| Utah Archers | |
| Full Name: | Utah Archers |
| Founded: | 2019 |
| League: | Premier Lacrosse League |
| Stadium: | Zions Bank Stadium |
| City: | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Coach Label: | Head coach |
| Coach: | Chris Bates |
| Championships: | 1 (2023) |
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.
| 2023 Archers Lacrosse Club | ||||||||||
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Height | Weight | College | Grad Year | High School | Hometown | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Eli Fisher |  | SSDM | 6 ft 1 in | 202 lbs | Ohio State | 2024 | Parkland | Allentown, Pennsylvania | [1] |
| 5 | Connor Fields |  | Attack | 5 ft 11 in | 160 lbs | Albany | 2018 | Bishop Timon – St. Jude | East Amherst, New York | [2] |
| 6 | Jack DiBenedetto | | Defense | 6 ft 1 in | 210 lbs | Denver | 2024 | Nichols School | Buffalo, New York | [3] |
| 7 | Mac O'Keefe | | Attack | 6 ft 0 in | 180 lbs | Penn State | 2021 | Syosset | Syosset, New York | [4] |
| 8 | Jack Vanoverbeke | | Attack | 6 ft 1 in | 185 lbs | High Point | 2024 | Benilde-St. Margaret's | St. Paul, Minnesota | [5] |
| 11 | Matt Moore | | Attack | 6 ft 2 in | 195 lbs | Virginia | 2022 | Garnet Valley | Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania | [6] |
| 13 | Ryan Ambler | | Midfield | 6 ft 2 in | 190 lbs | Princeton | 2016 | Abington | Abington Township, Pennsylvania | [7] |
| 16 | Grant Ament | | Attack | 5 ft 9 in | 165 lbs | Penn State | 2020 | Haverford | Doylestown, Pennsylvania | [8] |
| 18 | Nick Washuta | | Goalie | 6 ft 3 in | 195 lbs | Vermont | 2020 | The Blake School | Orono, Minnesota | [9] |
| 20 | Cam Wyers | | Defense | 6 ft 5 in | 220 lbs | Loyola | 2023 | Everest Academy | Ottawa, Ontario | [10] |
| 22 | Latrell Harris** | | SSDM | 6 ft 0 in | 215 lbs | Brock University | 2019 | Everest Academy | St. Catharines, Ontario | [11] |
| 23 | Challen Rogers | | Midfield | 6 ft 4 in | 220 lbs | Stony Brook | 2016 | Dr. Charles Best | Coquitlam, British Columbia | [12] |
| 24 | Colby Barsz | | Defense | 6 ft 5 in | 190 lbs | Towson | 2024 | Weddington | Matthews, North Carolina | [13] |
| 25 | Patrick Shoemay** | | Defense | 6 ft 4 in | 210 lbs | RIT | 2021 | Holy Cross | Surrey, British Columbia | [14] |
| 26 | Tom Schreiber (C) | | Midfield | 5 ft 11 in | 205 lbs | 2014 | [15] | |||
| 27 | Warren Jeffrey | | Defense | 6 ft 3 in | 210 lbs | Vermont | 2019 | St. Michael's College School | Mimico, Ontario | [16] |
| 31 | Connor Maher | | SSDM | 6 ft 1 in | 187 lbs | North Carolina | 2023 | Calvert Hall | Timonium, Maryland | [17] |
| 41 | Jon Robbins | | LSM | 5 ft 9 in | 185 lbs | Bellarmine | 2022 | Plano | Plano, Texas | [18] |
| 42 | Ryan Aughavin | | Midfield | 6 ft 0 in | 195 lbs | Brown | 2022 | North Shore | Glen Head, New York | [19] |
| 44 | Tre Leclaire | | Attack | 6 ft 2 in | 211 lbs | Ohio State | 2021 | Elgin Park | Surrey, British Columbia | [20] |
| 45 | Brett Dobson | | Goalie | 6 ft 2 in | 200 lbs | St. Bonaventure | 2022 | The Hill Academy | Oshawa, Ontario | [21] |
| 51 | Dyson Williams | | Attack | 6 ft 2 in | 210 lbs | Duke | 2024 | The Hill Academy | Oshawa, Ontario | [22] |
| 54 | Piper Bond | | SSDM | 6 ft 2 in | 200 lbs | Penn | 2023 | Gilman | Baltimore, Maryland | [23] |
| 77 | Mason Woodward | | Defense | 6 ft 2 in | 210 lbs | Marquette | 2024 | St. Paul's | Towson, Maryland | [24] |
| 81 | Graeme Hossack | | Defense | 6 ft 2 in | 230 lbs | Lindenwood | 2015 | Port Perry | Port Perry, Ontario | [25] |
| 89 | Beau Pederson | | SSDM | 6 ft 4 in | 210 lbs | Michigan | 2024 | Park City | Park City, Utah | |
| 90 | Jacob Morin | | Midfield | 6 ft 2 in | 215 lbs | Army | 2024 | Auburn | Auburn, New York | [26] |
| 99 | Mike Sisselberger | | Faceoff | 5 ft 9 in | 220 lbs | Lehigh | 2023 | Southern Lehigh | Center Valley, Pennsylvania | [27] |
**Indicates player is on PUP listSource:[28] [29]
(C): Captain[30]
| Rnd. | Pick # | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | 2019 Accolades | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Pat Spencer | Attack | 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.)[31] | |||
| 2 | 12 | Curtis Corley | Defense | Third-Team All-American, First-Team Big Ten | |||
| 3 | 13 | Colton Jackson | Midfield | 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 | 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.
| 1 | 4 | Archers | Eli Gobrecht | Defense | Ithaca | |
| 2 | 11 | Archers | Christian Mazzone | Midfield | Rutgers |
| Rnd. | Pick # | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | 2020 Accolades | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Grant Ament | Attack | First-team All-American | |||
| 2 | 11 | Jack Rapine | Defense |
| 1 | 2 | Graeme Hossack | Defense | Lindenwood | |
| 2 | 10 | Ryan McNamara | Midfield | Marquette | |
| 3 | 18 | Warren Jeffrey | Defense | Vermont |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=25 | GP | width=25 | W | width=25 | L | width=25 | Pct | width=25 | GP | width=25 | W | width=25 | L | width=25 | Pct |
| 1 | Chris Bates | 2019- | 43 | 27 | 16 | .628 | 9 | 5 | 4 | .556 | |||||
| Atlas | 5 | 1 | Won 5 | ||
| Cannons | 0 | 1 | Lost 1 | ||
| Chaos | 1 | 5 | Lost 2 | ||
| Chrome | 4 | 1 | Lost 1 | ||
| Redwoods | 2 | 2 | Won 1 | ||
| Waterdogs | 2 | 0 | Won 2 | ||
| Whipsnakes | 2 | 3 | Won 1 | ||
| Totals | 16 | 13 |