From the corner chair

5 of 7 not bad

The quarterfinal round didn't end quite as good for Iowa at the NCAA Wrestling Championshis Thursday afternoon, but Iowa won five of seven championships matches.

After Jay Borschel's win at 174, the Hawkeyes had won 16 in a row in the championship bracket. But Phil Keddy at 184 gave up a late takedown in a 4-3 loss to Mike Pucillo of Ohio State and Matt Fields was riden the entire third period in a 2-0 loss to Jared Rosholt of Oklahoma State at heavyweight.

Iowa mainted its team lead and will have five in Thursday nigh'ts semifinals. Keddy and Fields still can get hird.

4 for Perry

Mark Perry secured his fourth all-American finish by pinning Michael Cannon of Amerian in the NCAA wrestling quarterfinals Thursday.

Perry finished Cannon in a mere 44 seconds, then turned to the Hawkeye crowd and held up four fingers.

He said being a four-time all-American one was one of his main goals when he arrived at Iowa.

Iowa, so far, is 5-for-5 in the quarters. Jay Borschel dominated Brandon Sinnott of Central Michigan, 8-2. Phil Keddy and Matt Fields getting ready.

Good start for Hawks

Iowa's wrestling team got off to a roaring start Friday morning when Charlie Falck avenged a 2007 NCAA loss to Tanner Gardner of Stanford in the quarterfinals.

Falck had lost to Gardner in both of their previous meetings, including by pin in this tournament last year. But the Hawkeye junior beat Gardner, 5-4, on takedown with 45 seconds left.

Joe Slaton also won, beating ISU's NIck Fanthorpe, 2-1, in overtime at 133.

Back in St. Louis

After a little technical difficulty on Thursday, I'm up in running here at the Scottrade Center for the NCAA I Wrestling Championships.

The tournament is off to a great start, especially if you're an Iowa or Iowa State.

The Cyclones had an outstanding first round and a solid second round. The Hawkeyes looked especially tough Thursday night, winning all seven second-round boutsw.

Iowa is winning the tournament like Hawk teams of old - with bonus points. Through their first 18 matches - 15 qina - the Hawks have 3 pins and four major decisions.

Quarterfinals are about to start this morning.