Winning nine matches with bonus points, including five wins by fall, pushed the 10th ranked Central College wrestling team past Nebraska Wesleyan University 48-3 Wednesday night.

Colby Tool (sophomore, Reasnor, PCM HS) had the quickest of Central’s four pins, needing just 57 seconds in his 165-pound match. Gage Linahon (junior, 197 pounds, Newton) and Peyton Hammerich (senior, Princeton, Ill.) also had first-period falls, ending their matches in 2:04 and 1:14, respectively. Rheiner Stahlbaum (sophomore, Johnston) also won by fall at 125 pounds, taking 3:51 to earn the six points. Miles Berg (junior, Indianola) put an exclamation point on the night with a fall at 285 pounds in 5:22.

Brock Beck (junior, 133 pounds, Grinnell) and Pierre Baldwin (freshman, 141 pounds, Carol Stream, Ill., West Chicago HS) won by technical fall and Rob Areyano (fifth year, 149 pounds, Selma, Calif.) and Luke Condy (senior, Memphis, Tenn., Christian Brothers) picked up major decisions.

Central improved to 2-0 in the American Rivers Conference and 3-0 overall. The Dutch are now finished with competition for the semester and will return to action in January.