MINNEAPOLIS, MN - It was no doubt the dual of the year. A record setting crowd of 15,646 and the top two teams in the country dualing for bragging rights. That was the scene as the No. 1 ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers edged the second-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes Friday night at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn.    Quite a production it was, complete with fireworks, spotlights, the dance team and even special guests Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone and Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura. The attendance at the event broke the NCAA record for dual meet attendance held by Iowa with 15,291 in 1992.    The dual began with the 125-pound match with the Gopher's second-ranked Leroy Vega taking on the ninth-ranked Hawkeye Luke Eustice. Eustice battled Vega through the third period taking the match to overtime. Just before the OT buzzer, Eustice takes a shot, which is countered by Vega landing Eustice on his back giving the Gophers a 3-0 lead in team scoring.    Minnesota extended their lead to 6-0 with top-ranked Ryan Lewis' 6-0 shutout of fifth-ranked Hawkeye Cliff Moore. Moore gave up two nearfall points attempting a granby, then gave up takedown when his single leg was countered.     Unranked Hawkeye Luke Moffit brought the Hawkeyes back to life with a fall over sixth-ranked Gopher Chad Erickson. Moffit jumped out to a quick lead scoring a takedown in the first 10 seconds of the match. He rode Erickson for more than a minute to gain a riding time advantage. Erickson chose to begin the second period down. In an attempt to back arch his way to an escape, Moffit catches Erickson and gets the six points at 4:19    The nations top athletes at 141 went head to head tonight as top-ranked Mike Zadick handed second ranked Gopher Jared Lawrence a 3-1 loss. In the match, which was filled with action, but not scoring the Hawks pulled out to a 9-6 lead in team scoring.    The Gophers bounced back in style with two major decisions to retake the lead. At 157 with Minnesota's third-ranked Luke Becker handling seventh ranked Matt Anderson of Iowa a 10-2 major decision. Becker scored three takedowns in the third period and captured the major with a riding time point. And at 165 the 12th ranked Gopher John Hardy secured a 14-5 major decision over the Hawks Cory Connell to give the Gophers a 14-9 lead.    The Hawkeyes pulled within two as ninth-ranked Tyler Nixt sqeaked a 6-5 decision past the Gophers seventh-ranked Jacob Volkmann. Volkmann scored three points with an escape and takedown in the third period on his way to a comeback but fell a point short.    The Gophers rebounded at 184 and 197 adding their final team points with two more major decisions. Fifth-ranked Gopher Damion Hahn dominated the 184 pound match handing a 13-2 loss to fourth-ranked Hawkeye Jessman Smith followed by third-ranked Gopher Owen Elzen's 11-0 major decision over Iowa's Trey Clark.    Although the win for the Gophers was already a sealed deal, one of the most anticipated matchup came at the heavyweight class. True freshman and second-ranked ranked Hawkeye Steve Mocco met up with 2000 Olympic bronze medalist and the sixth-ranked heavyweight in the nation Garrett Lowney. The match was hard fought, trading escapes at the beginning of the second and third periods. With no scoring in overtime the match went to the flip of the coin where Mocco chose the down position, escaping in 14 seconds to win the match and bringing the Hawks within seven points.     Following the match the Minnesota Golden Gophers were presented with a new honor announced earlier by Governor Jesse Ventura. Venture proudly held up what he called the Governor's belt, which will be presented to the winnerof the dual each year.      From Minnesota the Hawkeyes travel to Madison to take on the Wisonsin Badgers on Sunday.