Rattlers Power Past Blaze, 14-16
Published on August 4, 2019 under Major League Lacrosse (MLL)
Atlanta Blaze News Release
Atlanta, GA -Â Despite a 10-8 Atlanta halftime lead, The Dallas Rattlers (2-7) enjoyed goals from seven different players en route to a 14-16 win at Silverbacks Stadium.
Atlanta would strike first just two minutes into the contest with Tommy Palasek finding Bryan Cole for his 25th goal of the season. Dallas responded with three unanswered goals, pushing to a 1-3 lead early in the first quarter with tallies from Adam Osika, Bradley Voigt, and Dylan Moss.
Blaze attackman Mark Matthews made his presence felt early in the first quarter by notching two of his three assists to teammates Shayne Jackson and Bryan Cole. However, Dallas attackman Bryce Wasserman found the net three times, guiding his team a 4-6 Rattler lead to end the first.
After Cody Radziewicz scored to add to the Rattlers' lead early in the second quarter, Atlanta would score six of the last eight goals to push a 10-8 Blaze lead into halftime. Nine of the 10 Atlanta goals scored in the first half were off of assists.
Alex Woodall was fantastic, winning 26 out of 32 faceoffs on the night and collecting 19 ground balls. He now has 169 faceoffs won and 97 groundballs through 10 games played- both Blaze single-season records.  Woodall also holds the Blaze lifetime record for faceoffs won (169).
After Bryan Cole netted his fourth goal of the game with 12:59 left in the third quarter, the Blaze were outscored 1-6 in the third quarter as Bryce Wasserman and the Rattler offense caught fire. Wasserman led both teams with seven points on five goals and two assists.
Later in the third, a two-point goal from Lucas Wittenberg gave Dallas an 11-12 lead. Atlanta spent the rest of the night playing from behind despite scoring efforts from Shayne Jackson and Alex Woodall in the fourth quarter.
The Blaze will return to .500 with a record of (5-5) and have split the first two games against Dallas. They will travel to Quincy, MA to take on the Boston Cannons at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
Bryan Cole- four goals and one assist
Tommy Palasek- four assists
Christian Mazzone- three goals and two ground balls
Alex Woodall- 19 ground balls and one goal
Shayne Jackson- three goals and one assist
Liam Byrnes- seven ground balls and two caused turnovers
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