The Toronto Rock lost a nail-biting game against their provincial rivals, the Ottawa Black Bears, despite their best performance of the season.
Mississauga, ON – The Toronto Rock (0-4) lost a tightly contested game against their provincial rival Ottawa Black Bears (2-1) by a score of 12-11 in a thrilling back and forth game. Josh Dawick led the Rock offence with four goals and three assists on the night. The Rock were able to play their best 60 minutes of lacrosse this season but fell just short in the final seconds of the game. ‘Yeah, that sums it up.
We were close,’ Chris Boushy said after the loss which kept the Rock winless on the year. ‘I mean, we're looking at a two and two record here,’ said Boushy. Toronto was in full control in this game. The offence started on time scoring just over a minute into the game to take the lead and build some confidence immediately. The teams would trade goals throughout the quarter leaving the scored knotted 4-4 after the opening 15 minutes of play. The second quarter saw more physicality and less scoring with heavy hits and multiple loose ball battles in the corners. Defender Mitch de Snoo had a big hit along the boards while Jake Darlison had a few caused turnovers to keep the Rock in the game which was tied 7-7 at the half. The Rock came out hot in the third quarter. After winning the opening draw of the half, Phil Mazzuca was able to find drawman Josh Jubenville who buried it past Higgins to go up by one. Five minutes later, it would be Josh Dawick scoring his second goal of the game off a great feed from Mark Matthews who finished with a goal and five assists. Ottawa would get one back while killing a penalty to make it a 9-8 game heading into the fourth quarter. In the fourth, Dawick stayed extra warm scoring his third and fourth goals of the night, just 54 seconds apart amidst a 4-1 second half run that gave the Rock an 11-8 lead.Ottawa’s Jeff Teat scored two goals just over a minute apart to make it a one-goal game with just under five minutes remaining in the fourth
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