Field lacrosse team in the PLL
The New York Atlas , formerly known as Atlas Lacrosse Club, is a professional men's field lacrosse team in the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL).
The Atlas LC was one of the six founding members of the PLL for the 2019 season . The inaugural roster was made up of several former Johns Hopkins players, most notably PLL co-founder, Paul Rabil , as well as Tucker Durkin , Ryan Brown, John Crawley, and Joel Tinney. The Atlas has an unofficial rivalry with the Whipsnakes as several of the Whipsnakes players are former Maryland Terrapins , a collegiate rivalry carrying over to the pros.[ 1] The Bulls struggled in their first 2 seasons going 7-10. However, in 2021 and 2022 they were among the league's best with a combined record of 13-9. This success was largely due to the breakout of Attackman Jeff Teat and the 2022 MVP campaign from Faceoff Athlete Trevor Baptiste . In 2023 it was announced that the Atlas LC would become the New York Atlas with the introduction of home cities for the 2024 season.[ 2] The decision to place the Atlas identity in New York was attributed to iconography like the Wall Street Bull Statue and the tough, hard-nose nature of New York sports.[ 3]
2023 Atlas Lacrosse Club No. Name Nationality Position Height Weight College Grad Year High School Hometown Ref. 0 Koby Smith LSM 6'0" 195 lbs Towson 2022 Loyola Blakefield Lutherville, Maryland [ 4] 1 Connor Shellenberger Attack 6'1" 195 lbs Virginia 2024 St. Anne's-Belfield Charlottesville, Virginia [ 5] 2 Lance Tillman Attack 5'10" 170 lbs North Carolina 2024 Valor Christian Highlands Ranch, Colorado [ 6] 3 Peyton Smith Faceoff 6'1" 188 lbs Marist 2020 Athens Drive Raleigh, North Carolina [ 7] 4 Dylan Molloy Attack 6'0" 220 lbs Brown 2017 St. Anthony's Setauket, New York [ 8] 5 Tyler Carpenter LSM 5'10" 180 lbs Duke 2024 Salisbury Durham, North Carolina [ 9] 6 Dox Aitken Midfield 6'2" 210 lbs Virginia 2021 Haverford Villanova, Pennsylvania [ 10] 7 Jeff Teat Attack 5'10" 170 lbs Cornell 2021 The Hill Academy Brampton, Ontario [ 11] 8 Myles Jones Midfield 6'5" 260 lbs Duke 2016 Walt Whitman Huntington, New York [ 12] 9 Trevor Baptiste (C) Faceoff 5'10" 225 lbs Denver 2018 Morristown–Beard Denville, New Jersey [ 13]
10 Xander Dickson Attack 6'1" 160 lbs Virginia 2023 Brunswick Greenwich, Connecticut [ 14] 14 Jake Stevens Midfield 5'9" 193 lbs Syracuse 2024 Culver Puslinch, Ontario [ 15] 15 Eric Law (C) Attack 5'11" 180 lbs Denver 2013 Arapahoe Centennial, Colorado [ 16]
19 John Geppert LSM 6'3" 210 lbs Maryland 2023 Landon Washington, DC [ 17] 22 Michael Rexrode Defense 6'0" 180 lbs Rutgers 2018 Loudoun County Leesburg, Virginia [ 18] 24 Payton Cormier Attack 6'2" 230 lbs Virginia 2024 Oakville Oakville, Ontario [ 19] 26 Bryan Costabile Midfield 6'2" 205 lbs Notre Dame 2020 Mount Saint Joseph Sykesville, Maryland [ 20] 34 Drake Porter Goalie 5'11" 183 lbs Syracuse 2021 IMG Academy Aurora, Ontario [ 21] 43 Brett Makar Defense 6'1" 210 lbs Maryland 2023 Yorktown Heights Yorktown Heights, New York [ 22] 44 Liam Entenmann