Rattlers Beat Blaze to Extend Winning Streak
Published on August 3, 2019 under Major League Lacrosse (MLL)
Dallas Rattlers News Release
Atlanta, GA - The Dallas Rattlers won their second game of the season on Saturday night as they defeated the Atlanta Blaze by a score of 16-14 at Silverback Stadium. Dallas has improved to 2-7, while Atlanta drops to 5-5 on the season.
Dallas' offense was off and running at the beginning of the game, scoring six goals on seven shots in the opening 15 minutes of the contest. Despite giving up the first goal of the night, Dallas saw scores from Adam Osika, Bradley Voigt, and Donny Moss in less than three minutes to go up 3-1 on the Blaze. After a man-up goal from Atlanta's Shayne Jackson, Bryce Wasserman scored back-to-back goals in 1:14 to push Dallas ahead 5-2. Wasserman also scored again- his third of the game- with three seconds left in the frame to give himself a first-quarter hat trick. Of Dallas' six goals in the first, three came off of assists. Timmy Monahan (who was acquired by Dallas from Atlanta prior to the All-Star game last week), Wasserman, and Adam Osika each had one assist.
Dallas gave up its lead in the second quarter, as Atlanta scored six goals in the second half of the opening 30 minutes of play to come back in contention. Dallas only found the net twice in the second, with goals from Cody Radziewicz and Adam Osika (which was Osika's second of the night). Dallas only managed to put two shots on net- both of which were goals- and Atlanta put nine on net.
The Rattlers regained their offensive momentum in the third quarter, scoring six goals to Atlanta's two. Dallas had a five-goal scoring outburst thanks to scores from Brian Kormondy, Bryce Wasserman, Luke Wittenberg, Bradley Voigt, and Wasserman again. Wittenberg's goal was a four-pointer, and all three goals were assisted (starting with Wasserman's goal and ending with Voigt's: Jake Pulver, Ryan McNamara, and Craig Chick, respectively). Wasserman's first score of that streak was on the man down and from a tight angle.
Dallas and Atlanta combined for just four goals in the fourth quarter- and the teams split the goals evenly. Midfielder Zack Greer scored shorthanded and was assisted from Wasserman with 7:26 left to play. Wittenberg scored his second of the night just a few minutes later, also shorthanded.
Dallas held off a late offensive push from the Blaze to secure a two-goal margin victory.
Despite the victory, Dallas was heavily outnumbered in both faceoffs and groundballs. Dallas won just seven of a total of 33 faceoffs in the game, and of the 79 groundballs, the Rattlers only got 33. The Rattlers did only allow 17 turnovers to Atlanta's 23.
STAT PACK
Dallas improves to 2-7 and has won their second game in a row after defeating the Denver Outlaws 11-8 in Denver.
Bryce Wasserman scored five goals and had two assists in the game, giving him 22 points on the season, the most on the team. Of Wasserman's' 22 points, 18 of them are goals, while the remaining four are assists. He also had three groundballs in the game
Wasserman, who came into the game with just two helpers on the season, doubled his assist count vs. Atlanta.
Attackman Bradley Voigt continues to be a spark offensively for Dallas, scoring two goals in the game. Voight has four goals in just three games since being signed by the team just a few weeks ago.
Defenseman Chris Keating racked up 5 groundballs in the game, which led the team He has 14 on the season in three games played.
Luke Wittenberg got on the scoresheet after not having scored a goal since his five-point (and four-goal) breakout performance in week one. Wittenberg had a blistering two-pointer (the only two-pointer of the game) and a wraparound goal towards the end of the game.
Short-stick defensive midfielder Donny Moss scored his first goal of the season.
Dallas scored six goals while playing with a man down. Atlanta scored five while on a man up. The Blaze had 13 powerplay opportunites, while Dallas had just two.
Goaltender Sean Sconone made 13 saves on 27 shots in the game to help the team to the win. Atlanta's Chris Madalon allowed 16 goals on 23 shots.
Dallas had 31:22 in time of possession, while Atlanta had just 26:41.
Face-off specialist Blake Boudreau was 7-25 on faceoffs (28 percent). Defensemen Craig Chick and Jake Pulver went 0-7 and 0-1, respectively.
Defensemen Greg Weyl and Jake Pulver each caused two turnovers in the game, which led the Rattlers.
Dallas returns home to play the New York Lizards on Saturday night at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco.
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