Waterdogs Lacrosse Club

The Waterdogs Lacrosse Club is a professional men's field lacrosse team in the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL). The Waterdogs are the first PLL expansion team set to play in the 2020 season.[1] Players will be selected through an expansion draft, new entry draft, and the college draft over the first few months of 2020.[2] Andy Copelan was announced as the Club's first head coach on January 2, 2020. [3]

Waterdogs
Full nameWaterdogs Lacrosse Club
Founded2020
LeaguePremier Lacrosse League
Colors              
Head coachAndy Copelan
ChampionshipsNone
WebsiteWaterdogs LC

Roster
2020 Waterdogs Lacrosse Club Roster
No. Name Nationality Position Height Weight College Grad Year High School Hometown Ref
1 Matt DeLuca G 6 ft 6 in 225 lbs Delaware 2020 Farmingdale Farmingdale, New York [4]
2 Ben Reeves A 6 ft 3 in 205 lbs Yale 2018 Palmyra-Macedon Macedon, New York [5]
3 Dan Eipp M 5 ft 10 in 185 lbs Harvard 2014 Westhill Syracuse, New York [6]
5 Drew Simoneau FO 5 ft 7 in 190 lbs Nazareth 2015 Kimball Union Manchester, New Hampshire [7]
6 Kieran McArdle A 6 ft 2 in 185 lbs St. John's 2014 Connetquot Ronkonkoma, New York [8]
7 Steve DeNapoli M 5 ft 9 in 175 lbs Hofstra 2010 Hewlett Hewlett, New York [9]
8 BJ Grill D 5 ft 5 in 150 lbs Marquette 2016 Bridgewater-Raritan Bridgewater Township, New Jersey [10]
9 Patrick Foley D 6 ft 1 in 185 lbs Johns Hopkins 2019 St. John's Prep Winchester, Massachusetts [11]
12 Charlie Cipriano G 5 ft 11 in 200 lbs Fairfield 2012 Herricks Herricks, New York [12]
15 Ryan Conrad* M 6 ft 0 in 190 lbs Virginia 2019 N/A N/A
16 Chris Sabia D 6 ft 2 in 200 lbs Penn State 2019 Haverford Harleysville, Pennsylvania [13]
17 Brodie Merrill D 6 ft 4 in 210 lbs Georgetown 2005 Salisbury Orangeville, Ontario [14]
18 Jake Withers FO 5 ft 11 in 202 lbs Ohio State 2017 Thomas A. Stewart Peterborough, Ontario [15]
20 Tate Boyce* G 6 ft 0 in 190 lbs Providence N/A N/A
22 Ryan Drenner A 6 ft 0 in 185 lbs Towson 2017 Westminster Finksburg, Maryland [16]
23 Drew Snider M 6 ft 0 in 180 lbs Maryland 2012 O'Dea Seattle, Washington [17]
25 Brian Karalunas* LSM 6 ft 0 in 180 lbs Villanova N/A N/A
27 Noah Richard LSM 6 ft 3 in 210 lbs Marquette 2019 Henderson West Chester, Pennsylvania [18]
30 Christian Cuccinello A 6 ft 0 in 210 lbs Villanova 2018 Mountain Lakes Mountain Lakes, New Jersey [19]
40 Connor Kelly M 6 ft 0 in 195 lbs Maryland 2018 Avon Old Farms Easton, Connecticut [20]
55 Wes Berg A 6 ft 2 in 205 lbs Denver 2015 Dr. Charles Best Coquitlam, British Columbia [21]
71 Ryland Rees LSM 6 ft 2 in 210 lbs Stony Brook 2019 Terry Fox Port Coquitlam. British Columbia [22]
77 Zach Currier M 6 ft 0 in 180 lbs Princeton 2017 Culver Military Academy Peterborough, Ontario [23]
88 Kyle McClancy M 6 ft 1 in 185 lbs Albany 2018 Bayport-Blue Point Bayport, New York [24]
90 Ben McIntosh M 5 ft 11 in 205 lbs Drexel 2014 Western Reserve Coquitlam. British Columbia [25]

*Indicates member of restricted list

Source:[26]

2020 Expansion Draft
Pick # Player Pos. PLL Team College
1 Connor Kelly Midfield Whipsnakes Maryland
2 Christian Cuccinello Attack Archers Villanova
3 Brodie Merrill Defense Chaos Georgetown
4 Charlie Cipriano Goalie Chaos Fairfield
5 Ben Reeves Attack Whipsnakes Yale
6 Kyle McClancy Midfield Chaos SUNY Albany
7 Kieran McArdle Attack Atlas St. John's
8 Brian Karalunas Defense Redwoods Villanova
9 Ben McIntosh Midfield Archers Drexel
10 Drew Snider Midfield Whipsnakes Maryland
11 Ryan Drenner Attack Whipsnakes Towson
12 Noah Richard LSM Atlas Marquette
13 Steven DeNapoli Midfield Atlas Hofstra
14 Wes Berg Midfield Redwoods Denver
15 Chris Sabia Defense Chrome Penn State
16 Ryan Conrad Midfield Atlas Virginia
17 Dan Eipp Midfield Archers Harvard
18 Drew Simoneau Faceoff Chrome Nazareth College

Source: [27]

Coaching staff
  • Head Coach – Andy Copelan
  • Assistant Coach – Robert Cross
  • Assistant Coach – Brendan Dawson

Player Pool

On March 21, Waterdogs announced they had signed the following players from the player pool:

Name Position College
BJ Grill Defense Marquette
Patrick Foley Defense Johns Hopkins
Dylan Johnson Defense Denver
Tate Boyce Goalie Providence
Reed Junkin Goalie Penn

Source:[28]

All time Draft Selections


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 1 Waterdogs Zach Currier Midfield Princeton
2 8 Waterdogs Ryland Rees Long Stick Midfield Stony Brook

2020 College Draft

Rnd. Pick # PLL Team Player Pos. College Conference Notes
1 3 Waterdogs Michael Kraus Attack Virginia ACC Kraus would sign a two year contract with the Connecticut Hammerheads, who selected him second overall in the Major League Lacrosse draft instead.[29]
2 8 Waterdogs Matt DeLuca Goalie Delaware CAA

Season results


PLL Award Winners


Head coaches
# Name Term Regular Season Playoffs
GP W L Pct GP W L Pct
1Andy Copelan2020-413.250101.000

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