Whipsnakes Lacrosse Club

Whipsnakes

Full name	Whipsnakes Lacrosse Club
Founded	2019
League	Premier Lacrosse League
Head coach	Jim Stagnitta
Championships	2 (2019, 2020)
Website	Whipsnakes LC

The Whipsnakes Lacrosse Club is a professional men's field lacrosse team in Premier Lacrosse League (PLL). The Whipsnakes are one of the six founding members of the PLL and the winner of its first two championships; the 2019 season and the 2020 Championship Tournament. Notable players include Matt Rambo, Jake Bernhardt, Michael Ehrhardt, and Zed Williams.

Roster[]

2021 Whipsnakes Lacrosse Club
No.	Name	Nation­ality	Position	Height	Weight	College	Grad Year	High School	Hometown	Ref.
1	Mike Chanenchuk		Midfield	5 ft 11 in	190 lbs	Maryland	2014	St. Anthony's	East Setauket, New York	[1]
3	Matt Abbott		SSDM	6 ft 2 in	185 lbs	Syracuse	2009	Nottingham	Syracuse, New York	[2]
6	Bryce Young		Defense	6 ft 2 in	205 lbs	Maryland	2018	St. Augustine Prep	Egg Harbor, New Jersey	[3]
7	Sean New		LSM	6 ft 2 in	182 lbs	Holy Cross	2020	Fox Lane	Bedford, New York	[4]
9	Matt Rambo		Attack	5 ft 10 in	195 lbs	Maryland	2017	LaSalle	Glenside, Pennsylvania	[5]
11	Ryan Tierney		Attack	5 ft 10 in	185 lbs	Hofstra	2021	Massapequa	Massapequa, New York	[6]
14	Tim Muller		Defense	6 ft 2 in	215 lbs	Maryland	2017	Chaminade	Garden City, New York	[7]
16	Reed Junkin		Goalie	6 ft 2 in	195 lbs	Penn	2019	Belmont Hill	Wayland, Massachusetts
23	Charlie Hayes		SSDM	5 ft 11 in	187 lbs	Detroit	2018	Eisenhower	Shelby Township, Michigan	[8]
26	John Haus (C)		Midfield	6 ft 0 in	190 lbs	Maryland	2012	Chapel Hill	Lutherville, Maryland	[9]
27	Brad Smith		Midfield	6 ft 3 in	210 lbs	Duke	2019	Mountain Lakes	Mountain Lakes, New Jersey	[10]
28	Michael Ehrhardt (C)		LSM	6 ft 5 in	220 lbs	Maryland	2014	Chaminade	Westbury, New York	[11]
30	Brian Phipps		Goalie	5 ft 9 in	180 lbs	Maryland	2010	Severn	Annapolis, Maryland	[12]
32	Jay Carlson		Attack	6 ft 0 in	185 lbs	Maryland	2015	St. Paul's	Baltimore, Maryland	[13]
33	Matt Dunn		Defense	6 ft 3 in	225 lbs	Maryland	2016	Loyola Blakefield	Baltimore, Maryland	[14]
34	Connor Kirst		Midfield	6 ft 3 in	230 lbs	Rutgers	2021	Delbarton	Bernardsville, New Jersey	[15]
35	Kyle Bernlohr		Goalie	5 ft 10 in	175 lbs	Maryland	2016	Western Reserve Academy	Akron, Ohio	[16]
36	Zed Williams		Attack	6 ft 2 in	185 lbs	Virginia	2017	Silver Creek	Irving, New York	[17]
39	Colin Squires		Defense	6 ft 2 in	185 lbs	Denver	2021	West Linn	West Linn, Oregon	[18]
45	Simon Mathias		Attack	6 ft 2 in	190 lbs	Penn	2019	Ridgefield	Ridgefield, Connecticut	[19]
57	Chris Aslanian		Attack	6 ft 3 in	200 lbs	Hobart	2019	Hun	Westfield, New Jersey	[20]
83	Jake Bernhardt (C)		Midfield	6 ft 0 in	190 lbs	Maryland	2013	Lake Brantley	Longwood, Florida	[21]
91	Joseph Nardella		Faceoff	5 ft 10 in	210 lbs	Rutgers	2015	Cazenovia	Cazenovia, New York	[22]
	Justin Guterding		Attack	6 ft 0 in	190 lbs	Duke	2018	Garden City	Garden City, New York

(C) indicates captain Source:^[23]

Coaching staff[]

• Head Coach – Jim Stagnitta
• Assistant Coach – Mike Murphy
• Assistant Coach – Brian Grady

