NETANYA, ISRAEL — The Israel Lacrosse Association has announced a 150-man player pool ahead of tryouts for the historic 2018 Israel Men’s National Team which will compete on home soil at the FIL World Championships.
Tryouts will be held from July 17-19 in Netanya — the host city of the 2018 World Games following a surprise announcement which relocated the games from England — and will be utilized to select the team’s 46-man roster for Fall competition abroad.
Nearly all of the players on the tryout list have met a one-season minimum in the Israel Premier Lacrosse League (IPLL). The tryout list is composed of both Israeli players, as well as members of the Jewish Diaspora, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Federation of International Lacrosse.
Forward
| Ben Or, Dor | Barak Netanya LC | Ort Yad Leibovich |
| Bentura, Ron | Barak Netanya LC | Amit Kear Batia |
| Biblowitz, Jonah | Barak Netanya LC | Ithaca |
| Bloch, Jonathan | Ashdod LC | Vanderbilt |
| Bock, Isaac | N/A | UPenn |
| Bram, Jason | Ashdod LC | RPI |
| Cherry, Matthew | Ashkelon LC | Dickinson |
| Cohen, Mor | Ashdod LC | Democratic School |
| Diamond, Bradley | Haifa LC | Pace |
| Diamond, Justin | Haifa LC | Rollins |
| Domanic, Elliott | N/A | Towson |
| Gettinger, William | Haifa LC | Colorado |
| Glaser, Daniel | Be’er Sheva LC | Monmouth |
| Greben, Jarett | Herzliya LC | Hamilton |
| Hunter, Ryan | Herzliya LC | Ohio State |
| Jaeger, Noah | Sderot LC | Humber |
| Kadish, Lane | Barak Netanya LC | Colby |
| Lazar, Drew | Barak Netanya LC | Colorado-Denver |
| Levien, Grayson | Sderot LC | Tulane |
| Mihailov, Alex | Ashkelon LC | Israel Defense Forces |
| Miller, Noah | Haifa LC | Vermont |
| Milner, Jacob | Barak Netanya LC | Miami |
| Miron, Ori | Ashdod LC | Democratic School |
| Obreja, Daniel | Ashkelon LC | Ort Afridar |
| Obreja, Yoel | Ashkelon LC | Makif Alef |
| Parker, Jesse | Barak Netanya LC | Binghamton |
| Pollack, Matthew | Ashkelon LC | Kenyon |
| Ross, Charlie | N/A | Union |
| Rotatori, Brian | Barak Netanya LC | Keene State |
| Sands, Jason | N/A | Lafayette |
| Sands, Michael | N/A | Lafayette |
| Sands, Will | N/A | Bucknell |
| Satossky, Max | Sderot LC | Concordia |
| Skolnick, Marc | Be’er Sheva LC | Muhlenberg |
| Sussman, Ari | N/A | Dartmouth |
| Utting, Doug | Peterborough Timbermen | Western Ontario |
Midfield
| Adler, Samuel | Herzliya LC | Potsdam |
| Applebaum, Daniel | Haifa LC | Mars Hill |
| Arad, Itamar | Ashkelon LC | Makif Daled |
| Ashtamkar, Lidor | Ashdod LC | Ort Lilinthal |
| Bar David, Ori | Barak Netanya LC | Tscharnehovzki |
| Baum, Ethan | Haifa LC | California |
| Baum, Peter | Ohio Machine | Colgate |
| Bechor, Alon | Ashdod LC | Makif Vav |
| Bergman, Kyle | N/A | Drexel |
| Bishliag, Sergei | Kiryat Gat LC | Regozin |
| Bluestein, Harrison | Sderot LC | Rollins |
| Brous, David | Kiryat Gat LC | Robert Morris |
| Buniel, Benor | Ashkelon LC | Makif Alef |
| Buniel, Nehorai | Ashkelon LC | Makif Hay |
| Canter, Jordan | Ashdod LC | Arcadia |
| Chetner, Jean-Luc | N/A | Richmond |
| Cittadino, Casey | N/A | Towson |
| Cittadino, Joshua | N/A | Cortland |
| Cohen, Colby | Haifa LC | Cortland |
| Comarov, Adi | Ashkelon LC | Israel Defense Forces |
| Coppersmith, Lee | N/A | Johns Hopkins |
| Deserio, Tyler | Barak Netanya LC | Nevada-Reno |
| Dreifus, Daniel | Herzliya LC | Alabama |
| Fishman, Adam | N/A | Dartmouth |
| Flapan, Matthew | Sderot LC | Israel Defense Forces |
| Glam, Liron | Barak Netanya LC | Israel Defense Forces |
| Gradinger, Lucas | Ashkelon LC | Makif Daled |
| Grupp, Holden | Ashkelon LC | Tufts |
| Hashai, Sagi | Barak Netanya LC | Israel Defense Forces |
| Hayes, Matthew | Ashdod LC | Maritime |
| Holback, Benjamin | Ashkelon LC | Missouri Valley |
| Hopper, Bryan | Barak Netanya LC | Hamilton |
| Howes, Jacob | Barak Netanya LC | Merrimack |
| Jaffe, Moran | Ashkelon LC | Israel Defense Forces |
| Jungreis, Ethan | Ashkelon LC | Montgomery |
| Kadish, Ian | Be’er Sheva LC | Amherst |
| Katz, Yochanan | Kiryat Gat LC | Colorado State |
| Kaufman, Maxwell | Ashkelon, LC | Whittier |
| Kramer, Sam | Ashdod LC | N/A |
| Kravit, Daniel | Ashdod LC | Roanoke |
| Krutowsky, Joshua | Ashkelon LC | Western Reserve |
| Kupferman, Logan | Barak Netanya LC | MSOE |
| Lazar, Glenn | Barak Netanya LC | CU Boulder |
