No. 6 Fort Hays State scored five major decisions and one decision en route to a 23-15 victory over Central Missouri on Thursday (Feb. 6).
 
FHSU improves to 8-4-1 (2-2 MIAA) while UCM drops to 6-5 (1-3 MIAA).  Rory Wilkinson, C.J. Napier, Mitchell Means, Jon Inman and Trey Page and Bradley Little each had wins for the Tigers, pushing FHSU to the .500 mark in conference duals.
 
FHSU fell behind 3-0 early in the team scoring, as seventh ranked Adam Ludwin (125) dropped a double overtime decision to Malacai Collins, 7-3.
 
At 133 pounds, Wilkinson picked up nine near fall points to defeat Andrew Robinson, 14-1, just missing the technical fall.
 
No. 5 Napier scored the Tigers' second major decision of the evening, racking up four takedowns in a 10-2 win over Eric Mateo at 141 pounds.
 
After Noah Killip dropped an 11-5 decision at 149 pounds to No. 3 Frank Cagnina, Means (157) picked up over 2:30 of riding time and grabbed a 9-0 major decision over Brennan Johnson.
 
At 165 pounds, Little's 6-1 decision over Josh Thomsen gave FHSU a 15-6 lead in the team score.
 
Josh Rodriguez's 4-2 setback at 174 pounds put UCM within striking distance, but Inman's major (10-2) over Josh Ploof at 184 pounds set the Tigers up for the win.  Inman ran up 3:24 of riding time to push the decision to a major.
 
Chad Rous lost by fall (3:58) to Todd Brier at 197 pounds, but Trey Page closed out the dual with an 8-0 major over Jacob Clark.  Page had three minutes of riding time and scored a takedown in each period.
 
FHSU hits the road this weekend to take on Lindenwood and Truman on Feb. 9 and 11, respectively, to close out the regular season.