Full name | Utah Archers |
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Founded | 2019 |
League | Premier Lacrosse League |
Colors | |
Head coach | Chris Bates |
Championships | 1 (2023) |
Website | Archers LC |
The Utah Archers, formerly known as Archers Lacrosse Club are a professional men's field lacrosse team 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.
**Indicates player is on PUP list Source: [26] [27]
(C): Captain [28]
Rnd. | Pick # | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | 2019 Accolades |
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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.) [29] |
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) |
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.
Rnd. | Pick # | PLL Team | Player | Pos. | College |
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1 | 4 | Archers | Eli Gobrecht | Defense | Ithaca |
2 | 11 | Archers | Christian Mazzone | Midfield | Rutgers |
Rnd. | Pick # | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | 2020 Accolades |
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1 | 1 | Grant Ament | Attack | Penn State | Big Ten Conference | First-team All-American |
2 | 11 | Jack Rapine | Defense | Johns Hopkins | Big Ten Conference |
Rnd. | Pick # | Player | Pos. | College |
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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 |
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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 |
Rnd. | Pick # | Player | Pos. | College |
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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 |
Rnd. | Pick # | Player | Pos. | College |
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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 |
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Week | Location | Date | Opponent | Result |
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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 |
Game | Location | Date | Opponent | Result |
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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 |
Game | Location | Date | Opponent | Result |
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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 |
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
Welles Crowther Humanitarian Award
# | Name | Term | Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||
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GP | W | L | Pct | GP | W | L | Pct | |||
1 | Chris Bates | 2019- | 43 | 27 | 16 | .628 | 9 | 5 | 4 | .556 |
Opponent | Won | Lost | Percentage | Streak |
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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 |
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