By | The Utah Archers are entering the 2024 regular season with more questions than expected on the defensive side of the ball.  Matt McMahon‘s retirement leaves the defense without its leading voice and proverbial green dot player. The Jared Conners trade means there’s an unknown at long-stick midfield. Latrell Harris is out indefinitely while…

By | In 2023, the Utah Archers rode rookie faceoff specialist Mike Sisselberger and the league’s most efficient 32-second offense to the club’s first title.  In 2024, long poles are no longer allowed to take draws. What does that mean for one of the club’s biggest on-field strengths?  “The hope is it benefits us,” Archers…

By | Utah Archers head coach and general manager Chris Bates has been on a heater over the last 18 months.  The club took a risk last offseason by letting club stalwarts Marcus Holman, Will Manny and Adam Ghitelman go in free agency. It also had to account for the retirements of perennial All-Pros Scott…

By When Tom Schreiber let his game-winning low-to-high shot go, the momentum was entirely in the Waterdogs’ favor. The Philadelphia crowd had rallied behind Michael Sowers, the Waterdogs, and the vaunted ‘Dogs defense, and the Archers offense was struggling to find its footing. They hadn’t scored a goal in settled offense in 19:46 of game…

By Saturday’s semifinal contest between the Archers and the Redwoods has no shortage of storylines. Between the battle between Mike Sisselberger and TD Ierlan at the faceoff stripe, the Redwoods’ emerging midfield against the Archers’ defensive midfield that is missing Latrell Harris, Defender of the Year Garrett Epple vs Attackman of the Year finalist Connor…