Archers Lacrosse Club

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.

Archers

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

Roster

2019 Archers Lacrosse Club
No.	Name	Nation­ality	Position	Height	Weight	College	Grad Year	High School	Hometown	Ref.
0	Davey Emala*		Attack	5 ft 11 in	185 lbs	North Carolina	2013	Gilman School	Baltimore, Maryland	[1]
1	Marcus Holman		Attack	5 ft 10 in	180 lbs	North Carolina	2013	Gilman School	Baltimore, Maryland	[2]
2	Scott Ratliff		Defense	5 ft 11 in	190 lbs	Loyola	2013	George Walton Comprehensive High School	Atlanta, Georgia	[3]
3	Brendan Fowler		Faceoff	6 ft 0 in	195 lbs	Duke	2014	Chaminade	Wantagh, New York	[4]
4	Will Manny		Attack	5 ft 9 in	170 lbs	UMass	2013	St. Anthony's High School (South Huntington, New York)	Massapequa, New York	[5]
5	Tyler Pfister		Midfield	6 ft 2 in	195 lbs	Ohio State	2017	Upper Arlington High School	Garden City, New York	[6]
6	Christian Mazzone		Midfield	5 ft 9 in	165 lbs	Rutgers	2018	Ward Melville High School	Stony Brook, New York
8	Adam Ghitelman		Goalie	5 ft 9 in	180 lbs	Virginia	2011	Cold Spring Harbor High School	Cold Spring Harbor, New York	[7]
11	Joey Sankey		Midfield	5 ft 5 in	160 lbs	North Carolina	2016	William Penn Charter School	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
13	Ryan Ambler		Midfield	6 ft 2 in	190 lbs	Princeton	2016	Abington Senior High School	Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	[8]
14	Drew Adams		Goalie	6 ft 2 in	185 lbs	Penn State	2009	Springfield High School	Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania	[9]
16	Grant Ament		Attack	5 ft 9 in	165 lbs	Penn State	2020	Haverford School	Doylestown, Pennsylvania
18	Austin Sims*		Midfield	6 ft 1 in	200 lbs	Princeton	2018	Fairfield College Preparatory School	Fairfield, Connecticut	[10]
21	Mark McNeill		Midfield	6 ft 3 in	215 lbs	North Carolina	2014	St. Mary's High School (Annapolis, Maryland)	West River, Maryland	[11]
23	Dominique Alexander		Midfield	6 ft 2 in	225 lbs	Ohio State	2013	Baldwin Senior High School (New York)	Baldwin, Nassau County, New York	[12]
24	Stephen Kelly		Faceoff	5 ft 11 in	185 lbs	North Carolina	2017	Calvert Hall College High School	Lutherville, Maryland	[13]
25	Eli Gobrecht		Defense	6 ft 0 in	200 lbs	Ithaca	2016	Ithaca High School (Ithaca, New York)	Ithaca, New York
26	Tom Schreiber		Midfield	5 ft 11 in	205 lbs	Princeton	2014	St. Anthony's High School (South Huntington, New York)	East Meadow, New York	[14]
27	Josh Currier		Attack	5 ft 11 in	170 lbs	Virginia Wesleyan	2016	The Hill Academy	Peterborough, Ontario
42	Curtis Corley		Defense	6 ft 1 in	225 lbs	Maryland	2019	Shawnee High School (New Jersey)	Medford Lakes, New Jersey	[15]
55	Jack Rapine*		Defense	6 ft 1 in	205 lbs	Johns Hopkins	2020	Upper Dublin High School	Ambler, Pennsylvania
66	Michael Simon		LSM	6 ft 5 in	195 lbs	Stevenson	2009	Fallston	Fallston, Maryland	[16]
77	Matt McMahon		Defense	6 ft 4 in	225 lbs	Penn	2015	Glen Ridge High School	Glen Ridge, New Jersey	[17]
94	Ian MacKay		Midfield	5 ft 10 in	215 lbs	Vermont	2018	The Hill Academy	Port Elgin, Ontario	[18]
99	Evan Connell		Defense	6 ft 0 in	190 lbs	North Carolina	2016	Calvert Hall College High School	Lutherville, Maryland	[19]

*Indicates member of restricted roster

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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.)[21]
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

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

PLL Award Winners

Gait Brothers Midfielder of the Year

• Tom Schreiber: 2019, 2020

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

See also

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