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Matchup Preview: Baptiste vs. Farrell

By Lauren Merola | June 29, 2022
The Week 5 matchups pit two of the best faceoff specialists in the League against each other when Atlas’ Trevor Baptiste steps up to the stripe against Chrome’s Connor Farrell. It’ll be a battle of speed and power.
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Atlas defense tames fiery Archers offense to win 10-9

By Lauren Merola | June 26, 2022
In a back-and-forth battle, with 12 seconds left to play, Atlas’ defense shut down the Archers, forcing Matt Moore to miss a game-tying goal wide left, to edge them out 10-9.
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Connor Farrell and the making of Milkman

By Lauren Merola | June 23, 2022
Growing up, Connor Farrell would walk into the kitchen of his home in Holtsville, New York nearly ten times a day for a refill. When he pulled open the refrigerator door and the light softly illuminated Farrell’s face, his mom Kathleen’s money was well-bet that Farrell was making his way through the ten gallons of milk she’d purchased that week.
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Inaugural Pro Lacrosse Hall of Fame class inducted on Long Island

By Lauren Merola | June 20, 2022
By | The Premier Lacrosse League inducted the inaugural class into the Pro Lacrosse Hall of Fame at halftime of the Archers-Cannons game at Shuart Stadium on Saturday. Former attackers John Grant Jr., Mark Millon and Casey Powell, midfielders Gary Gait, Jay Jalbert and Matt Striebel, defenders John Gagliardi, Pat McCabe and Nicky Polanco, faceoff…
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Manny’s five goals lead Archers over Cannons, 20-9

By Lauren Merola | June 18, 2022
The Archers scored a hat trick of hat tricks en route to a 20-9 victory over the Cannons on Long Island on Saturday.
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Chrome defense stifles Redwoods in 12-3 victory

By Lauren Merola | June 10, 2022
Rookie Logan Wisnauskaus introduced himself to the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) with a five-goal performance in Chrome’s 12-3 victory over the Redwoods in Week 2 in Charlotte, N.C.
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Matt Dunn: The alpha of the Whipsnakes defense

By Lauren Merola | September 17, 2021
By | In Matt Dunn‘s collection of Spotify albums sit his originally crafted ‘Chill’ and ‘More Chill’ playlists. Back on the first day of quarantine at the 2020 Premier Lacrosse League Champions Series bubble, Dunn and his hotel roommate Michael Ehrhardt couldn’t leave, so they needed something to pass time. They started adding their favorite…
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Zed leads Whips over Waterdogs, 14-10

By Lauren Merola | September 6, 2021
By | The Whipsnakes return to the championship stage after ousting the Waterdogs 14-10 in a back and forth semifinal battle in Philadelphia. Zed Williams led the way with five goals, Jay Carlson added three and Brad Smith two. Matt Rambo had one goal and one assist. With 9:19 left in the first half, Justin…
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Semifinals: Whipsnakes-Waterdogs Preview

By Lauren Merola | September 3, 2021
By | Welcome to Week 10. It’s the Whipsnakes. It’s the Waterdogs. It’s the semifinals. Quarterfinal Review In case you missed it, the Whipsnakes and Redwoods showed out, again. These two teams have battled to the final minute in each of their three postseason matchups.  In 2019, the Whipsnakes ousted the Redwoods 12-11 to claim…
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Fully Tucked: Jake Carraway’s Journey to the PLL

By Lauren Merola | September 2, 2021
For 150-something days of the offseason during his sophomore year at St. Mary’s High School, Jake Carraway spent 100-balls a day shooting. “He was always posting it on his Snapchat story,” Carraway’s high school teammate and Redwoods goalie Tim Troutner said. “Every day he was shooting. Rain or shine, I’m not kidding, I watched him go probably over 150 days in a row.”
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