ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men's lacrosse team (7-4) suffered a 12-4 setback at ninth-ranked Rochester Institute of Technology (8-2) on Wednesday afternoon.

Despite a three-goal game at the half, 4-1, the Bombers gave up four scores to the Tigers in each of the final two periods.

Sophomore Jacob Long tallied a pair of goals and added an assist to lead the Bombers' offensive efforts. Classmate Pat Slawta and senior Tom Mongelli each added scores. Freshman Matt Greenblatt claimed four of Ithaca's six faceoff victories.

Defensively, senior Will Kraus forced a pair of turnovers for the Bombers and senior Brendan Green stopped 10 shots in goal.

RIT outshot Ithaca, 39-23, scooped up 22 ground balls to the Bombers' 14 and won 13 of 19 faceoffs.

Mongelli opened all scoring four minutes into the game, but the Tigers netted four consecutive to close out the half.

Slawta found Long at 11:37 of the third to bring the game within two, but RIT recorded five straight and eight of the final 10 scores to power to its fourth straight victory over the Bombers.

Roles were reversed as Long assisted Slawta on a man-up goal at 9:11 of the fourth. Long then went unassisted in scoring Ithaca's final of the day at 6:37.

The Bombers will next travel to 21st-ranked St. John Fisher for a 1 p.m. contest on Saturday, April 14.

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