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Thiel Tomcats [1-3, 0-2 PAC] at Saint Vincent Bearcats [2-2, 1-1 PAC] Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015 w 1 p.m. w Chuck Noll Field w Latrobe, Pa. Week 5: Thiel Series in Brief 2015 Schedule/Results at Saint Vincent Series. Thiel leads, 11-6 Current Streak .........Thiel 3-game W streak September Sat. 5 + ALLEGHENY W, 37-21 he Tomcats (1-3) will put their three- Last Meeting ..........2014 (Thiel won, 21-20) Sat. 12 + at Bethany L, 51-16 game winning streak against the Bearcats Thiel’s Last Win ................2014 (21-20) Sat. 19 * at Thomas More L, 60-12 on the line Saturday when they travel Sat. 26 * CASE WESTERN L, 41-6 to Chuck Noll Field in Latrobe, Pa., On the Air for a Presidents’ Athletic Conference October Radio ............... News Talk 790 AM WPIC matchup at 1 p.m. Sat. 3 * at Saint Vincent 1:00 PM T Online .....................ThielAthletics.com Sat. 10 *^ WESTMINSTER 3:00 PM The Tomcats are looking for their first win since ..............................790WPIC.com Sat. 24 * at Waynesburg 1:30 PM defeating the Allegheny Gators 37-21 in the season- Sat. 31 *+ CARNEGIE MELLON 7:00 PM ....Smart Phone Download opener. The Bearcats, on the other hand, enter the 790 AM WPIC APP contest with an even 2-2 record with wins over Broadcasters ....................Hugh Ringer November Waynesburg and Grove City. Saint Vincent is 6-8 ..........................Don Achenbach ’77 Sat. 7 * at Washington & Jefferson 1:30 PM since Ron Dolciato took over the football program Sat. 14 *!# GROVE CITY 1:00 PM prior to the 2014 season. Statistical Comparison * PAC game The Bearcats have used two quarterbacks this 2015 Statistics TC SVC ^ Homecoming 2015 season – Evan Shimensky and Tyler Donahue. ! Senior Parent Recognition Points per game 17.1 23.2 Shimensky has completed 51 passes for 599 yards + Under the Lights while Donahue has connected on 18 passes for 321 First downs 70 65 # 32nd Mercer County Cup yards. The duo’s favorite target is Damon Black, a Rushing yards per game 149.2 96.8 6-foot, 3-inch wide receiver who has 18 catches on Passing yards per game 191.2 237.2 the season for 271 yards. He has three touchdown Total yards per game 340.5 334.0 Thiel Coaching Staff catches on the year. 3rd-Down conversions/attempts 22/61 20/60 Saint Vincent will have to be aware of Thiel defend- Head Coach 3rd-Down defense/attempts 20/46 20/56 Kurt Reiser (7th season) ers Reily Shane and Doak Walker Jr., among 4th-Down conversions/attempts 2/11 2/8 Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers others. Shane leads the PAC with nine tackles for 4th-Down defense/attempts 3/4 2/9 loss on the season, and his four sacks rank him John Harakal ’02 Fumbles-Lost 6-2 4-3 second in the league. Walker Junior, the Tomcats’ Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks Sam Linebacker, averages 8.2 tackles per game, the Penalties/Avg. Yds. per game 24/46.2 40/96.2 Darrell Satterfield ’06 seventh most in the PAC. Special Teams Coordinator / Offensively, the Tomcats will look to clean up their Defensive Backs miscues from last Saturday. They were 1-for-3 in the Cody Matt Arshinkoff red zone and committed two turnovers against the Wide Receivers Case Western Reserve Spartans. Wagner Ryan Matviko Tomcat quarterback Ryan Radke continues to be Running Backs one of the top pass-run threats in the conference Dan Ross with an average of 222 total yards per game, the fifth Defensive Line best average in the league. R.J. Malson ’15 Radke will hand off to a solid group of running backs, Linebackers including freshman Kevin Daly, who averages 61.3 Mike Donato yards per game, the ninth most in the PAC. The Student Assistant quarterback’s top targets are Alex Horvatits, Martae Hainesworth Ron Howard and Paul Jones. Horvatits leads the Tomcats with 17 catches for 239 yards. Horvatits Student Assistant and Jones have combined for five touchdown recep- Tanner Liptrap tions. Three-Time Champions 1967 1972 2005 thiel college game notes Last Week touchdown pass from Radke to fullback Rich Smallwood. The extra point was good, and the Tomcats fall to Spartans Tomcats trailed by just three points. The Thiel Tomcats suffered a 41-6 Presidents’ The Bearcats added to their lead on the ensuing Athletic Conference (PAC) loss Saturday to the Case drive when Morgan Porter kicked a 28-yard field Western Reserve Spartans at Alumni Stadium. goal, which hit the left upright but ricocheted The Spartans scored first Saturday with five through the posts. minutes remaining in the first quarter when Backed up in his own end late in the third Rob Cuda capped off an eight-play drive with a quarter, Bearcat quarterback Andy Borgen’s 16-yard touchdown pass to Luke DiFrancesco. third-and-six pass was intercepted by freshman The Tomcats responded with a