Goalie 6'3" 203 lbs Notre Dame 2024 Chaminade Point Lookout, New York [ 23] 54 Peter Dearth SSDM 6'3" 214 lbs Syracuse 2021 Ridgefield Ridgefield, Connecticut [ 24] 57 Chet Comizio SSDM 5'10" 175 lbs Villanova 2023 Delbarton Basking Ridge, New Jersey [ 25] 77 Gavin Adler Defense 5'8" 180 lbs Cornell 2023 Hewlett Hewlett, New York [ 26] 88 Ronan Jacoby Midfield 6'1" 206 lbs Rutgers 2023 Glastonbury Glastonbury, Connecticut 91 Danny Logan SSDM 5'11" 200 lbs Denver 2021 Upper Arlington Upper Arlington, Ohio [ 27] 98 Reid Bowering Midfield 6'0" 190 lbs Drexel 2021 Archbishop Carney Coquitlam, British Columbia [ 28] Payton Rezanka SSDM 5'11" 200 lbs Loyola 2023 Cathedral Catholic San Diego, California [ 29]
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*Indicates player is on the holdout list
**Indicates player is on the PUP list
(C) : Captain[ 31]
All-time Draft selections [ edit ] 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 3 Atlas Rob Pannell Attack Cornell 2 10 Atlas Craig Chick Defense Lehigh
Rnd. Pick # PLL Team Player Pos. College Conference 1 2 Atlas Bryan Costabile Midfield Notre Dame ACC 2 10 Atlas Aidan Hynes Defense Yale Ivy League
2021 Entry Draft
Rnd. Pick # Player Pos. College 1 3 Dan Bucaro Attack Georgetown 2 9 Michael Rexrode Defense Rutgers 3 14 Andrew Newbold Defense Sacred Heart 4 22 Brendan Sunday Attack Towson
Rnd. Pick # Player Pos. College 1 1 Gavin Adler Defense Cornell 1 3 Brett Makar Defense Maryland 2 11 Xander Dickson Attack Virginia 3 19 Payton Rezanka SSDM Loyola 4 27 Kyle Long Attack Maryland
Rnd. Pick # Player Pos. College 1 2 Connor Shellenberger Attack Virginia 1 5 Liam Entenmann Goalie Notre Dame 2 10 Jake Stevens Midfield Syracuse 4 26 Tyler Carpenter D Duke
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2019 Week Location Date Opponent Result 1 Boston, Massachusetts June 2, 2019 Redwoods L 9–11 2 New York, New York June 8, 2019 Chaos L 13–18 3 Chicago, Illinois June 16, 2019 Chrome W 13–12 4 Baltimore, Maryland June 22, 2019 Whipsnakes L 10–15 5 Atlanta, Georgia June 28, 2019 Archers W 13–12 6 Washington, DC July 6, 2019 Whipsnakes L 9–11 All-Star Break Los Angeles, California July 21, 2019 Bye Bye 7 Denver, Colorado July 27, 2019 Redwoods W 18-15 8 San Jose, California August 11, 2019 Archers L 11–15 9 Hamilton, Ontario August 17, 2019 Chrome W 17-14 10 Albany, New York August 25, 2019 Chaos W 12-9 Playoffs Round 1 Columbus, Ohio September 7, 2019 Chrome W 17-8 First Draft Pick Game Philadelphia, Pennsylvania September 21, 2019 Archers L 25-7
2020 Game Location Date Opponent Result 1 Herriman , Utah July 26, 2020 Waterdogs W 11–10 2 Herriman , Utah July 27, 2020 Archers L 10–11 3 Herriman , Utah July 30, 2020 Whipsnakes L 6–15 4 Herriman , Utah August 1, 2020 Redwoods L 10–11 5 (Elimination) Herriman , Utah August 4, 2020 Archers L 9–11
