All-Centennial Conference Men's Lacrosse Team

LANCASTER, Pa. – The Gettysburg College men's lacrosse team, which is headed to the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament, had five players named to the All-Centennial Conference Team, it was announced Thursday.

Junior Ian Casella and sophomore Martin Manilla were each named to the second team for the 20th-ranked Bullets while freshman Bijan Firouzan, senior Billy Grayson, and senior Caldwell Rohrbach gained honorable mention status.

Casella, Gettysburg's starting long-stick midfielder, captured his first all-conference honor as a Bullet. He has played in all 17 games for a defense that has held all but six opponents under 10 goals. He ranks second on the team in both ground balls (34) and caused turnovers (19) and has forced six turnovers in the postseason, notching three against both Dickinson College in the Centennial Conference semifinals and Ohio Wesleyan University in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Casella has also contributed offensively with one goal and one assist, which set up the game-winning overtime goal against Swarthmore College.

Manilla also garnered all-conference laurels for the first time. A starting attackman in every game, he has scored a goal in all but two games and currently has a team-leading 35 goals and five assists. The Centennial Conference's second-leading goal scorer, he has posted eight hat tricks on the season, including three four-goal outings. He scored 21 of his tallies over the first seven games, including a career-high five-point outing with four goals and one assist in the team's season-opening win over Messiah College. Manilla also leads the team with eight man-up goals – a mark that ranks second among the conference leaders.

Firouzan has played in all 17 games as an offensive midfielder for Gettysburg, starting the last 15. He ranks second among the Bullets in goals (10), second in assists (13), and third in points (23). Firouzan has dished out three assists in three different games, and he scored a season-high five points on two goals and three assists in a win over Eastern University.

A starting defenseman in all 17 games, Grayson currently leads the team with 21 caused turnovers and is tied for fifth on the team in ground balls (27). Also a first-time All-Centennial Conference selection, he tied a career-high with five ground balls to go with a pair of caused turnovers in the team's regular-season match-up with Dickinson, and he had a season-best three caused turnovers in a win over Ursinus College.

Rohrbach, who spent his last three years at St. Lawrence University, earned his fourth straight all-conference honor. A three-time All-Liberty League selection for the Saints, Rohrbach proved to be a versatile performer, splitting his time at attack and midfield this season. He currently ranks fourth on the team with 20 points on six goals and a team-leading 14 assists. He has turned in a pair of four-point games, notching a goal and three assists in wins over Ursinus and Washington College.

Gettysburg visits fifth-ranked Stevenson University in the NCAA second round on Saturday at 7 p.m.