Thiel College Tomcats [1-3 / 0-2 PAC] vs. Saint Vincent Bearcats [2-2 / 2-0 PAC] Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014 w 3 p.m. w Alumni Stadium w Greenville, Pa. Week 5: Series in Brief 2014 Schedule/Results Saint Vincent at Thiel Series. Thiel leads, 10-6 Current Streak .....Thiel 2-game winning streak September Sat. 6 + at Allegheny W, 28-14 he Thiel Tomcats will try to get back on Last Meeting ...........2013 (Thiel won, 30-3) Sat. 13 + BETHANY L, 45-24 track Saturday when they host the Saint Thiel’s Last Win ........2013 (Thiel won, 30-3) Sat. 20 * THOMAS MORE L, 66-27 Vincent Bearcats during homecoming Sat. 27 * at Case Western Reserve L, 23-16 at Alumni Stadium. The Tomcats won On the Air Ttheir first game of the season, defeating Allegheny October 28-14, but have since suffered three straight Radio ............... News Talk 790 AM WPIC Sat. 4 *^ SAINT VINCENT 3:00 PM losses. Online .....................ThielAthletics.com Sat. 11 * at Westminster 1:00 PM Thiel lost to Case Western Reserve Saturday ..............................790WPIC.com Sat. 25 *+ WAYNESBURG 7:00 PM when Billy Beecher threw a game-winning 23-yard 790 AM WPIC APP ....Smart Phone Download touchdown pass to Luke DiFrancesco with 68 November ....................Hugh Ringer seconds remaining in regulation. Broadcasters Sat. 1 * at Carnegie Mellon 1:00 PM ..........................Don Achenbach ’77 After losing their first two games of the season, Sat. 8 *! W&J 1:00 PM Sat. 15 *# at Grove City 1:30 PM including a season-opening 44-0 loss to nationally- Statistical Comparison ranked John Carroll, Saint Vincent has rattled off 2014 Statistics SV TC * PAC game back-to-back PAC wins against Case Western Points per game 19.5 23.8 Reserve (23-20) and Grove City (31-14). ^ Homecoming 2014 First downs 54 77 ! Senior Parent Recognition Bearcat junior linebacker Renny LaRue-Holloman Rushing yards per game 113.0 147.0 + Under the Lights was named PAC Defensive Player of the Week # 31st Mercer County Cup for his efforts against Grove City, which included Passing yards per game 173.8 173.0 eight tackles - two of which were behind the line Total yards per game 286.8 320.0 of scrimmage - an interception, a forced fumble 3rd-Down conversions/attempts 10/58 20/67 and a 51-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown. 3rd-Down defense/attempts 29/61 18/52 Thiel Coaching Staff Thiel linebacker Jack Sindlinger racked up a Thiel 4th-Down conversions/attempts 2/7 8/12 Head Coach season-high 11 tackles against Case Western Kurt Reiser (6th season) along with an interception and a half-sack while 4th-Down defense/attempts 4/5 3/9 Chris Jones scored a touchdown on a 10-yard Fumbles-Lost 3-1 8-4 Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers fumble recovery. Penalties/Avg. Yds. per game 40-109.8 28-74.0 John Harakal ’02 Quarterbacks Darrell Satterfield ’06 Defensive Line Josh Lott Linebackers Linda Oman Mike Donato The Thiel Running Backs Tomcats will Dan Ross try to win their Wide Receivers third straight Sheldon Loughner homecoming Volunteer Assistant game Saturday Frank Amato when they Volunteer Assistant host the Saint Barry Oman ’74 Vincent Bearcats at Alumni Stadium. Three-Time Champions 1967 1972 2005 thiel college game notes Last Week made 10 tackles for the Tomcats and forced one fumble. Martae Hainesworth made nine tackles, Case Western 23, Thiel 16 recorded an interception and forced a fumble. In CLEVELAND, Ohio – In a game that went back- all, Thiel’s defense forced two fumbles and came and-forth for 60 minutes, the Case Western up with two interceptions. Reserve Spartans earned a 23-16 Presidents’ Tim Briercheck and K.J. Pederson led Case Athletic Conference victory over the Thiel Western’s defense with nine tackles apiece. Tomcats Saturday at DiSanto Field in Cleveland, Pederson also recorded three quarterback hur- Ohio on a late fourth quarter touchdown drive. ries. Trailing by a field goal, Jon Fennick tied up the contest for the Tomcats 16-16 with 2:54 remain- ing in regulation when he booted a 25-yard field Forcing Turnovers goal that capped off a 9-play, 61-yard drive. Thiel’s defense forced four turnovers against the Spartans last Saturday, including two intercep- The Spartans scored what turned out to be the tions and two fumbles. One turnover, Jones’ game-winning touchdown on the ensuing drive fumble recovery and subsequent 10-yard return on a 23-yard pass from Billy Beecher to Luke to the end zone represented Thiel’s first defen- DiFrancesco. Ryan sive score of the season. Thiel’s offense still had a chance to force another Radke tie. Starting at their 23-yard line with 63 seconds left on the clock, the Tomcats drove all the way Jack of Tackles down to the Spartan 40-yard line, but Scott Sindlinger made 11 tackles against Case Suren ended the threat when he intercepted a Western, the most by a Tomcat in a single game 2014 GAME HIGHS Thiel pass. this season. Sindlinger also recorded an intercep- Yds rushing .....92 ........Ryan Radke v. Thomas More The Tomcats scored first Saturday on a splash tion, a half-sack, a pass breakup and 1.5 tackles Yds passing ....240 .......Ryan Radke v. Case Western defensive play when Chris Jones recovered a for a loss of yards. He is averaging 7.7 tackles Long pass .......36 .......Ryan Radke v. Case Western fumble and ran 10 yards to the end zone. per game, which ties him for the 14th most in Receptions ......8 .......Tim Walker v. Case Western the PAC. Yds receiving. 