Bombers Still Ticking: Ithaca Stuns RIT
from press release
ITHACA, N.Y. – Ithaca (3-7, 1-1 Empire 8) scored two
late goals to post a 10-8 upset over the visiting Rochester
Institute of Technology Tigers (7-4, 1-1 Empire 8) Saturday at
Upper Terrace Field, The Tigers, who entered the game ranked 17th
nationally, fought back from an 8-4 third-quarter deficit to tie
the score before the Bombers pulled away with two goals in a
36-second span.
Junior Jay Lucas (Fox Lane/Bedford Hills) scored the game-winning
goal – his second of the game – with 5:03 left in
regulation and sophomore Devin Weinshank (Long Beach/Long Beach)
added an insurance goal 36 seconds later.
RIT, who scored four straight goals over an eight-minutes stretch
of the third and fourth quarters, had nine shots after Ithaca took
the lead for good but couldn't put any past junior David Gal
(Loomis Chafee [Conn.]/Amherst, Mass.). Gal finished with 20 saves
and a career-best eight ground balls.
Weinshank finished with four points, including a career-high two
assists. He raised his season total to a team-high 21 points.
Junior Tom Mongelli (Kinnelon/Kinnelon, N.J.) scored three goals
and added four points.
Ithaca's 7-1 run erased a 3-1 Tiger lead as the Bombers held RIT to
one goal in a stretch of nearly 30 minutes. Mongelli scored two
goals and assisted on a third in the run, with freshman James
Callahan (Mountain Lakes/Mountain Lakes, N.J.), who recorded his
first career multi-goal game, scoring twice.
Senior Nic Heckman (Sparta/Sparta, N.J.) finished with a
career-best three assists, including one on Weinshank's man-up
game-winner. Ithaca .scored a season-best four extra-man goals in
the win.
Junior Mike Silipo (Willis Northampton/Deerfield, Mass.) picked up
five ground balls and recorded a career-best four caused turnovers
to help hold the Tigers six and a half goals under their scoring
average.
Gal made 12 first-half saves en route to the third 20-save
performance of his career.
