WAYNESBURG, Pa. (Nov. 7, 2009) – A pair of Thiel players combined to set four records Saturday, but it wasn't enough to pull out the win, as the Tomcats fell, 38-17, to Waynesburg University in Presidents' Athletic Conference football action.

Senior quarterback Willie Bova (Port Allegany, Pa./Port Allegany) (Port Allegany, Pa./Port Allegany) completed a school record 37 passes for 350 yards and a touchdown in the contest. Along the way, Bova picked up the Thiel career records for passing yards with 5,415 in addition to the mark for total offense with 5,763.

His favorite target on the day – senior WR Brendan Taylor (Girard, Pa./Girard) (Girard, Pa./Girard) – hauled in a Thiel record 17 passes for 216 yards.

Taylor also became just the third Tomcat to earn 1,000 receiving yards in a season.

Despite Thiel's impressive aerial assault, the home-standing Yellow Jackets outgained the 449-to-372 en route to its fifth win of the season.

Waynesburg quarterback Brad Dawson went 23-for-37 for 306 yard and three scores on the day.

Senior linebacker Sam Swartzfager (Shippenville, Pa./Keystone) (Shippenville, Pa./Keystone) had his best game of the season, recording 12 tackles (nine solo) including two sacks and a tackle-for-loss for a combined 25-loss.

Waynesburg jumped out to a 10-0 first quarter lead before yielding its first points of the game in the form of a second-quarter John Madeline (Hubbard, Ohio/Hubbard) (Hubbard, Ohio/Hubbard) field goal.

The Yellow Jackets tacked on 21 points before the Tomcats managed to answer with its first visit to the end zone in the third quarter.

In what was undoubtedly Thiel's offensive play of the day, Bova and Taylor teamed up for a 70-yard pass to make the score 38-10 in favor of the Jackets.

Thiel's Ross Gargano (Sharon, Pa./Kennedy Catholic) (Sharon, Pa./Kennedy Catholic) scored his team-leading eighth touchdown of the season in the fourth quarter to close out the scoring and set the final score.

Thiel (3-6; 1-4 PAC) closes out its 2009 campaign next week at Alumni Stadium, as it battles Grove City for the Mercer County Cup. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.