Box Score ITHACA, N.Y. – The 14th-ranked Ithaca College men's lacrosse team scored the final three goals of the game in the final four minutes of the fourth quarter and rallied to defeat 11th-ranked Cabrini 9-8 on Saturday afternoon, March 28, at Higgins Stadium in Ithaca. The matchup of nationally-ranked teams was close throughout as neither team led by more than two goals over the course of the game.
 
It was a game of runs as Cabrini scored three-straight goals in the second quarter. Ithaca answered with four in a row over the second and third quarters, and Cabrini rattled off four more goals to build a fourth-quarter lead. Ithaca closed the contest with the decisive run and improved its record to 8-2 on the season. Cabrini is 5-5 on the year and four of its five losses have come against top-15 opposition.
 
Ithaca's game-deciding run started with a goal by James Manilla assisted by John Januszkiewicz with 3:14 to play. The ensuing faceoff was won by Ithaca's Grant Osadchey. Ithaca quickly moved into the restraining area and Justin Bird fed Januszkiewicz on the left side for a goal with 2:52 left to play that tied the score 8-8.
 
An offensive flurry for Ithaca forced a save and another shot hit the crossbar. Cabrini moved the ball upfield, but Ithaca forced a turnover and quickly transitioned to the attack end, where Jack Shumway fed Manilla on the left side of the crease for the game-winning goal with 1:03 left in the fourth quarter.
 
Ithaca junior defender Eli Gobrecht led the way for the Bombers with a shut-down performance. Gobrecht had eight caused turnovers and three ground balls on the afternoon, and helped Ithaca's transition attack with clearing passes and rushes throughout the game. Gobrecht spent a majority of the game defending two-time Cabrini All-American attack Damian Sobieski who had just one assist and three shots in the game.
 
On the final Cabrini possession of the game, Gobrecht shoved Sobieski out of bounds on the end line to cause another turnover and give Ithaca possession with less than 20 seconds remaining and the Bombers successfully ran the clock out. Cabrini had 24 turnovers in the game while Ithaca turned the ball over 11 times.
 
Ithaca outshot Cabrini 44-26 in the game. Ithaca goalkeeper Scott Sidnam made nine saves and Cabrini goalkeeper Tyler Morrell made 15 saves, three of which came on close-range shots at the edge of the crease in the first half.
 
Cabrini scored the first goal of the game, but Ithaca answered with goals from Steve Danylyshyn and Kaelan Fitzpatrick to lead 2-1 after the first quarter.
 
The Cavaliers started the second quarter with three-straight goals to lead 4-2, but Ithaca got goals from Januszkiewicz and Osadchey to tie the score at halftime. Januszkiewicz scored twice early in the third quarter to give Ithaca a 6-4 advantage, but Cabrini scored four in row to set up the concluding run to close the game.
 
Januszkiewicz factored on six of the nine Ithaca goals with four goals and two assists. Manilla scored twice and Danylyshyn had the other goal for the Bombers. Shumway had two assists. Jimmy Ryan led Ithaca with nine ground balls.
 
Ithaca will play Wednesday at 16th-ranked Cortland at 7 p.m.
 
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