Rattlers End Road Trip in Loss at New York
Published on June 29, 2019 under Major League Lacrosse (MLL)
Dallas Rattlers News Release
Hempstead, NY - The Dallas Rattlers fell 13-9 to the New York Lizards on Saturday night and fall to 0-5 on the season. The loss was their second matchup of a doubleheader slate that began on Thursday in Denver.
Rattlers' attackman Bryce Wasserman began the first quarter on fire after not recording a point in Dallas' 15-9 loss to the Outlaws two days prior- he opened the scoring for Dallas, had two goals on two shots, and also tacked on an assist by the conclusion of the first quarter. Cody Radziewicz scored two minutes and 18 seconds after Wasserman's second tally to give Dallas a two goal advantage.
New York's Dylan Molloy and Kevin Crowley each scored in the final three minutes of the opening frame to send the game into the second quarter tied at three. Dallas began the third quarter with a three-goal streak with scores from Radziewicz (just 54 seconds into the quarter), Teddy Hatfield, and Jake Seau. New York went on to score three unanswered goals of its own to end the half with a 6-6 game.
The Rattlers hit an offensive skid in the second half, while New York's offense got a spark of life and was able to get their first lead of the game. New York began the quarter with goals from Molloy and Pannell to take an 8-6 lead. After a two-point strike from Eli Salama, New York went on another three-goal tear to improve the score to 11-8. Bryce Wasserman, who already had two goals and an assist so far in the game, scored his third of the night on a buzzer-beater to close the third period and reduce the Lizards' lead to two.
Both teams' offensive momentum slowed in the final period, with only two goals were scored, both of which came in a 10-second span from New York's Brett Osman and Scott Corcoran, respectively. Dallas was held to only three shots in the fourth quarter.
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STAT PACK
Bryce Wasserman scored his fifth and six goals in the first quarter of the game less than two minutes apart. He also assisted on Radziewicz's first goal, which was Dallas' third.
Wasserman scored his third goal of the game with a buzzer-beating goal to round out the third quarter.
Cody Radziewicz had two goals and two assists in the game. He also had one groundball and one caused turnovers.
Rattlers' goaltender Christian Carson-Banister made nine saves in the first half and ended the game with 15 on a total of 28 shots on net. Carson-Banister is making his second away appearance with the team after not dressing in Thursday's loss to Denver.
Rattlers' face-off specialist Blake Boudreau won six of 11 (54.54 percent) draws in the first half. Boudreau only won two face-offs in the second half and finished the game 8 of 21 (38.09 percent).
New York had more shots on goal, total shots, turnovers, and face-off wins than the Rattlers. Dallas had more groundballs, outnumbering New York's 27 with 31 of their own.
Dallas defenseman Jake Pulver led the team with seven groundballs in the game, the most of any player in the contest.
Rattlers' LSM Eli Salama scored a two-point goal with 10:43 left in the third period- his second two-point goal in as many games. He also had four groundballs and caused three turnovers.
New York ended the game with 28 shots on goal, 40 total shots, 27 groundballs, 13-21 on face-offs, 22 turnovers, and was 1-1 on the power play.
Dallas had 19 shots on goal, 36 total shots, 31 groundballs, 8-21 on face-offs, and went 0-1 on the man advantage.
New York had 28:49 in time of possession, while the Rattlers had 25:22.
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