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How Myles Jones, Mike Pressler forged bond years before Atlas team-up

By Lauren Merola | September 3, 2024
By | Modal Popup – ID Click here to edit the "Modal Popup" settings. This text will not be visible on frontend. It was an impatience born out of love. He could’ve waited the few minutes in his house, but time spent waiting was not time spent playing. To maximize his minutes on the basketball…
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New York Atlas

Cash App Playoffs preview: Can top-seeded Atlas win it all?

By Lauren Merola | August 25, 2024
By | Modal Popup – ID Click here to edit the "Modal Popup" settings. This text will not be visible on frontend. With the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, the New York Atlas earned a first-round bye and will play their first playoff game Sept. 7, facing the victor of the Boston Cannons-Carolina…
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New York Atlas midfielder Dox Aitken

‘Flashback PTSD’: Inside Dox Aitken’s unexpected return to attack for Atlas

By Lauren Merola | August 16, 2024
By | Modal Popup – ID Click here to edit the "Modal Popup" settings. This text will not be visible on frontend. What are you doing here? That was New York Atlas attackman Xander Dickson‘s first thought when he saw midfield mainstay Dox Aitken trot down low to replace injured attackman Connor Shellenberger during last…
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New York Atlas attackman Connor Shellenberger

Connor Shellenberger out for Atlas’ regular-season finale with left foot injury

By Lauren Merola | August 15, 2024
By | Modal Popup – ID Click here to edit the "Modal Popup" settings. This text will not be visible on frontend. After being sidelined in the third quarter of the New York Atlas’ victory over the Utah Archers on Aug. 10, attackman Connor Shellenberger is still out with a left foot injury and won’t…
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New York Atlas midfielder Logan McGovern

Mike Pressler ‘not surprised at all’ by Atlas midfielder Logan McGovern’s stellar PLL debut

By Lauren Merola | July 26, 2024
By | Modal Popup – ID Click here to edit the "Modal Popup" settings. This text will not be visible on frontend. It’s a cool story. Logan McGovern‘s first PLL goal came in his first pro game, as the first score of the game, playing for his college coach, in his home state. There’s a…
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New York Atlas attackman Jeff Teat

Atlas’ Jeff Teat breaks PLL single-season points record, tallies No. 45 vs. Cannons

By Lauren Merola | July 20, 2024
By | Modal Popup – ID Click here to edit the "Modal Popup" settings. This text will not be visible on frontend. Jeff Teat is the new owner of the Premier Lacrosse League’s single-season points record. Teat entered the Atlas’ game against the Boston Cannons in Fairfield with a record-tying 44 points (20G, 24A) in…
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Charlotte North

Charlotte North wins Unleashed Fastest Shot Competition at All-Star weekend

By Lauren Merola | July 13, 2024
By | Five Unleashed women’s professional lacrosse players – Charlotte North, Izzy Scane, Dana Dobbie, Alex Aust Holman and Emily Hawryschuk – competed alongside PLL All-Stars in skills competitions Saturday in Louisville, Ky. North, a Boston College alumna and two-time Tewaaraton Award winner, defeated Hawryschuk, who finished her career at Syracuse as the program’s all-time…
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New York Atlas goalie Liam Entenmann

Atlas’ Liam Entenmann records best debut start for goalie in PLL history

By Lauren Merola | July 11, 2024
By | New York Atlas goalie Liam Entenmann made his first career start in a demolition of the Denver Outlaws in Week 5.  He walked onto the field at Harvard Stadium as part of a starting goalie tandem alongside Tim Troutner that coach and general manager Mike Pressler called “1” and “1A.” He walked off…
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New York Atlas attackman Eric Law

Atlas release former captain Eric Law to player pool

By Lauren Merola | July 9, 2024
By | The New York Atlas released four-time All-Star Eric Law to the player pool on Tuesday, ending the former captain’s near six-season tenure with the team. In that time, Law, 33, accumulated 117 points (80G, 37A) in 43 games played for the Atlas as an elite off-ball mover and finisher on the doorstep. His…
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New York Atlas long-stick midfielder Tyler Carpenter

Was Atlas’ Tyler Carpenter the steal of the 2024 draft?

By Lauren Merola | July 3, 2024
By | Tyler Carpenter, a native of Durham, N.C., was the ball boy for Mike Pressler back when he was the head coach at Duke. Now, Carpenter works more as a ground ball boy for the New York Atlas coach and general manager. The rookie was taken in the fourth and final round of the…
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