Thiel College Tomcats [0-3 / 0-1 PAC] vs. Washington & Jefferson Presidents [2-1 / 1-0 PAC] Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013 w 2 p.m. w Cameron Stadium w Washington, Pa. Game Preview / Week 4 Series in Brief 2013 Schedule/Results Series. .W&J leads the all-time series, 42-22-2 The Tomcats head to Washington, Pa. Saturday to Current Streak .........W&J 7-game W streak September face the W&J Presidents in the second PAC game of Sat. 7 at Juniata L, 41-20 Last Meeting ...........2012 (W&J 17, Thiel 0) L, 28-27 the season for both teams. Sat. 14 ROCHESTER Thiel’s Last Win .............2005 (38-35 OT) Sat. 21 * at Geneva L, 49-28 The Tomats are coming off of a 49-28 loss to Sat. 28 * at W & J 2:00 PM Geneva. Thiel tied up the game 28-28 early in the third quarter after trailing by 22 points early in the On the Air October game . However, Geneva scored three unanswered Radio .........................WPIC-AM 790 Sat. 5 * at Waynesburg 1:30 PM touchdowns down the stretch to earn the win. Online .....................ThielAthletics.com Sat. 12 *^ ST. VINCENT 3:00 PM Sat. 19 *! THOMAS MORE 1:30 PM W&J (2-1, 1-0 PAC) cruised to a 40-19 win over Grove Announcers .....................Hugh Ringer ..........................Don Achenbach ’77 City last Saturday. The Presidents racked up 320 yards November on the ground and scored six rushing touchdowns. Sat. 2 * at Bethany 1:00 PM Dion Wiegand is W&J’s top runner with an aver- Statistical Comparison Sat. 9 *+ WESTMINSTER 7:00 PM age of nearly 120 yards per game. He also has eight Sat. 16 *# GROVE CITY 1:00 PM touchdowns on the season. Quarterback Matt Bliss 2013 Statistics TC W&J throws for an average of 247 yards per game with Points per game 25.0 39.7 * PAC game four touchdowns and just one interception on the First downs 52 83 ^ Homecoming 2013 season. Reciever Alex Baroffio ranks second in the Rushing yards per game 136.7 220.7 ! Senior Parent Recognition conference with 29 catches this season for 281 + First home football game at night Passing yards per game 177.3 276.7 # 30th Mercer County Cup yards and two touchdowns. Total yards per game 314.0 497.3 Thiel (0-3, 0-1 PAC) counters with an offense 3rd-Down conversions/attempts 16/52 23/41 that has yet to commit a fumble this season. The 3rd-Down defense/attempts 123/45 15/43 Thiel Coaching Staff Tomcats rank second in the PAC with a turnover 4th-Down conversions/attempts 3/8 1/4 margin of plus-5, which ties them for the 25th best 4th-Down defense/attempts 4/5 5/7 Head Coach average among all Division III teams. Kurt Reiser (5th season) Fumbles-Lost 0-0 8-3 Running back Josh Potter ran for 121 yards last Penalties/Avg. Yds. per game 14-45.7 21-62.3 Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers week, including a career-best 58-yard TD run. John Harakal ’02 Quarterbacks Darrell Satterfield ’06 Defensive Line Josh Lott Defensive Line Kelly Nan ’81 Running Backs Linda Oman Mike Donghia Thiel’s offensive Wide Receivers line gets set for Todd Gilcrist a play against Special Teams / Secondary Juniata earlier Steve Boyle ’07 this season. Volunteer Assistant Frank Amato Volunteer Assistant Barry Oman ’74 Volunteer Assistant Dan Rasor ’13 Three-Time Champions 1967 1972 2005 thiel college game notes Week 3 (Sept. 21, 2013) cit to force a 28-all tie. Geneva 49, Thiel 28 Unfortunately for the Tomcats, the rest of the BEAVER FALLS, Pa. – Trailing the Geneva Golden game belonged to the Golden Tornadoes, who Tornadoes 28-6 early in the second quarter, the went on to score 21 unanswered points for the Thiel Tomcats mounted a 22-point comeback to tie 49-28 win. the contest in the third quarter. Unfortunately, the Both teams committed three turnovers in the rest of the game belonged to the Tornadoes, who game. Geneva turned the ball over on three went on to defeat the Tomcats 49-28 at Reeves fumbles while Thiel threw three interceptions. Field in Beaver Falls, Pa. Potter ran for a game-high 121 yards on 14 car- Geneva drew first blood in the Presidents’ ries while Hayward carried nine times for 100 Athletic Conference (PAC) contest. After the yards. Tomcats turned the ball over on their first play Hayward completed 26 of 45 passes for 248 from scrimmage, the Tornadoes scored four yards. He threw two touchdowns, including an plays later on a fourth-and-short play from the 81-yarder to Fuller in the third quarter. Fuller Thiel 5-yard line on a run by Rocco Colavecchia. caught 10 passes, two of which were for touch- Thiel responded two series later when Josh downs, for 137 yards. Cody Potter ripped off a career-long 58-yard touch- Smith completed 7-of-27 