GAMEDAY 2018 • Oct. 13 • 1 P.M. THIEL COLLEGE TOMCATS (0-6, 0-5 PAC) at WESTMINSTER TITANS (3-3, 3-2 PAC) New Wilmington, Pa
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TITANFOOTBALL GAMEDAY 2018 • Oct. 13 • 1 p.m. THIEL COLLEGE TOMCATS (0-6, 0-5 PAC) at WESTMINSTER TITANS (3-3, 3-2 PAC) New Wilmington, Pa. - Harold Burry Stadium Senior John Fitzgerald 2018 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES WESTMINSTER OCT. 13 VS. THIEL SCOUTING WESTMINSTER SCOUTING THIEL The Westminster College football team Nick Barca ran for 80 yards and scored lost, 36-33, at Grove City on Saturday in a a pair of touchdowns Saturday in a back-and-forth PAC contest. The Titans fell 35-13 PAC loss to the Saint Vincent to 3-3 overall and 3-2 in the PAC. Bearcats at Chuck Noll Field (last Saturday). The Titans scored the first points of the Barca led the Tomcats on the opening game after taking advantage of a Grove drive of the game. He carried seven City fumble on a punt return as freshman Walker times on the 13-play, 73-yard drive, Barca Bryce Thomas recovered the loose ball which consumed nearly seven minutes on the Wolverines’ two-yard line. On the very next play, Titan of the first quarter and ended when he scored on a one-yard freshman Isiah Canton ran it in for his second touchdown of the run. Saint Vincent evened the score late in the first quarter season. The Titans led 14-6 at halftime. when Ariel Martinez scored on a 10-yard run. Martinez gave the Bearcats their first lead late in the second quarter Grove City capitalized off a Titan interception and Josh Ehst when he caught a 37-yard touchdown pass from Zavion Thompson to cap off an 84-yard drive that took seven plays. scored from one yard out and the Wolverines took their first Thompson connected with Shaquille Edmond on another lead of the contest, 26-21. The Wolverines’ lead was short-lived, 37-yard touchdown pass on the first drive of the second half to however, as senior Shamon Walker helped lead the Titans extend Saint Vincent’s lead to 21-7. down the field and ran it in from 13 yards out for his career-best second touchdown of the game, capping off a 9-play, 66-yard After the game was suspended for 2.5 hours due to lightning, drive. The Titans’ two-point attempt was unsuccessful and led Barca got the Tomcats back within striking distance when 27-26 with 4:16 left in the third. Grove City answered on its next he scored on a 24-yard run with 9:09 remaining in the third possession with a 33-yard field goal to take a 29-27 lead. quarter. However, Martinez scored his third touchdown of the game, this one on a 21-yard pass from Thompson In the fourth, the Titans took advantage of good field position, early in the fourth quarter. Saint Vincent also scored a touchdown on a 12-yard blocked punt return later in the fourth following a short Grove City punt. Junior Augustus Necastro quarter. Thompson completed 17-of-34 passes for 281 yards. found classmate Keano Grice for a 27-yard touchdown to put He threw three touchdown passes and two interceptions. the Titans back in front, 33-29, with 11:21 left in the game. Mike Stasko led the Bearcats with 74 yards on the ground After a Titan punt late in the fourth quarter with 2:42 to play, on 12 carries. Martinez caught seven passes, two of Josh Ehst helped guide Grove City down the field for the game- which were touchdowns, for 116 yards. Eligah Flynn and Matt winning score. Grove City went 12-plays for 78 yards, eating up Crawford led Thiel with seven tackles apiece. Flynn also all but seven seconds off the clock and was capped off with Ehst intercepted a pass, which he returned 48 yards. Malcolm finding Cody Gustafson for a two-yard touchdown pass with Barclay also picked off a pass whileDavion Oliver made five seven seconds remaining in the game. tackles, one of which was a sack. For the season, junior Connor Cox leads the Titans with 326 (courtesy of Thiel’s Sports Information Office) receiving yards. Walker has run for a team- best 236 yards (4.4 yards per carry), to go PAC Ranks ............... Yards ..........Rank along with a team-high five rushing TDs. Scoring Offense .........14.0............. 10th Junior Bryce Hill’s team-high 27.3 kickoff Scoring Defense .........41.3 ............. 10th return average ranks 27th in the country. Total Offense .............175.5 ............ 10th Junior Augustus Necastro has thrown for Total Defense............ 457.2 ........... 10th 789 yards (131.50 yards per game), to go along with five touchdowns. SeniorMarvin THE SERIES Liberiste has pocketed a team-high three interceptions. Junior Paul Gonzalez leads Liberiste Westminster leads the series, 47-21-7. The last meeting was in the defense with team-highs in tackles 2015, when Westminster won at Thiel, 49-6. The Titans’ last (55), sacks (3.0), and tackles for a loss (11.0). His 1.8 tackles for a loss per game sits 34th in the all Division III. home game versus the Tomcats was for their Homecoming game in 2014; Westminster won 40-28. PAC Ranks ............... Yards ..........Rank Scoring Offense ........ 