Iowa Hawkeyes win 2021 NCAA wrestling team title
No. 2 Roman Bravo-Young wins 133 pounds
TAKEDOWN ROMAN-BRAVO YOUNG! He needs overtime, but the Nittany Lion is a national champ!
RBY! 4-2 SV! Your 2021 National Champion!!! #PSUwr pic.twitter.com/cMFj76LJEd
— Penn State WRESTLING (@pennstateWREST) March 20, 2021
Third period:
Bravo-Young starts down and escapes. He leads 1-0 with 1:50 to go, and that's a shot for the Penn State wrestler. No points, but here's the scramble. No points, but Bravo-Young is dinged for stalling. We're tied 1-1, and Bravo-Young is then hit again. Fix leads 2-1, but Bravo-Young has the riding time. We're heading to overtime.
Second period: Scoreless 0-0
The Nittany Lion racks up serious riding time as he holds Fix down for the entire two minutes. A stall warning on Roman Bravo-Young serves as the only hint of points in the second period, but we're scoreless again heading into the third.
First period: Scoreless 0-0
After a brief basketball delay, we are back to wrestling and off and running. Fix and Bravo-Young are scoreless after one period, and Fix chose down to start the second period.
MATCH PREVIEW
Daton Fix returns to the national finals tournament after finishing second in 2019, and he'll meet Big Ten champion Roman Bravo-Young for his toughest test yet. Fix is one of of seven No. 1 seeds still alive, and he earned his spot under the bright lights after a major, two falls and a decision earlier in this tournament. You can rewatch his 2019 tournament run here and follow along as we track this top seed in the first finals match of the evening.
Jesse Dellavecchia upsets Ryan Deakin at 157
Northwestern's Ryan Deakin put up three solid wins so far this tournament, and he had done what he needed to do to put himself in position for a finals run. But Jesse Dellavecchia brought a new challenge. The first-time Rider All-American held Deakin scoreless through the first period, but in the second, riding the Wildcat, Dellavecchia went to work. Before fans could even blink, Dellavecchia had Deakin on his back for back points, back points, back points, and then BOOM. Dellavecchia had pinned the top seed, and he was moving on the finals.
🚨JESSE DELLAVECCHIA IS A 2021 NCAA ALL AMERICAN🚨
— Rider Wrestling (@RiderWrestling) March 19, 2021
At 157 pounds Jesse Dellavecchia becomes Rider’s 20th All-American and the 5th Bronc to make it to the Semi-Finals in the programs history. pic.twitter.com/VMiVf0BU9W
The two-time Big Ten champion, Ryan Deakin, will drop down to the consolation finals and look to wrestle for third, but it's Dellavecchia, the MAC champion, who will have his shot at the finals. Dellavecchia will come into Saturday night's final with a 10-0 record and 50% bonus. Here's the moment he's been dreaming about his whole life: Saturday night wrestling under the bright lights.
"I know I can turn anyone...it just worked out, "Dellavecchia said. "It's a weird journey, but I've been loving it and happy to have found Rider."
NIU's Mason Kauffman wins Elite 90 Award
Congratulations to Mason Kauffman of NIU for being awarded the Elite 90 Award. The honor is presented annually to the student-athlete at the NCAA Tournament in each sport with the highest GPA. You can read about all of the 2021 Elite 90 Award here.
Elite 90 Award Winner Mason Kauffman #WorkLikeADog pic.twitter.com/jfXGFig5Sk
— NIU Wrestling (@NIUWrestling) March 20, 2021
2021 NCAA wrestling championship brackets & schedule
See the updated brackets here.
See the updated team scores here.
See the final coaches rankings of 2021 here.
Complete Championship Schedule
| DATE | TIME | SESSION | NETWORK |
| Thursday, March 18 | 11 a.m. | First Round | ESPNU |
| 2 p.m. | First Round | ESPNU | |
| 6 p.m. | Second Round | ESPN2 | |
| 9 p.m. | Second Round | ESPN2 | |
| Friday, March 19 | 11 a.m. | Quarterfinals | ESPNU |
| 3 p.m. | Semifinals | ESPNU | |
| 8 p.m. | Semifinals | ESPN | |
| Saturday, March 20 | 11 a.m. | Medal Round | ESPN2 |
| 7 p.m. | Championship | ESPN |
Meet the 2021 NCAA wrestling All-Americans
In 2019, 80 men stood on the podium and celebrated that they were among the most elite of the elite in college athletics. They were All-Americans. Now, after a year of adversity and the challenge of competing in a national pandemic, champion wrestling is back. The top-eight men in each of the ten weight classes this year have earned a special honor, and they will march out together as a group tonight during the parade of All-Americans savoring and remembering the moments that made up this wild, unprecedented year.
Here's what you need to know about the individuals that will take home All-American trophies.