Madison, Wisc. - The Minnesota Golden Gophers captured their third consecutive Big Ten Championships team title Sunday in Madison, Wisconsin. The Iowa Hawkeyes, looking to capture their 31st Big Ten title fell short, scoring 121 team points behind Minnesota's 126.5.     "I think the guys wrestled hard, they were enthusiastic and that was the key to the whole tournament," said Minnesota head coach J Robinson.    Rounding out the top five teams are Penn State with 111.5 points, Michigan State with 92.5 and Illinois with 92.     In the 125 pound championship match, Fleeger jumped out to an early lead in the first period, with a headlock on the edge of the mat. Fleeger turned Grant for 2 nearfall with a tilt, and at 2:10 Fleeger stacked Grant for the fall.     "I feel great, I had a great tournament," said Fleeger, who also earned the Outstanding Wrestling of the Tournament award.     In the third place match, Black and Simmons were tied going into the second period, although Simmons did have the riding time advantage. Black rode Simmons the entire second period erasing Simmons' riding time. With the score tied at 2-2 going into the third period, Simmons rode Black the entire period, taking Black to his back with a spadle with 6 second left earning three back points. With riding time, Simmons won the match 6-2. Iowa's Luke Eustice handed Minnesota's Bobby Lowe a 3-1 decision, capturing a fifth pace finish and moving the Hawkeyes closer in the team race against the Golden Gophers.    In the first head to head match between Minnesota and Iowa, there was little action in the first period. Minnesota's Ryan Lewis escaped in the first six seconds of the second period to take a 1-0 lead. After a scramble with 30 seconds left, the two went out of bound with no points scored. Iowa's Cliff Moore in turn traded escapes in the first seconds of the third period to tie the match 1-1. In the last minute of the match Moore fought off a single leg attempt by Lewis taking the match into overtime. Just 11 seconds into the overtime Moore took Lewis down with a single leg to capture the 133-pound title inching Iowa closer to Minnesota in the team race. Penn State's Josh Moore easily handled Illinois' Mark Jayne in the third place match. Moore lead the match 3-1 and scored a last minute take down. With more than 2 minutes of riding time Moore earned third place with a 6-1 decision. The fifth place match between Purdue's Rene Hernandez and Wisconsin's Tom Clum also went into overtime, with Clum coming out the back and taking Hernandez to his back for 3 with 2 seconds left to earn a 10-5 decision.    With 30 seconds left in the first period of the 141-pound championship bout, Scott Moore of Penn State caught Indiana's Coyte Cooper in what appeared to be a leg cradle at the edge of the mat for 5 points. Moore began the second period on top. After amassing 1:49 of riding time, Cooper nearly reversed Moore but settled for the escape. Cooper scored a takedown in the third period, but it was not enough. Moore captured the crown with an 8-5 decision over top-seeded Cooper. Jeff Ratliff of Ohio State easily handled Wisconsin's Tyler Laudon, earning a 13-2 major decision and a third place finish. Adding to Minnesota's team score was Derek Phillips, capturing a fifth place finish with a 5-2 decision over Ryan L'Amoreaux  of Michigan State.    At 149 top seeded Jared Lawrence of Minnesota took an early over Iowa's Ty Eustice with a single leg takedown. Lawrence rode Eustice the rest of the period, taking a 2-0 lead into the second period as well as 2:30 of riding time. Lawrence would score with an escape at the start of the second period and took a 3-0 lead into the third. There would be no scoring in the third period giving the Golden Gophers moving 4 team points further ahead with a 3-0 decision over Iowa. The interstate battle between Michigan's Ryan Churella and Karl Nadolsky of Michigan State saw little action with no score through the first two periods. Churella would score an escape to begin the third period which proved to be enough to win the third place match with a 1-0 decision.  The fifth place match was a tough fought battle between Illinois' Tony Pedrosa Purdue's and Dan Jankowski, with Pedrosa capturing a 6-4 decision.    Three minutes of pushing in the 157 pound championship bout left Minnesota's Luke Becker and Fourth seeded Gray Maynard of Michigan State tied 0-0 at the end of the first period. After an escape to start the second period, Becker lead 1-0, taking Maynard down with a single leg with 10 seconds left in the second taking a 3-0 lead into the third. With just over a minute left in the third, and down 3-1, Maynard hit a deep single taking Becker to his back. Although Becker was not there long enough to give up any nearfall, the takedown tied the score 3-3 with a minute left. Becker would escape and then score on a single with 27 seconds left earning a 6-3 decision and the championship title. Michigan's Ryan Bertin easily handled Nate Wachter of Penn State earning a 6-2 decision and a third place finish. Iowa's Joe Johnston would receive a medical forfeit and take a fifth place finish with top-seeded Keaton Anderson of Ohio State injuring defaulting due to an ACL injury in his quarterfinals match,     At 165 pounds, top-ranked Matt Lackey of Illinois took down and released third seeded Jacob Volkmann of Minnesota in the first period to lead 2-1. Lackey chose bottom and escaped quickly in the second, then takedown and released Volkmann for a 5-2 lead gong into the third. Volkmann escaped to start the third bring the score to 5-3. With 4 seconds left, Lackey went down from what appeared to be a head butt, but resumed wrestling minutes later. Lackey captured the championship with a 5-3 decision over Volkmann. Johnny Clark of Ohio State captured the third place finish with a 7-4 decision over Doc Vecchio of Penn State. Purdue's Oscar Santiago received a medical forfeit from Michigan's Mike Kulczycki, giving him the fifth place finish.    At 174, top-seeded Hawkeye Tyler Nixt took the lead in the first period with a single leg takedown against Purdue's Ryan Lange. Nixt would take his 2-1 lead into the second. Lange tied it 2-2 with an escape, but not before Nixt had a minute of riding time. Lange then hit a single leg to take a 4-2 lead and remove any riding time advantage. Nixt begin the third in par terre and quickly score and escape making it 4-3, Nixt was in on several single legs all of which resulted in stalemates, leaving Lange with a 4-3 decision and the championship title. Michigan State's Rashad Evans earned the third place finish with a 5-1 decision over Brian Glynn of Illinois. Third seeded Blake Kaplan of Ohio State claimed the fifth place position with a fall over Wisconsin's Brady Reinke in 2:53.    There was no scoring in the first period of the 184-pound championship bout between top seeded Jessman Smith of Iowa and Mark Becks of Penn State. Becks chose to begin the second period in par terre position. Smith would ride Becks long enough to earn a riding time advantage before Beck escaped to take a 1-0 lead. Smith in turn began the third period down and escaped in four second to tie the match and maintain his riding time advantage. Smith's 1:02 of riding time was enough to give him a 2-1 decision and the championship. A tough battle was fought for third place with Indiana's Ty Matthews coming out on top with an 8-7 decision over Illinois' Pete Friedl, Casey Kapustka of Ohio State earned a fifth place finish after receiving a medical forfeit from Ralph DeNisco of Wisconsin.    Second seeded Damion Hahn of Minnesota took Michigan State's top-seeded Nik Fekete down twice in the first period to take a 4-1 lead and riding time advantage into the second period. Hahn scored a third takedown in the second period and lead 7-1 going into the third. Fekete would score a takedown with second left, but with Hahn's he captured the crown with an 8-3 decision and sealed the team title for the Golden Gophers. Kyle Smith of Michigan captured a third place finish with a 5-2 decision over Ryan Cummins of Penn State, and Anton Talamantes of Ohio State claime