 March
8, 2003 By
Tim Glon
ADA —
Top-ranked Wartburg (Iowa) closed the deal in grand style
Saturday night, winning the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships
in record-breaking fashion.
The Knights
set three NCAA Division III Championships records, tied a
fourth and wound up with an impressive three national champions
Saturday evening at the ONU Sports Center.
Wartburg
set the record for most points scored with 166.5 and enjoyed
a Division III-record margin of victory of 82 points.
Wartburg
clinched their third team championship in the past six years
and snapped the streak of three consecutive championships
by No. 2-ranked Augsburg (Iowa).
WC obliterated
the previous scoring record of 143 points set by Montclair
State (N.J.) in 1976.
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