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Utah Archers

Utah Archers
Full nameUtah Archers
Founded2019
LeaguePremier Lacrosse League
Based inSalt Lake City, Utah
StadiumZions Bank Stadium
Colors       
Head coachChris Bates
Championships2 (2023, 2024)
WebsiteUtah Archers

The Utah Archers are a professional field lacrosse team based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area that competes in the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL). The Archers are one of the six founding members of the PLL for the 2019 season. Notable players include Tom Schreiber, Grant Ament, and Graeme Hossack.

After an 8-2 season where they were the #1 seed and Tom Schreiber won MVP, they won the 2023 PLL championship, defeating the Waterdogs 15-14.

Roster

2023 Archers Lacrosse Club
No. Name Nation­ality Position Height Weight College Grad Year High School Hometown Ref.
3 Eli Fisher United States SSDM 6 ft 1 in 202 lbs Ohio State 2024 Parkland Allentown, Pennsylvania [1]
5 Connor Fields Canada Attack 5 ft 11 in 160 lbs Albany 2018 Bishop Timon – St. Jude East Amherst, New York [2]
6 Jack DiBenedetto United States Defense 6 ft 1 in 210 lbs Denver 2024 Nichols School Buffalo, New York [3]
7 Mac O'Keefe United States Attack 6 ft 0 in 180 lbs Penn State 2021 Syosset Syosset, New York [4]
8 Jack Vanoverbeke United States Attack 6 ft 1 in 185 lbs High Point 2024 Benilde-St. Margaret's St. Paul, Minnesota [5]
11 Matt Moore United States Attack 6 ft 2 in 195 lbs Virginia 2022 Garnet Valley Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania [6]
13 Ryan Ambler United States Midfield 6 ft 2 in 190 lbs Princeton 2016 Abington Abington Township, Pennsylvania 
[7]
16 Grant Ament United States Attack 5 ft 9 in 165 lbs Penn State 2020 Haverford Doylestown, Pennsylvania [8]
18 Nick Washuta United States Goalie 6 ft 3 in 195 lbs Vermont 2020 The Blake School Orono, Minnesota [9]
20 Cam Wyers Canada Defense 6 ft 5 in 220 lbs Loyola 2023 Everest Academy Ottawa, Ontario [10]
22 Latrell Harris** Canada SSDM 6 ft 0 in 215 lbs Brock University 2019 Everest Academy St. Catharines, Ontario [11]
23 Challen Rogers Canada Midfield 6 ft 4 in 220 lbs Stony Brook 2016 Dr. Charles Best Coquitlam, British Columbia [12]
24 Colby Barsz United States Defense 6 ft 5 in 190 lbs Towson 2024 Weddington Matthews, North Carolina [13]
25 Patrick Shoemay** Canada Defense 6 ft 4 in 210 lbs RIT 2021 Holy Cross Surrey, British Columbia [14]
26 Tom Schreiber (C) United States Midfield 5 ft 11 in 205 lbs Princeton 2014 St. Anthony's East Meadow, New York

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27 Warren Jeffrey Canada Defense 6 ft 3 in 210 lbs Vermont 2019 St. Michael's College School Mimico, Ontario [16]
31 Connor Maher United States SSDM 6 ft 1 in 187 lbs North Carolina 2023 Calvert Hall Timonium, Maryland [17]
41 Jon Robbins United States LSM 5 ft 9 in 185 lbs Bellarmine 2022 Plano Plano, Texas [18]
42 Ryan Aughavin United States Midfield 6 ft 0 in 195 lbs Brown 2022 North Shore Glen Head, New York [19]
44 Tre Leclaire Canada Attack 6 ft 2 in 211 lbs Ohio State 2021 Elgin Park Surrey, British Columbia [20]
45 Brett Dobson Canada Goalie 6 ft 2 in 200 lbs St. Bonaventure 2022 The Hill Academy Oshawa, Ontario [21]
51 Dyson Williams Canada Attack 6 ft 2 in 210 lbs Duke 2024 The Hill Academy Oshawa, Ontario [22]
54 Piper Bond United States SSDM 6 ft 2 in 200 lbs Penn 2023 Gilman Baltimore, Maryland [23]
77 Mason Woodward United States Defense 6 ft 2 in 210 lbs Marquette 2024 St. Paul's Towson, Maryland [24]
81 Graeme Hossack Canada Defense 6 ft 2 in 230 lbs Lindenwood 2015 Port Perry Port Perry, Ontario [25]
89 Beau Pederson United States SSDM 6 ft 4 in 210 lbs Michigan 2024 Park City Park City, Utah
90 Jacob Morin United States Midfield 6 ft 2 in 215 lbs Army 2024 Auburn Auburn, New York [26]
99 Mike Sisselberger United States Faceoff 5 ft 9 in 220 lbs Lehigh 2023 Southern Lehigh Center Valley, Pennsylvania [27]


