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ST. LOUIS, MO -- The top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team clinched its 21st national team title and its first since 2000 Saturday morning at the 2008 NCAA Championships in St. Louis, MO. The Hawkeyes lead the team field with 109.5 points. It is a tight race for second place as second through fifth place is only separated by three points. Nebraska is in second with 74 points, but has no finalists competing Saturday night.

Iowa State is in third with 72 points and one finalist, while Ohio State and Penn State are tied for fourth with 71. Ohio State has three finalists and Penn State has two.

Four of Iowa's seven all-Americans competed in Saturday morning's consolation round. Sophomore Jay Borschel (174) placed third, while senior Matt Fields (Hwt.) placed fifth, and junior Charlie Falck (125) and sophomore Phillip Keddy (184) placed sixth. It is the first time that the Hawkeyes have crowned seven all-Americans since 2001.

Borschel was the lone Hawkeye to win both his consolation matches to place third at 174 and earn his first all-America honor. The tournament's fourth seed, Borschel pinned #11 Steve Anceravage in 6:30 in the consolation semifinal and then upset third-seeded Brandon Browne of Nebraska, 6-4, in the third-place match. Borschel ends the season at 32-5. Fields lost his first bout of the day - a 3-2 decision to third-seeded Ed Prendergast of Navy - before picking up his 95th career win in the placing match. He scored a takedown in the second sudden victory period to defeat seventh-seeded David Zabriskie of Iowa State, 4-2, to place fifth. Fields, who was seeded fourth at the tournament, ends his Hawkeye career with a 95-38 mark. He went 32-8 in his senior campaign, picking up his first all-America honor.

Hawkeyes Clinch NCAA Team Title :: Wrestlers capture Iowa's 21st national team trophy