| Leonhard, Gabriel | Kiryat Gat LC | Eastern |
| Leventhal, Daniel | Be’er Sheva LC | Tufts |
| Levine, Jake | Ashdod LC | Delaware |
| Mahler, Seth | Herzliya LC | Whittier |
| Mills, Ian | Kiryat Gat LC | Diablo Valley |
| Molnar, Noah | Denver Outlaws | Lehigh |
| Offit, Joshua | N/A | Duke |
| Ornstein, Zachary | Barak Netanya LC | Albany |
| Pall, Zachary | N/A | Hofstra |
| Pfeffer, Michael | Ashdod LC | Israel Defense Forces |
| Pickard, Justin | Ashdod LC | Jacksonville |
| Rabin, Alex | Haifa LC | Western Washington |
| Raz, Yonatan | Kiryat Gat LC | Shelom |
| Robinson, Darryl | Haifa LC | Notheastern |
| Rotarori, Brian | Be’er Sheva LC | Keene State |
| Rotenberg, Spencer | Ashdod LC | Oregon State |
| Rubenstein, Aaron | Be’er Sheva LC | Montana State |
| Schwall, Joshua | Be’er Sheva LC | Montana State |
| Seibald, Max | Boston Cannons | Cornell |
| Shassian, Shiloh | Herzliya LC | Stevenson |
| Silberlicht, Jacob | Sderot LC | Hobart |
| Stone, Michael | N/A | Middlebury |
| Stout, Sacha | Spencer LC | Manchester |
Defense
| Ben Harush, Harel | Barak Netanya LC | WBAIS |
| Better, David | N/A | Yale |
| Cantor, Eric | Kiryat Gat LC | Albany |
| Davidi, Evyatar | Barak Netanya LC | Israel Defense Forces |
| Eiseman, Austin | Haifa LC | Georgia |
| Freid, Harrison | N/A | Michigan |
| Friedman, Chris | Ashkelon LC | Briarcliffe |
| Fries, Benjamin | Ashdod LC | Babson |
| Genova, Dante | Sderot LC | Buffalo |
| Gradinger, Max | Ashdod LC | Vermont |
| Gradinger, Nick | N/A | Cornell |
| Hall, Jackson | Haifa LC | Queens |
| Hartman, Jesse | Ashdod LC | Vassar |
| Hymowitz, Jacob | Be’er Sheva LC | Guilford |
| Jacobs, Julian | Ashkelon LC | George Washington |
| Kalish, Evan | Ashkelon LC | Bellarmine |
| Kane, Jacob | Haifa LC | Lafayette |
| Jann, Jonah | Sderot LC | Buffalo |
| Karmia, Jacob | Kiryat Gat LC | Concordia Chicago |
| Kruter, Andrew | N/A | Lebanon Valley |
| Lamb, Jacob | Kiryat Gat LC | Illinois Wesleyan |
| Livingston, Max | Barak Netanya LC | Williston Northampton |
| Machluf, Or | Ashkelon LC | Omanuote |
| Marcus, Graham | Be’er Sheva LC | Hendrix |
| Mashash, Ilay | Ashkelon LC | Omanuote |
| Meyer, Maxx | N/A | UPenn |
| Paparo, Isaac | Herzliya LC | UMass |
| Popeck, Matthew | Ashkelon LC | St. Joseph’s |
| Rathuaser, Jonathan | Ashdod LC | McGill |
| Sands, Adam | N/A | Union |
| Schuckman, Jacob | Herzliya LC | Williams |
| Smith, Benjamin | N/A | Harvard |
| Swing, Cody | Haifa LC | Ithaca |
| Yahalom, Bar | Barak Netanya LC | Israel Defense Forces |
Goal
| Bergman, Ted | Haifa LC | Wesleyan |
| Dressler, Reuven | Kiryat Gat LC | Yale |
| Eicholz, Jordan | Ashdod LC | St. Lawrence |
| Fales, Payton | Barak Netanya LC | Colby |
| Fischer, Eric | Be’er Sheva LC | Binghamton |
| Fruhling, Michael | Kiryat Gat LC | Purdue |
| Gleichenhaus, Ben | Ashkelon LC | Jacksonville |
| Goldheim, Graham | Herzliya LC | Union |
| Kaufman, Daniel | Kiryat Gat LC | Lehigh |
| Landsman, Andrew | Haifa LC | Ithaca |
| Reiner, Jacob | Be’er Sheva LC | Clark |
| Schneider, Eric | Atlanta Blaze | Johns Hopkins |
| Sedei, Rich | Sderot LC | Texas A&M |
| Yavitt, Max | Sderot LC | McMaster |
Athletes who are interested in attending the tryout under late registration or as an alternate may contact Men’s National Team head coach, Bill Beroza, at [email protected].
The 2018 World Lacrosse Championships, lacrosse’s flagship international competition featuring 50 countries, 2,000 athletes and fans from all over the world, will be held on Israeli soil from July 12-21. The opening games and ceremonies will be held at the 13,610-seat Netanya Stadium, while the heart of the event will commence at the six-field Wingate Institute, Israel’s National Center for Physical Education and Sport. For more information on the 2018 World Games, visit worldlacrosse2018.com.
The Israel Lacrosse Association is the National Governing Body of Lacrosse in Israel, which has become the fastest growing nation in the sport under the ILA’s leadership. With eight competing cities and hundreds of players up and down the country, Israel has quickly become a pioneer in the region, competing in every Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) and European Lacrosse Federation (ELF) event since their debut in 2012. For more information on Israel Lacrosse, visit israellacrosse.com.