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Utah Archers

Full name	Utah Archers
Founded	2019
League	Premier Lacrosse League
Based in	Salt Lake City, Utah
Stadium	Zions Bank Stadium
Colors
Head coach	Chris Bates
Championships	2 (2023, 2024)
Website	Utah Archers

The Utah Archers are a professional field lacrosse team based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area that competes 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.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Height	Weight	College	Grad Year	High School	Hometown
2023 Archers Lacrosse Club
3	Eli Fisher	SSDM	6 ft 1 in	202 lbs	Ohio State	2024	Parkland	Allentown, Pennsylvania
5	Connor Fields	Attack	5 ft 11 in	160 lbs	Albany	2018	Bishop Timon – St. Jude	East Amherst, New York
6	Jack DiBenedetto	Defense	6 ft 1 in	210 lbs	Denver	2024	Nichols School	Buffalo, New York
7	Mac O'Keefe	Attack	6 ft 0 in	180 lbs	Penn State	2021	Syosset	Syosset, New York
8	Jack Vanoverbeke	Attack	6 ft 1 in	185 lbs	High Point	2024	Benilde-St. Margaret's	St. Paul, Minnesota
11	Matt Moore	Attack	6 ft 2 in	195 lbs	Virginia	2022	Garnet Valley	Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania
13	Ryan Ambler	Midfield	6 ft 2 in	190 lbs	Princeton	2016	Abington	Abington Township, Pennsylvania
16	Grant Ament	Attack	5 ft 9 in	165 lbs	Penn State	2020	Haverford	Doylestown, Pennsylvania
18	Nick Washuta	Goalie	6 ft 3 in	195 lbs	Vermont	2020	The Blake School	Orono, Minnesota
20	Cam Wyers	Defense	6 ft 5 in	220 lbs	Loyola	2023	Everest Academy	Ottawa, Ontario
22	Latrell Harris**	SSDM	6 ft 0 in	215 lbs	Brock University	2019	Everest Academy	St. Catharines, Ontario
23	Challen Rogers	Midfield	6 ft 4 in	220 lbs	Stony Brook	2016	Dr. Charles Best	Coquitlam, British Columbia
24	Colby Barsz	Defense	6 ft 5 in	190 lbs	Towson	2024	Weddington	Matthews, North Carolina
25	Patrick Shoemay**	Defense	6 ft 4 in	210 lbs	RIT	2021	Holy Cross	Surrey, British Columbia
26	Tom Schreiber (C)	Midfield	5 ft 11 in	205 lbs	Princeton	2014	St. Anthony's	East Meadow, New York
27	Warren Jeffrey	Defense	6 ft 3 in	210 lbs	Vermont	2019	St. Michael's College School	Mimico, Ontario
31	Connor Maher	SSDM	6 ft 1 in	187 lbs	North Carolina	2023	Calvert Hall	Timonium, Maryland
41	Jon Robbins	LSM	5 ft 9 in	185 lbs	Bellarmine	2022	Plano	Plano, Texas
42	Ryan Aughavin	Midfield	6 ft 0 in	195 lbs	Brown	2022	North Shore	Glen Head, New York
44	Tre Leclaire	Attack	6 ft 2 in	211 lbs	Ohio State	2021	Elgin Park	Surrey, British Columbia
45	Brett Dobson	Goalie	6 ft 2 in	200 lbs	St. Bonaventure	2022	The Hill Academy	Oshawa, Ontario
51	Dyson Williams	Attack	6 ft 2 in	210 lbs	Duke	2024	The Hill Academy	Oshawa, Ontario
54	Piper Bond	SSDM	6 ft 2 in	200 lbs	Penn	2023	Gilman	Baltimore, Maryland
77	Mason Woodward	Defense	6 ft 2 in	210 lbs	Marquette	2024	St. Paul's	Towson, Maryland
81	Graeme Hossack	Defense	6 ft 2 in	230 lbs	Lindenwood	2015	Port Perry	Port Perry, Ontario
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
99	Mike Sisselberger	Faceoff	5 ft 9 in	220 lbs	Lehigh	2023	Southern Lehigh	Center Valley, Pennsylvania

**Indicates player is on PUP list Source:

(C): Captain

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.)
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 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

2021 Entry Draft


Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College
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
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

2022 College Draft


Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College
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

2023 College Draft


Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College
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

Season results

This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (November 2023)

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

2020
Game	Location	Date	Opponent	Result
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

2021
Game	Location	Date	Opponent	Result
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

PLL award winners

Eamon McEneaney Attackman of the Year

Grant Ament: 2021

Gait Brothers Midfielder of the Year

Tom Schreiber: 2019, 2020, 2022

Dave Pietramala Defensive Player of the Year

Graeme Hossack: 2021

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
#	Name	Term	GP	W	L	Pct	GP	W	L	Pct
1	Chris Bates	2019-	43	27	16	.628	9	5	4	.556

All-time record vs. PLL Clubs

Opponent	Won	Lost	Percentage	Streak
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

References

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"Connor Fields". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
"Jack DiBenedetto". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
"Mac O'Keefe". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
"Jack Vanoverbeke". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
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"Player Detail". PremierLacrosseLeague.
"Grant Ament". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
"Nick Washuta". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
"Cam Wyers". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
"Latrell Harris". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
"Challen Rogers". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
"Colby Barsz". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
"Patrick Shoemay". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
"Player Detail". PremierLacrosseLeague.
"Warren Jeffrey". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
"Connor Maher". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
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"Tre Leclaire". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
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"Dyson Williams". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
"Piper Bond". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
"Mason Woodward". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
"Graeme Hossack". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
"Jacob Morin". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
"Mike Sisselberger". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
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External links

Official website

Premier Lacrosse League and Women's Lacrosse League

Premier Lacrosse League

Teams	Boston Cannons California Redwoods Carolina Chaos Denver Outlaws Maryland Whipsnakes New York Atlas Philadelphia Waterdogs Utah Archers
Seasons	2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Related	Major League Lacrosse MLL–PLL merger Awards PLL All-Star Game PLL Championship Series

Women's Lacrosse League

Teams	Boston Guard California Palms Maryland Charm New York Charging
Seasons	2025

Sports teams based in Utah

Baseball

PCL: Salt Lake Bees
PL: Ogden Raptors

Basketball

NBA: Utah Jazz
G League: Salt Lake City Stars

Football

WFA: Utah Blitz
IWFL: Utah Falconz

Hockey

NHL: Utah Hockey Club
ECHL: Utah Grizzlies

Roller derby

WFTDA: Happy Valley Derby Darlins; Junction City Roller Dolls; Wasatch Roller Derby

Rugby

MLR: Utah Warriors

Soccer

MLS: Real Salt Lake
NWSL: Utah Royals
MLSNP: Real Monarchs
USL2: Park City Red Wolves SC; Salt City SC

Volleyball

LOVB: LOVB Salt Lake

College
athletics

NCAA Division I	BYU Cougars Southern Utah Thunderbirds Utah Utes Utah State Aggies Utah Tech Trailblazers Utah Valley Wolverines Weber State Wildcats
NCAA Division II	Westminster Griffins
NJCAA	CEU Golden Eagles SLCC Bruins Snow College Badgers

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