24.5 ............. 4th Scoring Defense ........ 22.3 ............. 5th OTHER PAC SCHOOLS IN ACTION ON SATURDAY Total Offense ............280.0 ............ 8th Total Defense............298.5 ............ 4th Saint Vincent at #21 Case Western Reserve ........................ 1 p.m. Bethany at Carnegie Mellon ..................................................... 1 p.m. Waynesburg at Grove City .................................................. 1:30 p.m. Geneva at #11 Washington & Jefferson .................................2 p.m. 2018 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 2018 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES OCT. 13 VS. THIEL WESTMINSTER OCT. 13 VS. THIEL LAST TIME THEY MET 9/22: Junior CB Aaron Pierce 10/10/2015 - GREENVILLE, Pa. - Westminster won 49-6, its 2018 PAC STANDINGS largest margin of victory in 15 years, over Thiel on Saturday. School PAC Record Overall Record The Titans led 42-0 at halftime Freshman Bryson Paulinellie 1. #11 W&J ..................................... 5-0 .................... 6-0 accounted for a team-best three touchdowns. Paulinellie had a 2. #21 Case Western Reserve ....... 3-1 .................... 4-1 56-yard punt return for a score and two touchdown receptions: 3. Bethany ...................................... 3-2 .................... 3-3 a 33-yarder and a two-yard score. The Titan defense forced five 4. Westminster .............................. 3-2 .................... 3-3 turnovers, including two interceptions returned for a touchdown 5. Waynesburg ............................... 3-2 .................... 3-3 as junior Wayne Seamans returned one for 25 yards and 6. Geneva ....................................... 2-2 .................... 2-3 sophomore Todd Jeter ran back one for 37 yards. Westminster 7. Grove City ................................... 2-3 .................... 3-3 sophomore Dominique McKinley rushed for a game- and 8. Carnegie Mellon ......................... 1-3 .................... 2-3 career-high 186 yards off 16 carries (11.6 avg) and a score. 9. Saint Vincent .............................. 1-3 .................... 1-4 Titan sophomore quarterback Shamon Walker went 9-for-13 1 for 105 yards and two scores. He also added a touchdown on 0. Thiel ........................................... 0-5 .................... 0-6 the ground, while running for 67 yards off six carries. Freshman Miguel Luis had five tackles and an interception. Freshman TITANS ON THE RADIO Marvin Liberiste had the fourth Titan interception. WWNW 88.9 FM broadcasts all Westminster football games live throughout Lawrence County at 4,000 watts and live on the internet at WEEKLY AWARDS www.titanradiolive.com and www.westminster.edu/athletics. Fans can also listen to broadcasts on their smart phones or mobile devices by 9/10/18: Westminster College junior downloading the FREE Titan Radio 88.9 app on iTunes and the Google Play linebacker Paul Gonzalez was named app stores. the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Defensive Player of the Week and was selected to this week’s D3football. TITANS ON TV com’s Team of the Week. Gonzalez The Westminster Cable Network (WCN) telecasts all 2018 home Titan led Westminster’s defensive effort in Football games live on cable television over Armstrong (Ch. 72, New Saturday’s 27-12 win at Waynesburg with Gonzalez Wilmington; Ch. 204, Grove City) and Comcast (Ch. 183, New Castle) a career-high 13 stops (8 solo). He also Cable systems. These games also appear online at www.WCNLive.com, added 5.0 tackles for loss, which included a career-high two and are later archived for on-demand viewing at https://vimeo.com/ sacks. wcn247/videos. TEAM AWARD: CHAMPIONSHIP EFFORT TITLE BELT MEDIA REQUESTS 9/8: Junior LB Paul Gonzalez All media requests, including photographs, press box passes at 9/15: Senior LB Miguel Luis Westminster home games, and player and coach interviews, can be made to the Westminster sports information office by contacting Sports Information Director Nathan LaRiccia by phone at 724-946-6357 or by e-mail at [email protected]. Pierce (courtesy of @WCtitansFB and @coachbenzel) 3 2018 ROSTER WESTMINSTER PRESENTED BY ... # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High SchooL 1 Keano Grice RB 5-9 185 Jr. Delray Beach, FL / West Boca Raton 1 Miguel Luis FS 5-9 195 Sr. Hollywood, FL / Mater Academy 2 Cole Konieczka QB 5-11 180 Fr. Coraopolis, PA / Moon Area COACHES 2 Bill Madeja LB 6-1 215 Sr. Pittsburgh, PA / Brentwood 3 Hunter Burns WR 5-10 175 Jr. Tarentum, PA / Deer Lakes Head Coach:..........................................Scott Benzel 3 Dawson Porter DB/P 6-1 185 Fr. Kittanning, PA / Armstrong Record at School (year):...........................31-17 (5th) 4 Ian Barr SS 5-9 175 Fr. State College, PA / State College Area 4 Augustus Necastro QB 6-2 200 Jr. Brookfield, OH / Brookfield Career Record (year):...............................31-17 (5th) 5 Shamon Walker QB/WR 5-9 175 Sr.