passes for 64 yards. He Fisher down run around right end. The extra point was threw two touchdown passes and also ran for 28 blocked and the Tornadoes led, 7-6. yards on eight carries. Geneva went on to score three touchdowns over 2013 GAME HIGHS Sindlinger and Wes Schmidt led Thiel on the next 15 minutes to take what seemed like a Yds rushing .......121. Josh Potter v. Geneva defense with 12 tackles apiece. John Onufer led commanding 28-6 lead. Lemuel Fuller caught Yds passing .......181. Andrew Smith v. Rochester the Golden Tornadoes with 14 tackles while Tim a 15-yard touchdown pass from Zack Hayward Long pass ..........58. Matt Fedzen v. Juniata Martin came up with two interceptions. Receptions .........4. .Berend Grube v. Juniata during Geneva’s offensive burst. Hayward also . .. Bill Frizzi v. Geneva scored on a 57-yard run while Colavecchia’s Yds receiving. 71. Matt Fedzen v. Rochester 39-yard scamper gave Geneva a 28-6 lead with Thiel v. W&J 2012 TDs rushing. .1. Multiple 10:24 left in the second quarter. GREENVILLE, Pa. – The Washington & Jefferson TDs passing .........2. .Ryan Radke v. Juniata Presidents scored two first-half touchdowns en .................2. Andrew Smith v. Roch., Geneva Rather than throw in the towel, the Tomcats route to a 17-0 victory over the Thiel Tomcats. TDs receiving .......1. Multiple clawed their way back into the game with 22 Interceptions ........1. .Rob Edwards v. Rochester points of their own. Dion Wiegand scored W&J’s first touchdown of Tackles ...........12. .Wes Schmidt v. Geneva Jack Sindlinger started to swing momentum the game with 5:08 left to play in the first quarter ................12. Jack Sindlinger v. Geneva back in Thiel’s favor with 8:47 remaining before on a 1-yard run. Alex Baroffio set up the score Sacks ..............1. Cody McClelland v. Rochester halftime when he pounced on a muffed punt on a 54-yard punt return to the Thiel 7-yard line. TFL .............2.0. Tom Thorpe v. Genva in the Geneva end zone for a touchdown. The The Presidents went into the locker room at half- 2-point conversion run was unsuccessful, but the time leading 14-0 after a 9-play drive concluded THIEL QUICK FACTS Tomcats were back in contention, trailing 28-12. with a 30-yard touchdown pass from Baroffio to Hunter Creek with 17 seconds remaining in the Location ....................Greenville, Pa. The Tomcats reached into their bag of tricks on Founded ..............................1866 second quarter. the ensuing kickoff and utilized a surprise on Colors. Navy Blue & Old Gold side kick, which worked to perfect from the toe of W&J extended its lead to 17-0 on its first posses- Enrollment ...........................1,100 sion of the second half when Eric Eberle booted Nickname .........................Tomcats Cody McClelland to the hands of Walt Litwin, Stadium .....................Alumni (1,400) who gained possession along the far side line at a 44-yard field goal to put the finishing touches President. .Troy VanAken, Ph.D. the Geneva 35-yard line. on a 12-play drive that consumed more than seven minutes of game clock. Director of Athletics .........Jack Leipheimer The Tomcats’ drive stalled on their freebie pos- Senior Woman Administrator .....Amy Schafer session, but Jon Fennick booted a 28-yard field After the Presidents went up 17-0, the Tomcats Athletic Trainers. Jason Forrester goal to cut the deficit down to 28-15. responded with a long drive of their own, but the .............................Joe Zidar march was stopped short of pay dirt when the Geneva turned the ball over again with 63 sec- Presidents sacked Smith on a fourth-and-goal onds left in the first half, setting up the Tomcats’ play from the 3-yard line. SPORTS INFORMATION third touchdown of the game. Two plays after the Sports Information Director ... William Becque fumble, Andrew Smith threw a 25-yard touch- On their next possession, the Tomcats advanced Office .......................724-589-2241 down strike to Tim Walker. Fennick made the the ball to the W&J 25-yard line, but an intercep- Fax .................................724-589-2880 extra point, and the Tomcats went into the locker tion by Nathan Melhorn ended the threat. E-mail [email protected] Address. .75 College Avenue room at the half trailing by just six points, 28-22. Taylor Fink led the Tomcats with 22 yards on the ..................Greenville, Pa. 16125 Geneva turned the football over on its first play ground while Potter picked up 18 rushing yards. Ast. Sports Information Director ..Ed Topoleski from scrimmage in the third quarter, and the Grube made seven receptions for 48 yards.