GREENVILLE, Pa. – The Thiel College men's volleyball team wrapped up their 2016 season falling in three sets (15-25, 22-25, 18-25) to the fifth-ranked Rutgers-Newark Scarlet Raiders in a Continental Volleyball Conference (CVC) contest.

Nate Roche (Cochranton, Pa./Cochranton) paced the Tomcats with a team-high eight kills and added seven digs. Thad Paunovich (Avonmore, Pa./Kiski Area) and Regan Hess (Burlington, Wis./Wetosha Central) each notched six kills while Cody Patterson (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan) recorded five kills.

Zach Rombach (Severn, Md./Archbishop Spalding) dished out 23 assists and had eight digs for the Tomcats.

Corey Pieper led the Scarlet Raiders with 12 kills.

The Tomcats finish the season 3-16 and 1-11 in the CVC.