TROY, N.Y. — The Ithaca College men's lacrosse team lost to RPI in the 2023 regular season finale, falling by the score of 14–9. The Bombers finish the season with a 7–8 record overall and 2–5 record against Liberty League opponents.
 
Kyle Savery and John Sramac scored two goals for the Bombers, and each had an assist as well. Jake Erickson, Michael Gillam, Graham Brady, Charlie Niebuhr, and Connor Brumfield also scored for Ithaca. Defensively, Wesley Hudkins led the team in ground balls with four, and Demetri Lowry recorded a team-high three caused turnovers. Ryan LaForty got the majority of the work in net, stopping 11 shots for a .500 save percentage.
 
The Engineers got on the board first, getting a goal from Zach Swanson in the opening minute. RPI scored again with 11 minutes left, but Brady scored the opening goal for the Bombers with 9:25 left in the first. Ithaca's offense was limited though, as the Engineers responded two minutes later with a goal from Luke Murphy. Neither team was able to find the back of the net the rest of the quarter, and RPI led after one quarter of play 3–1.
 
It was a low-scoring frame in the second quarter, as both teams stood tall defensively for the majority of the period. The first goal came from Niebuhr off an assist from Erickson with 8:39 left in the half to cut RPI's lead down to 3–2. However, the Engineers immediately responded with a goal from Angelo Venuto. At 3:29, the Bombers got back on the board, as Erickson scored to make the game 4–3 in favor of RPI heading into the half.
 
RPI came out of halftime with an offensive surge, scoring the first three goals of the half in the first two minutes to go up 7–3. Sramac scored with 8:44 left to stop the run, but the Engineers got the next four goals to build an 11–4 lead. Sramac got another goal off an assist from Lowry with 2:37 left, but the Engineers entered the fourth quarter leading 11–5.
 
The Bombers got off to a good start in the fourth, getting a man-up goal from Savery in the first two minutes. Savery scored again just over a minute later, tallying two man-up goals in 1:19. The Engineers scored with a goal from Mazzella, but the Bombers got it back shortly after with a goal from Gillam, his first as a Bomber. However, the offense dried up and couldn't get any closer, as RPI scored the dagger with 4:31 left to go up 13–8. Each team got one more goal, as Brumfield scored for the Bombers and Cooper Manzi for RPI, and the Bombers lost 14–9.
 
Offensively, RPI outshot Ithaca 48–37 and led in shots on goal 28–19. Defensively, the Engineers held the statistical advantage as well, leading 7–6 in caused turnovers, 19–8 in faceoffs, and 38–21 in ground balls.
 
The loss concludes the Bombers 2023 season with a 7–8 record.