Thursday night Redwoods LC faced off against Whipsnakes LC in the second semi-final game of the night for the right to face Chaos LC for the PLL Championship. On this night, it would be the first-seed Whipsnakes once again coming out on top in overtime 13-12, to return to the PLL Championship to defend their title. This was another classic battle between these two squads. Back on July 25th, these…
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….
Press Release: 2020 NLL draft to be held virtually
(Philadelphia, August 5, 2020) – The National Lacrosse League (@NLL), the longest-running and most successful professional lacrosse league in the world, today announced that the 2020 Entry Draft will be held on September 17th at 7:00 ET. For the first time in league history, the Entry Draft will be done virtually. Following the recent NFL, MLB, and WNBA Drafts, the NLL is just the fourth professional sports league to produce a…
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: Redwoods win, set championship rematch for semi-finals
The Redwoods drive to return to the Premier Lacrosse League Championship game went through the Waterdogs on Tuesday night as the ‘Woods extended their winning streak to three games, downing the newest club 11-8, and spelling an end to the ‘Dogs inaugural season. Midfielder Brent Adams led the way by scoring a hat trick. Ryder Garnsey stretched his personal games streak with two or more goals to three as he…
PLL: Chaos get first win, eliminate Chrome from playoffs
Much like 2020, today’s game was all Chaos as they defeated Chrome 19-14 in the PLL’s highest scoring battle of the season. “We like being the underdogs,” is what one microphone picked up on the sidelines of Chaos LC. Chaos sent Chrome packing in a win or go home elimination game. Chaos went up 5-4 in the first. However, the second quarter saw them score seven points to the two…
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: Currier contributes hat trick in Waterdogs’ first win
With each PLL team making Tuesday’s elimination round, it wasn’t actually necessary for a team to get any wins in group play. Yeah, okay, I laughed out loud at that sentence, too. This is lacrosse – there’s so much pride on the line and passion for the game that no team would be content to just coast through and wait to strike in the playoffs. But Chaos LC will have…
PLL: 2-point clinic in Atlas/Redwoods clash
It was a two-bomb clinic, as Redwoods were able to power past Atlas, 11-10, in a back-and-forth affair to close out group play on Saturday afternoon at Zions Bank Stadium. A 2-pointer from Myles Jones with 5:30 in the fourth quarter would prove to be the game winner, as Atlas was unable to score on a final chance late in the contest and fall to 1-3. Atlas got things going…
PLL: Waterdogs come up short against Chrome in Friday night matchup
The late game on PLL’s Friday night schedule was Chrome and Waterdogs. The ‘Dogs (0-3) were still looking for their first win as a franchise – and still are, after falling 13-12 in yet another classic close PLL matchup. Chrome finishes group play with a 3-1 record to sit in third place with two days left of competition for the rest of the field. The game saw Chrome’s John Ranagan…