Rattlers Fall at Home to Cannons
Published on July 7, 2019 under Major League Lacrosse (MLL)
Dallas Rattlers News Release
Frisco, TX - The Dallas Rattlers were defeated by the Boston Cannons 15-11 at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco in what was the second meeting of the two teams this season. The Rattlers fall to 0-6.
The Rattlers began the contest in control, scoring four goals compared to two from Boston in the opening 15 minutes with scores from Cody Radziewicz, Jack Jasinski, Brian Kormondy, and Ryan McNamara. McNamara would later go on to score another goal and add one assist in the second half. Boston's Tim Edwards and Challen Rogers scored the first and second goal for the Cannons, respectively. Rattlers' goaltender Christian Carson-Banister made five saves in the first, and Dallas had a combined five caused turnovers by the end of the opening half.
Dallas' offense struggled to produce in the second quarter, scoring just one goal, which came from attackman Bryce Wasserman. Boston, on the other hand, scored five, all from different players. Will Sands, James Fahey III, Zed Williams, Cal Dearth, and Mark Cockerton all found the back of the net for the Cannons. The Cannons ended the first half with eight goals on 13 shots on net, compared to Dallas' five goals on 15 shots on net.
Dallas showed some life on offense in the third quarter, scoring the first and final three tallies of the frame. Wasserman scored his second goal of the game- and eighth of the season- just 3:22 into the second half. After three strikes from Boston's John Uppgren, Cockerton, and Connor O'Hara, the Rattlers ended the quarter on a good note with scores from McNamara and midfielder Ryan Beville.
Cannons' O'Hara, Cockerton, and Sands scored the opening three goals of the final quarter to increase their lead to 14-8. With 5:52 left to play, Dallas went on a three-goal scoring run in 2:10 minutes thanks to scores to Radziewicz, Blake Boudreau, and Joe Saggese. Boston added a goal to win 15-11.
The Rattlers will return to action Sunday, July 14 at home against the Chesapeake Bayhawks. The game will serve as Community Heroes Day to honor all first responders. Tickets for the game are on sale now at DallasRattlers.com or by calling (800) 413-6109.
WARDER'S CORNER
"In four of the games we've lead, we've shared the ball offensively getting good initiation dodges, moving it along when the double comes and keep moving the ball really fast between six guys. When we've stalled in four games, we've had the hero dodges, all or nothing dodges, you gotta really good goalie who is focused on a singular shooter, so not a lot of those shots go." - Warder on the team's offensive strategy
"We were sliding really well to the arc dodges, communicating pretty effectively and when we had the breakdown we didn't slide a couple of times when we should have gone to Zed Williams and [Mark] Cockerton. A couple times we thought we had them stopped but we didn't go fast enough." - Warder on Dallas' effective defense in the opening quarter
"[Wasserman and Radziewicz] both want the ball in their stick and are pretty strong competitors. When you're ahead you can play with poise and calm and take the shots you want but when you have to chase a little bit competitors want to make plays we end up having to force a little more. They are both strong competitors and leaders and have a pretty strong drive to the goal." - Warder said of attackman Bryce Wasserman and midfielder Cody Radziewicz
"We weren't coming up with some big ground balls there were a couple opportunities where we didn't get the best shot we had some gumball shots at a really good goaltender and that creates offense for them." - Warder on what went wrong in the second half of play
"You gotta create that domino effect and have the confidence that you're gonna continue to make the plays, stick to the formula and not rattle when one play doesn't go our way. We just have to stack play after play. It's a game of runs so we went on a run at the end, they went on a run in the middle, we just ran out of time in the end." - Warder on the importance of creating momentum and stopping Boston's offensive pressure
STAT PACK
Boston's Mark Cockerton had three goals on six shots in the game. He and teammate Will Sands led the Cannons to their fourth win of the 2019 campaign. Sands had two points and two assists in the contest, leading all Cannons players in points.
Cannons' goaltender Nicholas Marrocco made 16 saves on 27 shots on goal.
Rattlers' midfielder Ryan McNamara led the Rattlers in points with four (two goals and two assists) in the game.
Attackman Bryce Wasserman had two goals and caused one turnover on Sunday's loss.
Jack Jasinski and Blake Boudreau each scored their first career MLL goals. Boudreau, a face-off specialist, was 13 of 29 on face-offs (44.83 percent).
Goaltender Christian Carson-Banister made 11 saves on 26 shots.
The Rattlers return to action next Sunday at Ford Center at The Star at 3 p.m. CDT to face the Chesapeake Bayhawks.
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