Shop Tickets

Lauren Merola

Author

Clamp for a Cause: The goal behind Trevor Baptiste’s faceoff wins and new PLL record

By Lauren Merola | June 21, 2023
By This season, victory comes at a price, and it’s one Trevor Baptiste is willing to pay. For every win at the stripe, the Atlas faceoff specialist will donate a portion of his salary to support lacrosse programs in inner cities. In Week 3 against the Waterdogs, Baptiste won 31 of 36 faceoffs – posting…
Read More...

How Mike Pressler makes every day hump day on Atlas LC

By Lauren Merola | June 14, 2023
By Atlas coach Mike Pressler has the team’s week scheduled down to the minute.  There’s a virtual captains meeting on Tuesday. Then a coaches meeting. And a team meeting – no longer than 30 minutes – Tuesday night, and again on Thursday. If Atlas has a Friday game, the Thursday night meeting will be held…
Read More...
Atlas Lacrosse Club Offense Xander Dickson

Three Takeaways from Atlas Lacrosse Club’s Week 1 Loss

By Lauren Merola | June 6, 2023
By Atlas dropped its first game of the season, 13-12, to the Redwoods on Saturday. Despite a competitive game through four quarters, Atlas showed some rust. The team trailed the Redwoods wire-to-wire. There were dropped passes, high shots and shot-clock confusion.   Still, there were crazy shots, and makes, and signs of promising chemistry to be…
Read More...
Atlas LC 19 Man Roster

What Atlas LC’s 19-man Roster Moves Mean for the Club

By Lauren Merola | June 2, 2023
By Atlas LC made its first round of training-camp cuts after releasing midfielders Zak Lanoue and Quinn McCahon, attackman Kyle Long and goalie JD Colarusso to the Player Pool on Tuesday. The club then decided on its 19-man, Week 1 rosters. Week one. Let’s eat. 🍽️🤘 pic.twitter.com/BiL9hNTlOH— Atlas Lacrosse Club (@PLLAtlas) June 1, 2023 Here’s…
Read More...
Gavin Alder Atlas Lacrosse Club

Five Foot Great: Gavin Adler’s expectations for 2023

By Lauren Merola | May 29, 2023
Read More...

The complete complement: Where Xander Dickson fits on Atlas’ attack

By Lauren Merola | May 23, 2023
By There’s a reason Xander Dickson broke Virginia’s single-season scoring record this past season. It’s also why Atlas drafted him with the No. 11 pick in the 2023 College Draft. “Because he’s a pain in the butt,” Atlas offensive coordinator Steven Brooks said. And meant with the utmost admiration.  On any lacrosse field, Dickson isn’t…
Read More...
Photo by Rich Barnes | USA Lacrosse Magazine

Atlas Lacrosse Club selects Cornell defenseman Gavin Adler with No. 1 pick

By Lauren Merola | May 9, 2023
By With the first-overall pick in the 2023 College Draft, Atlas coach and general manager Mike Pressler selected Cornell defenseman Gavin Adler on Tuesday. Adler started all 14 games for Big Red in 2023 and all 19 games in 2022. So far this season, he grabbed 59 ground balls and caused 21 turnovers en route…
Read More...

Five Atlas draft picks who were immediate difference makers

By Lauren Merola | May 8, 2023
By The Atlas Bulls weren’t built in a day. They were built through the draft. Atlas put up an even 5-5 record in its inaugural Premier Lacrosse League season in 2019. The Bulls won only one game the next season – in the COVID-19 Championship Series – before improving to six-win seasons in both 2021…
Read More...

Meet Mike Pressler: Atlas’ new head coach and the guy who ‘just gets it’

By Lauren Merola | May 2, 2023
By He was organized.  That’s what stuck out to Atlas defenseman Tucker Durkin while interviewing Mike Pressler during the search for Atlas’ new head coach. As one of the winningest coaches in NCAA lacrosse history, Pressler’s record speaks for itself. But his preparedness is what jumped off the page.  “In his pitch to us, he…
Read More...

Mike Pressler looks to fill a ‘light’ Atlas midfield during 2023 Draft

By Lauren Merola | May 1, 2023
By The young Bulls are only getting younger.  Atlas, a team that built its core through recent drafts, holds the first- and third-overall picks in the 2023 Premier Lacrosse League Draft. It also has the 11th, 19th and 27th selections.  Those first few picks are going to be spent upgrading Atlas’ midfield lines. Last season,…
Read More...