Archers Lacrosse Club

Archers

Full name	Archers Lacrosse Club
Founded	2019
League	Premier Lacrosse League
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Head coach	Chris Bates
Championships	None
Website	Archers LC

The Archers Lacrosse Club is a professional men's field lacrosse team in Premier Lacrosse League (PLL). The Archers are one of the six founding members of the PLL for the 2019 season. Notable players include Scott Ratliff, Tom Schreiber, Marcus Holman, Will Manny, and Kevin Rice.

Roster[]

2021 Archers Lacrosse Club
No.	Name	Nation­ality	Position	Height	Weight	College	Grad Year	High School	Hometown	Ref.
1	Marcus Holman (C)		Attack	5 ft 10 in	180 lbs	North Carolina	2013	Gilman	Baltimore, Maryland	[1]
2	Scott Ratliff (C)		Defense	5 ft 11 in	190 lbs	Loyola	2013	Walton	Atlanta, Georgia	[2]
4	Will Manny		Attack	5 ft 9 in	170 lbs	UMass	2013	St. Anthony's	Massapequa, New York	[3]
5	Connor Fields		Attack	5 ft 11 in	160 lbs	Albany	2018	Bishop Timon – St. Jude	East Amherst, New York	[4]
6	Christian Mazzone		Midfield	5 ft 9 in	165 lbs	Rutgers	2018	Ward Melville	Stony Brook, New York	[5]
8	Adam Ghitelman		Goalie	5 ft 9 in	180 lbs	Virginia	2011	Cold Spring Harbor	Cold Spring Harbor, New York	[6]
9	Jack Rapine		Defense	6 ft 1 in	205 lbs	Johns Hopkins	2020	Upper Dublin	Ambler, Pennsylvania	[7]
13	Ryan Ambler		Midfield	6 ft 2 in	190 lbs	Princeton	2016	Abington	Abington Township, Pennsylvania	[8]
14	Drew Adams		Goalie	6 ft 2 in	185 lbs	Penn State	2009	Springfield	Springfield Township, Pennsylvania	[9]
16	Grant Ament		Attack	5 ft 9 in	165 lbs	Penn State	2020	Haverford	Doylestown, Pennsylvania	[10]
17	Jackson Place		Defense	6 ft 0 in	185 lbs	Bucknell	2014	Episcopal Academy	Wayne, Pennsylvania	[11]
18	Austin Sims		Midfield	6 ft 1 in	200 lbs	Princeton	2018	Fairfield Prep	Fairfield, Connecticut	[12]
21	Mark McNeill		SSDM	6 ft 3 in	215 lbs	North Carolina	2014	St. Mary's	West River, Maryland	[13]
22	Latrell Harris		SSDM	6 ft 0 in	215 lbs	N/A	N/A	Everest Academy	St. Catharines, Ontario	[14]
23	Dominique Alexander		SSDM	6 ft 2 in	225 lbs	Ohio State	2013	Baldwin	Baldwin, New York	[15]
24	Stephen Kelly		Faceoff	5 ft 11 in	185 lbs	North Carolina	2017	Calvert Hall	Lutherville, Maryland	[16]
26	Tom Schreiber (C)		Midfield	5 ft 11 in	205 lbs	Princeton	2014	St. Anthony's	East Meadow, New York	[17]
27	Warren Jeffrey		Defense	6 ft 3 in	210 lbs	Vermont	2019	St. Michael's College School	Mimico, Ontario	[18]
28	Jared Conners		LSM	6 ft 5 in	215 lbs	Virginia	2021	Pittsford	Pittsford, New York	[19]
38	Conor Gaffney		Faceoff	5 ft 10 in	200 lbs	Lehigh	2021	Lenape	Mount Laurel, New Jersey	[20]
43	Jeff Trainor		Midfield	6 ft 0 in	190 lbs	UMass	2021	Billerica	Billerica, Massachusetts	[21]
44	Tre Leclaire		Attack	6 ft 2 in	211 lbs	Ohio State	2021	Elgin Park	Surrey, British Columbia	[22]
77	Matt McMahon		Defense	6 ft 4 in	225 lbs	Penn	2015	Glen Ridge	Glen Ridge, New Jersey	[23]
81	Graeme Hossack		Defense	6 ft 2 in	230 lbs	Lindenwood	2015	Port Perry	Port Perry, Ontario	[24]
88	Ryan McNamara		Midfield	5 ft 8 in	185 lbs	Marquette	2017	Eastview	Eagan, Minnesota	[25]

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(C): Captain^[27]

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.)[28]
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

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

PLL Award Winners[]

Eamon McEneaney Attackman of the Year

• Grant Ament: 2021

Gait Brothers Midfielder of the Year

• Tom Schreiber: 2019, 2020

Dave Pietramala Defensive Player of the Year

• Graeme Hossack: 2021

George Boiardi Short Stick Midfielder of the Year

• Dominique Alexander: 2019

Welles Crowther Humanitarian Award

• Scott Ratliff: 2019

Head coaches[]

#	Name	Term	Regular Season				Playoffs
			GP	W	L	Pct	GP	W	L	Pct
1	Chris Bates	2019-	14	8	6	.571	4	2	2	.500

All-time record vs. PLL Clubs[]

Opponent	Won	Lost	Percentage	Streak
Atlas	4	1	.800	Won 4
Cannons	0	0	–	-
Chaos	0	3	.000	Lost 3
Chrome	4	1	1.000	Lost 1
Redwoods	1	2	.333	Lost 2
Waterdogs	1	0	1.000	Won 1
Whipsnakes	1	2	.333	Lost 1
Totals	11	8	.579

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