2021 Game Location Date Opponent Result 1 Foxborough , Massachusetts June 5, 2021 Archers L 6–18 2 Kennesaw , Georgia June 12, 2021 Redwoods W 12–9 3 Baltimore , Maryland June 25, 2021 Whipsnakes L 11–12 4 Baltimore , Maryland June 27, 2021 Cannons W 18–17 5 Hempstead , New York July 4, 2021 Chrome W 16–10 6 Eagan , Minnesota July 10, 2021 Chaos W 16–10 7 Colorado Springs , Colorado July 30, 2021 Chrome W 19–10 8 Colorado Springs , Colorado August 1, 2021 Cannons W 13–12 9 Albany , New York August 14, 2021 Waterdogs L 9–10 10 (Quarterfinal) Sandy , Utah August 21, 2021 Cannons W 13–9 11 (Semifinal) Chester , Pennsylvania September 5, 2021 Chaos L 9–15
2022 Game Location Date Opponent Result 1 Albany, New York June 4, 2022 Redwoods W 17-11 2 Charlotte, North Carolina June 11, 2022 Cannons W 16-8 3 Hempstead, Long Island (New York ) June 17, 2022 Whipsnakes L 8-12 4 Baltimore , Maryland June 25, 2022 Archers W 10-9 5 Eagan, MN (Minneapolis ) July 1, 2022 Chrome W 14-13 6 Fairfield, CT July 23, 2022 Redwoods L 15-16 7 Frisco, TX (Dallas ) July 30, 2022 Archers W 14-9 8 Denver, CO August 6, 2022 Waterdogs L 15-16 9 Herriman, UT (Salt Lake City ) August 12, 2022 Whipsnakes L 8-16 10 Tacoma, WA (Seattle ) August 21, 2022 Chaos W 10-9 11 (Quarterfinal) Foxborough, MA (Boston ) September 3, 2022 Waterdogs L 14-19
2023 Championship Series Game Location Date Opponent Result 1 Springfield, VA February 22, 2023 Whipsnakes W 29-16 2 Springfield, VA February 23, 2023 Chrome W 29-20 3 Springfield, VA February 24, 2023 Archers W 31-26 4 (Semifinals) Springfield, VA February 25, 2023 Whipsnakes W 30-21 5 (Championship) Springfield, VA February 26, 2023 Chrome L 23-24
2023 Game Location Date Opponent Result 1 Albany, New York June 3, 2023 Redwoods L 12-13 2 Charlotte, North Carolina June 11, 2023 Whipsnakes W 12-11 3 Columbus, OH June 16, 2023 Waterdogs L 18-19 4 Eagan, MN (Minneapolis ) July 8, 2023 Cannons L 12-19 5 Fairfield, CT July 15, 2023 Chaos L 15-11 6 Frisco, TX (Dallas ) July 29, 2023 Chrome W 11-9 7 Baltimore, MD August 5, 2023 Archers L 14-13 (OT) 8 Denver, CO August 12, 2023 Waterdogs L 11-14 9 Tacoma, WA (Seattle ) August 18, 2023 Cannons L 13-14 10 Herriman, UT (Salt Lake City ) August 25, 2023 Redwoods L 7-12 11 (Quarterfinal) Foxborough, MA (Boston ) September 4, 2023 Cannons L 11-20
2024 Game Location Date Opponent Result 1 Albany, New York June 1, 2024 Boston W 19-12 2 Albany, New York June 2, 2024 Maryland W 17-13 3 Charlotte, NC June 8, 2024 Carolina W 15-12 4 Villanova, PA (Philadelphia ) June 16, 2024 California 5 Eagan, MN (Minneapolis ) June 28, 2024 Maryland 6 Cambridge, MA (Boston ) July 5, 2024 Denver 7 Fairfield, CT July 20, 2024 Boston 8 San Diego, CA July 28, 2024 Waterdogs 9 Denver, CO August 10, 2024 Utah 10 Herriman, UT (Salt Lake City ) August 27, 2024 Philadelphia 11 (Quarterfinal) Foxborough, MA (Boston ) September 2, 2024 12 (Semifinal) Long Island, NY September 8, 2024 13 (Championship) Chester , Pennsylvania September 15, 2024
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Jim Brown Most Valuable Player
Paul Cantabene Faceoff Athlete of the Year
George Boiardi Short Stick Midfielder of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Dave Huntley Sportsmanship Award
Welles Crowther Humanitarian Award
All-time record vs. PLL Clubs [ edit ]