgan, 3-1
157 — Gavin Nelson (ONU) dec. Danny Novak, 9-5
165 — Seth Meyer (ONU) dec. Blake Dixon, 6-0
174 — Kyler Deeter (ONU) maj. dec. Jimmy Suhayda, 12-3
184 — Alex Bair (ONU) dec. Kevin Khoma, 9-5
197 — Mason Litz (JCU) dec. Austin Windle, 3-2
285 — Nate Barcaskey (ONU) pinned Russ Porter, 2:32

Exhibition Matches

141 — Austin Victor (JCU) dec. Jeff Andrews, 6-3
149 — Drew Benos (JCU) maj. dec. Zach Caraccilo, 13-2
157 — Shane Ging (JCU) dec. Dylan Dolph, 3-1 SV
165 — Jacob Thompson (ONU) maj. dec. Christian DeDi, 10-0
174 — Matt Ferraro (JCU) dec. Max Dole, 16-10
174 — Darrell Lane (JCU) pinned Junior Benitez, 3:35
174 — Clayton Davidson (ONU) tech fall Matt Ferraro, 20-4 (6:04)