Box Score ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The 15th-ranked Ithaca College men's lacrosse team (1-1) put up a fight against top-ranked Rochester Institute of Technology (2-0), but the Tigers outscored Ithaca 9-5 in the second half to claim a 15-11 victory Saturday at RIT's Turf Field.

Senior Pat Slawta tallied a career- and game-high six goals and classmate Jake Long added a hat trick to lead the Bombers. Sophomore Eli Gobrecht and junior Jimmy Ryan collected four ground balls each, while Gobrecht added a pair of caused turnovers. Senior Brandon Henne was 8-of-19 in faceoffs. Sophomore Scott Sidnam made 11 stops in goal for the Blue & Gold.

The squads went goal-for-goal over the first two periods, ending the first at 5-5 and entering the half deadlocked at 6-6. Slawta netted the first goal of the game at 12:29, RIT answered at the 11-minute mark and tallied the go-ahead goal at 10:24. Long evened action at 8:50, 2-2, and Michael Walker reclaimed Ithaca the advantage at 4:42. Both scores were assisted by senior Ryan Burns. The Tigers recorded the next two goals, but Slawta answered with two of his own for a 5-4 edge at 1:07. RIT leveled out the scoring at 5-5 to finalize the first.

Scoring slowed in the second, with each team netting just one goal apiece. Ten scoreless minutes ticked off the clock before Slawta scored his fourth at 4:15. Three minutes later, the Tigers beat Sidnam for a 6-6 stalemate at intermission.

The Tigers dominated the third period, outscoring Ithaca, 5-1. RIT registered four consecutive goals before Long snapped Ithaca's scoring drought with its lone goal of the third at 1:41. RIT won the ensuing faceoff and marched down field to end the third with an 11-7 gap.

RIT increased its advantage to 13-7 at 11:17 of the fourth. Slawta and Long exchanged a pair of goals with the Tigers for a 15-9 game at 4:44. Slawta and rookie John Januszkiewicz put two more in the back of the net before the end of regulation to finalize all scoring at 15-11.

Despite having lost six straight to the Tigers, the Bombers own a 29-22 edge in the series history dating back to 1967.

Ithaca returns to Higgins Stadium on Wednesday, March 5 hosting Lycoming at 4 p.m.