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Eli Gobrecht, Jake Long, Pat Slawta

Men's Lacrosse

Three Bombers Named All-Americans, Long Earns Scholar All-America Praise

PERRY, N.Y. – Three Ithaca College men's lacrosse team members have been named United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association All-Americans announced Tuesday. Recent graduates Jake Long and Pat Slawta and rising junior Eli Gobrecht earned honorable mention honors, while Long also tallied USILA Scholar All-America nods.
 
Ithaca has had 79 student-athletes earn all-America praise in program history. This is the 12th time that three or more Bombers have tallied top honors.
 
The trio was named to the All-Empire 8 First Team on May 6.
 
Long, a midfielder, recorded all-America recognition for the second consecutive season. He tallied 43 points netting 29 goals and dishing out 14 assists in 2014. In 20 games played, he added 16 ground balls and three caused turnovers. Long scored the game-winner against Lycoming on March 5. Long was one of 105 student-athletes honored across all three divisions on the Scholar All-America Team.
 
An attackman, Slawta was selected Empire 8 Player of the Week on March 3. He paced the Bombers with 72 points on a team-best 47 goals and 25 assists. His assist output ranked second on the team. With a 75.0 shots-on-goal percentage and three game-winners, Slawta collected 43 ground balls and forced five turnovers in 20 starts for the Bombers. He concluded his career ranking on two single-season top-10 lists. Slawta sits seventh with 47 goals and eighth with 72 points scored in 2014.

Named to the Empire 8 All-Tournament Team, Gobrecht anchored the Bomber defense. He had a team-best 35 caused turnovers in 20 starts and scooped up 52 ground balls.

Long and Slawta have also been chosen to represent Ithaca in the 2014 USILA/LaxWorld North-South Senior Game. Selected to the north team, the duo will take the field for a 10 a.m. game Sunday, May 25 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md. This marks the 73rd year of the game. The tradition started in 1940 and has been played annually with the exception of 1944 and 1945.
 
Ithaca fell to top-ranked RIT in the NCAA Second Round to end its season. The Bombers made their 12th appearance in the NCAA Tournament and first since 2008 by winning the Empire 8 Championship Tournament. Ithaca finished the season with a 15-5 record, its third most wins in program history.