137 .......Tim Walker v. Case Western Nick Bavaro kicked a 35-yard field goal late in TDs rushing. 3 ...........Ryan Radke v. Allegheny the second quarter, but the Tomcats led 7-3 at TDs passing ......3 .............Ryan Radke v. Bethany halftime. Radke’s Attempts TDs receiving ....1 .................. Multiple players The Spartans went on to take their first lead in Radke attempted 49 passes against Case Western, Interceptions .....1 .................. Multiple players the game with nine minutes remaining in the the fifth most in a single game by a Thiel quarter- Tackles ........11 .....Jack Sindlinger v. Case Western third quarter when Adam Hochman scored on a back. Radke is averaging 75.7 yards per game on TFL ...........4.0 ............Tom Thorpe v. Bethany the ground, the fourth most in the PAC. He also Sacks ..........3.0 ............Tom Thorpe v. Bethany 35-yard run. Bavaro’s point after failed, but the Spartans held a 9-7 lead. averages 149.3 yards per game in the air, which is the seventh most in the conference. Beecher threw his first touchdown pass of the THIEL QUICK FACTS game early in the fourth quarter, a 12-yarder to Location ....................Greenville, Pa. Zach Medved. Bavaro’s extra point was good, Founded ..............................1866 and the Spartans led 16-7. Running Game Colors. Navy Blue & Old Gold Radke is a major part of Thiel’s running game, Thiel responded with a touchdown drive of its Enrollment ...........................1,100 which averages 147 yards per game, the fifth own its next possession, which ended with a Nickname .........................Tomcats best total in the conference. Stadium .....................Alumni (1,400) 3-yard pass from Ryan Radke to fullback Rich President. .Troy VanAken, Ph.D. Smallwood. Radke completed 5-of-5 passes Director of Athletics .........Jack Leipheimer on the drive. Fennick’s extra point was no good, T.O.P. Senior Woman Administrator .....Amy Schafer however, setting the stage for his game-tying Thiel leads the PAC in average time of posses- Athletic Trainers. Jason Forrester 25-yard field goal. .............................Joe Zidar sion (33:56). Radke completed 22-of-49 passes for 240 yards with one touchdown pass. He also led the SPORTS INFORMATION Tomcats with 61 yards rushing on 14 attempts. Defensive Rankings Sports Information Director ......Ed Topoleski Beecher completed 16-of-29 passes for 174 Thiel’s defense ranks third in the PAC in sacks Office .......................724-589-2180 yards. He threw two touchdown passes and two (10) and pass defense (197.5 average yards Fax .................................724-589-2880 interceptions. per game). Tom Thorpe and Reily Shane each E-mail [email protected] Tim Walker caught eight of Radke’s passes for have three sacks on the season, which ties them Address. .75 College Avenue 137 yards. DiFrancesco was Beecher’s top tar- for the fifth most in the conference. ..................Greenville, Pa. 16125 get with four receptions for 75 yards. Ast. Sports Info Director. .Cyrill Parham Office .......................724-589-2241 Jack Sindlinger led Thiel’s defense with 11 The Last Time (2013) Fax .................................724-589-2880 tackles, 1.5 of which were behind the line of The Thiel Tomcats celebrated Homecoming E-mail [email protected] scrimmage. He also recorded an interception, 2013 with a 30-3 victory over the Saint Vincent Address ................75 College Avenue a pass breakup and a half-sack. Wes Schmidt ..................Greenville, Pa. 16125 Bearcats. ThielAthletics.com Page 2 2014 Thiel College Football thiel college game notes The Tomcats scored on the opening drive on Game 4 Thiel 16 a 3-yard touchdown run by Rich Kolesar. Jon Fennick added an 18-yard field goal later in the 9/27/2014 Case Western 23 first half to give the Tomcats a 10-0 lead. The Bearcats put together their best drive of DiSanto Field Cleveland, Ohio the game to open the second half, and cut the Score by Quarters Tomcats’ lead to 10-3 when Morgan Porter con- 1 2 3 4 Final cluded a 12-play, 50-yard drive with a 37-yard Thiel 0 7 0 9 16 PAC 2014 STANDINGS field goal.