TEL AVIV — The Israel Lacrosse Association has announced that former Big Red men's lacrosse players Cody Levine '13 and Cole McCormack have been selected to the 46-man travel roster which will compete at the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championships, held this July at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Denver, Colo.

The roster was selected following a six-month tryout process, including national team tryouts at the Wingate Institute in Netanya, Israel in July, several exhibition scout games this summer and fall, and an extensive interview process.

Levine was a three-year letter winner for the Big Red who saw action in 30 contests over four seasons as a short-stick defensive midfielder. He finished his career with 13 groundballs, including a personal-best nine in 2011, and caused two turnovers.

McCormack played two seasons for Cornell as a face-off specialist. He saw action in six total games and won 2-of-12 restarts (.167).

"It was terribly difficult to make our final roster decisions, as we've been fortunate to have so many talented athletes who are strongly committed to our program and what we're trying to achieve," said Israel head coach Bill Beroza. "We've had so many unique factors in shaping what we believe to be a very strong team, which will truly and wholly represent our country, our program, and our people on the world stage in Colorado."

Team Israel will hold training camp in Vail, Colo., from July 3-6, before arriving in Denver on July 7. Israel's first official World Championship game is scheduled for July 11.

Following training camp, Israel's roster will be trimmed to 23 players for Championship play. The roster will be comprised of both Israeli players, as well as members of the Jewish Diaspora, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the FIL.

In conjunction with the Israel Lacrosse Tzedakah Program, each player will be competing in honor of a charity of their choosing. A portion of the national team's general fundraising efforts has been committed to each charity.

Forward
Richard Cheifitz - Fair Lawn, N.J./Kean University
Matthew Cherry - Ashkelon, Israel/Dickinson College
Mitch Goldberg - Damascus, Md./University of Richmond
Dan Hartman - Bellmore, N.Y./Stevensen University
Noach Miller - Tel Aviv, Israel/University of Vermont
Brad Neumann - Woodbury, N.Y./Georgetown University
Matt Opsahl - Patomac, Md./Hobart College
Mikey Pfeffer - Herzliya, Israel/Israel Defense Forces
Josh Rottman - Danville, Calif./UC Davis
Ari Sussman - New Haven, Conn./Dartmouth College

Midfield
Sam Adler - Netanya, Israel/SUNY Potsdam
Kyle Bergman - Toronto, Ont./Drexel University
Ben Bretter - Petach Tikvah, Israel/Montclair State University
Matt Caple - Wellesley, Mass./Tufts University
Casey Cittadino - Baldwin, N.Y./Towson University
Lee Coppersmith - Boca Raton, Fla./Johns Hopkins University
Matt Flapan - Ramle, Israel/Israel Defense Forces
Matthew Greenblatt - Gaithersburg, Md./Ithaca College
Mike Grosz - St. Louis, Mo./Robert Morris
Jesse Kane - Tel Aviv, Israel/Sackler-Tel Aviv University
Yochanan Katz - Jerusalem, Israel/Colorado State University
Shimon Laxer - Givat Shmuel, Israel/Bar-Ilan University
Gabriel Leonhard - Arad, Israel/Eastern University
Dan Leventhal - Tel Aviv, Israel/Tufts University
Cody Levine - Purchase, N.Y./Cornell University
Seth Mahler - Ashkelon, Israel/Whittier College
Cole McCormack - Ashkelon, Israel/Cornell University
Jacob Silberlicht - Ashkelon, Israel/Hobart College
Sacha Stout - Manchester, Eng./University of Manchester
Aaron Tracy - Tel Aviv, Israel/Sackler-Tel Aviv University

Defense
Adam Crystal - Baldwin, N.Y./Drexel University
Daniel Devery - Haifa, Israel/University of Haifa
Chris Friedman - Freeport, N.Y./Briarcliffe College
Noah Knopf - New York, N.Y. - Fieldston School
Mark Jutkowitz - Bethesda, Md./University of Maryland
Mathew Markman - Tel Aviv, Israel/Hebrew University
Jon Rathauser - Tel Aviv, Israel/Technion-Israel
Eytan Saperstein - Hewlett, N.Y./Tufts University
Jason Senter - Rockville, Md./Florida State University
Dakota Sherman - Bloomfield Hills, Mich./University of Michigan
Ben Smith - Longmeadow, Mass./Harvard University
Tress, Alex - Simsbury, Conn./Keane State College

Goal
Hank Altschuler - Philadelphia, Pa./Cabrini College
Reuven Dressler - Ma'ale Adumim, Israel/Israel Defense Forces
Andrew Goldstein - Milton, MA/Dartmouth College
Connor Wolfe - New London, Conn./Connecticut College