All-time Draft selections[]

2019

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	2019 Accolades
1	4	Alex Woodall	Faceoff	Towson	Colonial Athletic Association	Second-Team All-American, First-Team CAA: *Note* (Woodall chose to play in the MLL for the Atlanta Blaze who drafted him with the 1st pick in the 2019 draft)
2	9	Brad Smith	Midfield	Duke	Atlantic Coast Conference	Second-Team All-American, First-Team ACC
3	16	Isaac Paparo	Defense	UMass	Colonial Athletic Association	Second-Team All-American, First-Team CAA
4	21	John Daniggelis	Midfield	Yale	Ivy League	Honorable Mention All-American, First-Team Ivy League

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	5	Whipsnakes	Zed Williams	Midfield	Virginia
2	12	Whipsnakes	TJ Comizio	Midfield	Villanova

2020 College Draft

Rnd.	Pick #	PLL Team	Player	Pos.	College	Conference	Notes
1	7	Whipsnakes	Sean New	Defense	Holy Cross	Patriot League
2	14	Whipsnakes	Matt Hubler	Midfield	Johns Hopkins	Big Ten

2021 Entry Draft

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College
1	7	Chris Aslanian	Attack/Midfield	Hobart
2	15	Charlie Hayes	SSDM	Detroit
3	23	Bryan Cole	Midfield	Maryland

2021 College Draft

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College
1	7	Connor Kirst	Midfield	Rutgers
2	16	Ryan Tierney	Attack	Hofstra
3	23	Colin Squires	Defense	Denver
4	31	Nick Grill	Defense	Maryland

Season results[]

2019

Week	Location	Date	Opponent	Result
1	Boston, Massachusetts	June 1, 2019	Chaos	W 15–14 (OT)
2	New York City	June 8, 2019	Chrome	W 12–11 (OT)
3	Chicago, Illinois	June 15, 2019	Archers	W 11–10 (OT)
4	Baltimore, Maryland	June 22, 2019	Atlas	W 15–10
5	Atlanta, Georgia	June 29, 2019	Redwoods	L 11–14
6	Washington, DC	July 6, 2019	Atlas	W 11–9
All-Star Break	Los Angeles, California	July 21, 2019	Bye	Bye
7	Denver, Colorado	July 27, 2019	Chaos	L 12–13
8	San Jose, California	August 10, 2019	Chrome	L 16–20
9	Hamilton, Ontario	August 18, 2019	Redwoods	W 17–4
10	Albany, New York	August 25, 2019	Archers	L 11–8
Playoffs Round 1	Columbus, Ohio	September 7, 2019	Chaos	W 15–7
Finals	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	September 21, 2019	Redwoods	W 12–11

2020

Game	Location	Date	Opponent	Result
1	Herriman, Utah	July 25, 2020	Redwoods	W 13–9
2	Herriman, Utah	July 30, 2020	Atlas	W 15–6
3	Herriman, Utah	July 31, 2020	Chaos	W 12–7
4	Herriman, Utah	August 2, 2020	Archers	W 17–11
5 (Semifinal)	Herriman, Utah	August 6, 2020	Redwoods	W 13–12
6 (PLL Championship)	Herriman, Utah	August 9, 2020	Chaos	W 12–6

PLL Award winners[]

Jim Brown Most Valuable Player

• Matt Rambo: 2019
• Zed Williams: 2020

Eamon McEneaney Attackman of the Year

• Matt Rambo: 2019
• Zed Williams: 2020

Dave Pietramala Defensive Player of the Year

• Matt Dunn: 2020

Brodie Merrill Long Stick Midfielder of the Year

• Michael Ehrhardt: 2019, 2020

Paul Cantabene Faceoff Athlete of the Year

• Joe Nardella: 2020

George Boiardi Short Stick Midfielder of the Year

• Ty Warner: 2020

Head coaches[]

#	Name	Term	Regular Season				Playoffs
			GP	W	L	Pct	GP	W	L	Pct
1	Jim Stagnitta	2019–	14	10	4	.714	4	4	0	1.000

All-time record vs. PLL Clubs[]

Opponent	Won	Lost	Percentage	Streak
Archers	2	1	.667	Won 1
Atlas	3	0	1.000	Won 3
Cannons	0	0	–	-
Chaos	4	1	.800	Won 3
Chrome	1	1	.500	Lost 1
Redwoods	4	1	.800	Won 4
Waterdogs	0	0	–	-
Totals	14	4	.778

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