**Indicates player is on PUP list Source:[28] [29]

(C): Captain[30]

Coaching staff

  • Head coach – Chris Bates
  • Assistant coach – Tony Resch
  • Assistant coach – Brian Kavanagh

All-time draft selections

2019 College Draft

Rnd. Pick # Player Pos. College Conf. 2019 Accolades
1 1 Pat Spencer Attack Loyola Patriot League Tewaaraton Award winner, First-Team All-American, Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year, First-Team Patriot League *Note* (Spencer will spend the 2019-2020 season playing men's Division 1 basketball for Northwestern. He elected to pursue a professional basketball career rather than lacrosse.)[31]
2 12 Curtis Corley Defense Maryland Big Ten Conference Third-Team All-American, First-Team Big Ten
3 13 Colton Jackson Midfield Denver Big East Conference Honorable Mention All-American, Second-Team Big East: *Note* (Jackson chose to play in the MLL for the Atlanta Blaze who drafted him with the 26th pick in the 2019 draft)
4 24 John Prendergast Midfield Duke Atlantic Coast Conference Honorable Mention All-American, First-Team ACC: *Note* (Prendergast was designated to the Player Pool [Free Agent] on June 12, 2019)

2020 Entry Draft

The 2020 player entry draft occurred on March 16 for teams to select players arriving from rival Major League Lacrosse. On March 4, Paul Burmeister and NBCSN hosted an entry draft lottery for selection order. Out of 100 balls to select from, Waterdogs had 40, Chrome had 25, Atlas had 15, Archers had 10, Chaos had 6, Redwoods had 3, and the champion Whipsnakes had 1.

Rob Pannell was announced to be transferring to the PLL on March 9, followed by 15 other players the following day, which comprised the selection pool for the entry draft. A total of 14 players were selected in the entry draft with remaining new players entering the league player pool.

Draft results
Rnd. Pick # PLL Team Player Pos. College
1 4 Archers Eli Gobrecht Defense Ithaca
2 11 Archers Christian Mazzone Midfield Rutgers

2020 College Draft

Rnd. Pick # Player Pos. College Conf. 2020 Accolades
1 1 Grant Ament Attack Penn State Big Ten Conference First-team All-American
2 11 Jack Rapine Defense Johns Hopkins Big Ten Conference

2021 Entry Draft

Rnd. Pick # Player Pos. College
1 2 Graeme Hossack Defense Lindenwood
2 10 Ryan McNamara Midfield Marquette
3 18 Warren Jeffrey Defense Vermont

2021 College Draft

Rnd. Pick # Player Pos. College
1 5 Jared Conners LSM Virginia
2 13 Tre Leclaire Midfield Ohio State
3 18 Jeff Trainor Midfield UMass
3 21 Conor Gaffney Face-off Lehigh

2022 College Draft

Rnd. Pick # Player Pos. College
1 4 Matt Moore Attack Virginia
2 12 Brett Dobson Goalie St. Bonaventure
3 18 Justin Inacio Faceoff Ohio State
4 28 Jon Robbins LSM Bellarmine
4 29 Ryan Aughavin Midfield Brown

2023 College Draft

Rnd. Pick # Player Pos. College
1 5 Mike Sisselberger Faceoff Lehigh
2 13 Connor Maher SSDM North Carolina
3 21 Piper Bond SSDM Penn
4 29 Cameron Wyers Defense Loyola

