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Waterdogs hand Whipsnakes first loss of season, 11-10

By Joe Keegan | July 3, 2022
By | Whipsnakes LC has trailed at halftime every game this season. And every time, they’ve come back for a win — until Saturday night in Minnesota when Kieran McArdle (3G) and the Waterdogs held off the Whipsnakes’ second half surge. McArdle buried a natural hat trick in the fourth quarter. He put on a…
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Marcus Holman moves into 10th all-time in points

By Joe Keegan | June 29, 2022
10th-year pro Marcus Holman’s 386th career point passed Hall of Fame midfielder Matt Striebel for 10th all-time.
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Crease Collapse of the Week: Jack Kielty

By Joe Keegan | June 29, 2022
The Cannons shook their defense up drastically in Week 4. Brodie Merrill, after whom the league’s LSM of the Year Award is named, was a healthy scratch. SSDM Tyson Bell picked up a pole. Rookie Matt Rahill (Maryland) got his first start down low.
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How the Whipsnakes are winning run outs to the endline

By Joe Keegan | June 29, 2022
The Whipsnakes defense has run out a preposterously, incomprehensibly high percentage of misses. They’re out-hustling opposing offenses to the endline or sideline on 32.6% of missed shots.
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Film Study: Sowers-Brown razor pick-n-rolls

By Joe Keegan | June 28, 2022
“One of our strategies the last couple weeks has been trying to get Brownie the ball,” Waterdogs LC attackman Michael Sowers said postgame. “We just wanna get him the ball as much as possible.”
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Whipsnakes perfect powerplay pushes them past Redwoods, 12-11

By Joe Keegan | June 25, 2022
Matt Rambo (4G, 1A) and the Whipsnakes defeat the Redwoods at Homewood Field, 12-11.
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Film Study: Connor Kelly inverts

By Joe Keegan | June 22, 2022
The Waterdogs scored a league-low 2.1 goals per game off initiations from X in ’21. Only Chaos (7.0 shots per game initiated at X) attempted fewer shots than the ‘Dogs (7.2). They’ve generated 3.3 goals per game and 9 shots per game from X so far in ’22. Part of it is Michael Sowers’ return to the lineup – but even without Sowers in Week 3, Connor Kelly inverted to give the Waterdogs a presence behind the cage.
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Crease Collapse of the Week: Cade van Raaphorst

By Joe Keegan | June 22, 2022
Cade van Raaphorst is one of the best help defenders in lacrosse. Learn how van Raaphorst positions himself to support his teammates.
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Justin Anderson’s left- and right-handed flamethrower

By Joe Keegan | June 21, 2022
Justin Anderson has a flamethrower. Lefty or righty on the run, the ball jumps out of Anderson’s stick. As a rookie Anderson shot 2-for-21 (9.5%) off the dodge; through three games in ‘22, he is 4-for-8 (50.0%) on unassisted shots.
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