Archers
PLL: Carlson’s winner lifts Whipsnakes over Archers
The most anticipated game of PLL’s Week 4 featured the league leading Archers LC taking on the reigning champion Whipsnakes LC and this game definitely lived up to the hype. In a wonderfully offensive affair, it was Jay Carlson scoring on a turn-around jump shot with 0:32 seconds left that proved to be the game winner in a 15-14 Whipsnakes victory. The win moves the Whips to 4-1 and vaults…
PLL: Chrome knocks off another top-rated team
Chrome Lacrosse Club scored late in the fourth quarter and held the undefeated Archers Lacrosse Club to only one goal at the end of the game to upset a dominant lacrosse team for the second week in a row, taking the 8-7 win in Friday night PLL action. The group of lacrosse veterans on Chrome seem to have found their niche in the Premier Lacrosse League these last two weeks. Although…
PLL: Archers assert dominance over Waterdogs
What a game for Adam Ghitelman. The Archers’ goaltender not only stopped nine shots in the team’s 17-8 win over Waterdogs LC on Saturday night, he added an assist and a two-point goal. And he did both in style. Midway through the second quarter with Archers up 7-3, Ghitelman scooped up a loose ball near his crease and ran 65 yards downfield, making it to the Waterdogs’ arc before passing…
PLL: Archers in first after win over Chaos
The Premier Lacrosse League’s second weekend of action came to a close Sunday with the Archers using an 11-2 scoring run over the final three quarters to beat Chaos 12-8. The win vaults the Archers to the top of the PLL standings with a 2-0 record – tied with Whipsnakes, but ahead on goal differential – while the Chaos second loss in Atlanta keeps them winless on the season, now…
PLL: Archers rout Atlas 18-6 on opening weekend
Welcome to the Premier Lacrosse League, Ryan McNamara. The Archers’ second-round pick in the PLL Entry Draft scored a hattrick in his team’s first half, helping lead them to an 18-6 rout over Atlas on Saturday night. Eleven different Archers scored over the course of the triple-header finale, en route to shooting over 62 per cent for the game. Of their 26 shots on net, the first eight counted in…
PLL: Chaos in control after 13-9 win over Archers in semi-finals
A quiver holds an archer’s arrows, but a quiver can also be a reaction from panic or fear. Thursday night in the PLL semi-finals Chaos LC made the Archers LC quiver from panic as the number seven seed controlled the entire game. The Archers didn’t have enough arrows in their own quivers to fight back, falling 13-9 to Chaos. Blaze Riorden had another strong game for Chaos, stopping 18 shots….
PLL: Rabil’s Atlas exits playoffs at hands of Archers
Back on July 27th Archers LC faced Atlas LC and defeated them 11-10. Tuesday night was the elimination matchup between these same two teams with Archers LC once again coming out on top this time 11-9. Archers will now face Chaos LC at 8 p.m. Thursday night with the winner going to the Championship on Sunday. Tom Schreiber made his presence known as he and the Archers started dominating the…
PLL: Whipsnakes take first place after win over Archers
For most of the Premier Lacrosse League season, 11 goals would have been enough to win you a game. But when the Whipsnakes turn on the gas, look out. Eleven goals was nowhere near enough for the Archers on Sunday afternoon as the Whipsnakes scored 17, sewing up first place in the PLL and a bye to the semi-finals. The Archers will face Atlas at 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both…
PLL: Archers find killer instinct against Waterdogs
Archers Lacrosse Club moved to 2-0 on the young PLL season after a 9-7 win over Waterdogs LC on Tuesday night at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman, Utah. The Waterdogs fell to 0-2 with the loss. The Archers relied heavily on Adam Ghitelman, who took over in goal for Drew Adams at halftime. Ghitelman only gave up one goal in his 24 minutes of play. “We have a lot of…