Season results

2019
Week Location Date Opponent Result
1 Boston, Massachusetts June 1, 2019 Chrome W 13–12 (OT)
2 New York, New York June 8, 2019 Redwoods W 10–9
3 Chicago, Illinois June 15, 2019 Whipsnakes L 10–11 (OT)
4 Baltimore, Maryland June 23, 2019 Chaos L 13–14
5 Atlanta, Georgia June 28, 2019 Atlas L 12-13
6 Washington, DC July 6, 2019 Redwoods L 8-9 (OT)
All-Star Break Los Angeles, California July 21, 2019 Bye Bye
7 Denver, Colorado July 28, 2019 Chrome W 9-7
8 San Jose, California August 11, 2019 Atlas W 15-11
9 Hamilton, Ontario August 17, 2019 Chaos L 10-11 (OT)
10 Albany, New York August 25, 2019 Whipsnakes W 11-8
Playoffs Round 1 Columbus, Ohio September 6–7, 2019 Redwoods L 12-16
Playoffs Round 2 New York, New York September 14, 2019 Chrome W 12-10
First Draft Pick Game Philadelphia, Pennsylvania September 21, 2019 Atlas W 25-7
2020
Game Location Date Opponent Result
1 Herriman, Utah July 27, 2020 Atlas W 11–10
2 Herriman, Utah July 28, 2020 Waterdogs W 9–7
3 Herriman, Utah July 30, 2020 Chrome W 13–12
4 Herriman, Utah August 2, 2020 Whipsnakes L 11–17
5 (Elimination) Herriman, Utah August 4, 2020 Atlas W 11–9
6 (Semifinal) Herriman, Utah August 6, 2020 Chaos L 9–13
2021
Game Location Date Opponent Result
1 Foxborough, Massachusetts June 5, 2021 Atlas W 18–6
2 Kennesaw, Georgia June 13, 2021 Chaos W 12–8
3 Baltimore, Maryland June 26, 2021 Waterdogs W 17–8
4 Hempstead, New York July 2, 2021 Chrome L 7–8
5 Hempstead, New York July 4, 2021 Whipsnakes L 14–15
6 Eagan, Minnesota July 11, 2021 Cannons L 12–13
7 Colorado Springs, Colorado July 31, 2021 Redwoods W 15–12
8 Albany, New York August 13, 2021 Chaos L 9–11
9 Albany, New York August 14, 2021 Whipsnakes W 15–14
10 (Quarterfinal) Sandy, Utah September 5, 2021 Chaos L 10–13

PLL award winners

Eamon McEneaney Attackman of the Year

Gait Brothers Midfielder of the Year

Dave Pietramala Defensive Player of the Year

George Boiardi Short Stick Midfielder of the Year

  • Dominique Alexander: 2019

Welles Crowther Humanitarian Award

Head coaches

# Name Term Regular Season Playoffs
GP W L Pct GP W L Pct
1 Chris Bates 2019- 43 27 16 .628 9 5 4 .556

All-time record vs. PLL Clubs

Opponent Won Lost Percentage Streak
Atlas 5 1 .833 Won 5
Cannons 0 1 .000 Lost 1
Chaos 1 5 .167 Lost 2
Chrome 4 1 .800 Lost 1
Redwoods 2 2 .500 Won 1
Waterdogs 2 0 1.000 Won 2
Whipsnakes 2 3 .400 Won 1
Totals 16 13 .552

References

  1. ^ "Eli Fisher". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  2. ^ "Connor Fields". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  3. ^ "Jack DiBenedetto". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  4. ^ "Mac O'Keefe". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  5. ^ "Jack Vanoverbeke". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  6. ^ Penders, P. J. "Matt Moore". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  7. ^ "Player Detail". PremierLacrosseLeague.
  8. ^ "Grant Ament". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  9. ^ "Nick Washuta". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  10. ^ "Cam Wyers". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  11. ^ "Latrell Harris". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  12. ^ "Challen Rogers". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  13. ^ "Colby Barsz". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  14. ^ "Patrick Shoemay". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  15. ^ "Player Detail". PremierLacrosseLeague.
  16. ^ "Warren Jeffrey". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  17. ^ "Connor Maher". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  18. ^ Penders, P. J. "Jon Robbins". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  19. ^ Penders, P. J. "Ryan Aughavin". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  20. ^ "Tre Leclaire". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  21. ^ Penders, P. J. "Brett Dobson". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  22. ^ "Dyson Williams". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  23. ^ "Piper Bond". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  24. ^ "Mason Woodward". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  25. ^ "Graeme Hossack". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  26. ^ "Jacob Morin". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  27. ^ "Mike Sisselberger". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  28. ^ "Archers Roster". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  29. ^ @PLLArchers (May 15, 2023). "Our Training Camp roster is set" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 July 2023 – via Twitter.
  30. ^ Archers Lacrosse Club [@PLLArchers] (May 24, 2021). "Doesn't get much better than these three đŸč🙌 https://t.co/mEGJLQoCyL" (Tweet). Archived from the original on May 27, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2021 – via Twitter.
  31. ^ "Pat Spencer Talks Pro Basketball Plans on 'Overtime' Season 3, Ep. 14". uslaxmagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archers_Lacrosse_Club