Box Score ITHACA, N.Y. – The 11th-ranked Ithaca College men's lacrosse team (12-4, 6-1 Empire 8) saw its five game win streak come to an end with a 15-11 loss to Stevens Institute of Technology (8-7, 5-2 Empire 8) on Saturday at Higgins Stadium. The regular-season finale also served as senior day for the Bombers.
 
Ithaca will again host Stevens on Wednesday, April 30 in the Empire 8 semifinals at 4 p.m. The teams last met in 2013 with Ithaca recording a 12-10 E8 semifinal victory in Hoboken, N.J. The Bomber victory came just days after falling to the Ducks, 11-4, in the regular-season finale.
 
The Ducks powered to a 3-0 lead early in the game and never looked back. The Bombers pulled within 3-2 and looked to tie up action at the seven-minute mark, but a crease violation denied Ithaca the deadlock. Stevens led 5-3 after the first and posted the first four goals of the second for a 9-3 cushion. Ithaca answered with back-to-back scores just 20 seconds apart, but the Ducks netted the final of the second to double the Bombers' goal count, 10-5, at intermission.
 
Ithaca claimed two scores in the third to sneak within 10-7 at 9:43. Stevens again posted four consecutive, including a dagger with nine ticks left in the period. The Bombers, who outshot Stevens 16-7 in the final frame, outscored the Ducks 4-1 in the period, but their comeback fell short.
 
Senior Ryan Burns tied his career-high with a four-goal performance and added an assist to lead the Bomber offense. Classmate Pat Slawta chipped in a hat trick and junior James Manilla added two scores, the final two goals of the game. Senior Brandon Henne, who was 16-of-26 in faceoff opportunities, had one goal as did freshman John Januszkiewicz. Senior Andrew Kristy and junior Steve Danylyshyn dished out one assists apiece. Henne had eight ground balls and Danylyshyn added seven.
 
Defensively, sophomore Eli Gobrecht forced three turnovers and junior Jimmy Ryan had two CTs. Sophomore Scott Sidnam suffered the loss in goal making 11 stops, seven of which came in the second half.
 
Despite the loss, the Bombers led all shots 53-43, ground balls 39-38 and faceoffs 18-11.