touchdown drive Joe Serratore. He picked off the pass at the of their own on their next possession when Ryan Saint Vincent 33-yard line and returned it to the Radke scored on a five-yard run to put the finish- 19-yard line. Shane ing touches on an eight-play march that ended Serratore’s interception set up the game-winning Russell with 11 seconds remaining in the first frame. touchdown for the Tomcats, which was scored Thiel’s extra point try was no good, and the four plays later when Branden Dice scored on a Spartans maintained a 7-6 lead. 2-yard run. The go-ahead extra point was good, Case Western went ahead 14-6 on its next and the Tomcats held on for the win. 2015 GAME HIGHS drive on a one-yard touchdown run by Anthony The Bearcats drove into scoring range twice Yds rushing ....115 ............Kevin Daly v. Allegheny Canganelli with 11:15 left in the second quarter. later in the fourth quarter, but Porter missed field Yds passing ....191 .............Ryan Radke v. Bethany Thiel drove down to the Case Western 14-yard goals of 30- (wide left) and 42-yards (short). Long pass .......42 .......Ryan Radke v. Case Western line on the ensuing drive, but did not come up Receptions ......5 ..........Ron Howard v. Allegheny After Porter’s second missed field goal, the ................ Alex Horvatits v. Bethany, Thomas More with any points after turning the ball over on Tomcats took over at their own 24-yard line and Yds receiving. .82 .....Alex Horvatits v. Thomas More downs. On their next possession the Tomcats embarked on their most important and perhaps TDs rushing. 2 ........Keyonia Dennis v. Allegheny drove down to the five-yard line, but the Spartans most impressive drive of the game. Behind Fink, TDs passing ......2 .............Ryan Radke v. Bethany again forced them to turn the ball over on downs. who carried eight times for 29 hard-fought yards, TDs receiving ....2 ..............Paul Jones v. Bethany The Spartans went into halftime with a 21-6 lead the Tomcats successfully ran out the final six Interceptions .....1 ...........Aaron Mason v. Bethany after Cuda threw a 65-yard touchdown pass minutes and 27 seconds, refusing to allow the Tackles ........13 ...........Jake Elk v. Case Western Bearcats another chance to earn the win. TFL ...........3.0 ....Reily Shane, Nick Ravida v. Alleg. to DiFrancesco with no time remaining on the ....................Shane v. Bethany, Case Western game clock. Radke ran for 148 yards, including a 55-yard Sacks ..........2.5 ...........Nick Ravida v. Allegheny Case Western Reserve added three more touch- scamper, on 16 totes. downs in the second half and refused to allow Fink and Radke’s 100-yard performances another point to Thiel to earn the conference win. marked the first time two Thiel players ran for more than 100 yards in a game since Nov. 10, THIEL QUICK FACTS Cuda completed 20-of-31 passes on the day for 2012 when the Tomcats suffered a 21-7 loss to Location ....................Greenville, Pa. 250 yards. He threw three touchdown passes. the Grove City Wolverines. Founded ..............................1866 He also led the Spartans on the ground with 91 Colors. Navy Blue & Old Gold yards on eight carries. Cuda also ran for a touch- Thiel ran for 310 yards Saturday and limited the Enrollment ...........................1,100 down late in the third quarter. Bearcats to 77 yards on the ground. Nickname .........................Tomcats Radke completed 7-of-20 passes for 62 yards Stadium ............ Alumni Stadium (1,400) DiFrancesco and Ethan Albers each caught two with one touchdown pass. President. Troy D. VanAken, Ph.D. passes for the Spartans for 78 and 75 yards, Director of Athletics .........Jack Leipheimer respectively. Defensive tackle Reily Shane notched two Associate Director of Athletics ....Amy Schafer Radke completed 13-of-27 passes for 166 yards. sacks for the Tomcats while Serratore made Athletic Trainers. Joe Zidar Kevin Daly led the Tomcats on the ground seven tackles, and his fourth-quarter interception .........................Hannah Jasienski with 58 yards on nine carries. Tight end Ryan set up the Tomcats’ game-winning touchdown. ........................... Ryan Wockley Rowland caught two passes for 57 yards. Jake Elk led the Tomcats on defense with 13 Radke Running for Record tackles, two of which were behind the line of SPORTS INFORMATION scrimmage. Elk also recorded 1.5 sacks. To date, Radke has amassed 1,508 career Sports Information Director ......Ed Topoleski rushing yards, which currently ranks him third Office .......................724-589-2180 all-time among PAC quarterbacks. Matt Grimard, Fax .................................724-589-2880 Last Year Against Saint Vincent who played for Bethany from 2010-13, holds the E-mail [email protected] Trailing 17-7 at the half, the Thiel Tomcats record (2,097).