Waterdogs Lacrosse Club

The Waterdogs Lacrosse Club is a professional men's field lacrosse team in the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL). The Waterdogs are the first PLL expansion team set to play in the 2020 season.[1] Players will be selected through an expansion draft, new entry draft, and the college draft over the first few months of 2020.[2] Andy Copelan was announced as the Club's first head coach on January 2, 2020. [3]

Waterdogs

Full name	Waterdogs Lacrosse Club
Founded	2020
League	Premier Lacrosse League
Colors
Head coach	Andy Copelan
Championships	None
Website	Waterdogs LC

Roster

2020 Waterdogs Lacrosse Club Roster

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Height	Weight	College	Grad Year	High School	Hometown	Ref
1	Matt DeLuca		G	6 ft 6 in	225 lbs	Delaware	2020	Farmingdale	Farmingdale, New York	[4]
2	Ben Reeves		A	6 ft 3 in	205 lbs	Yale	2018	Palmyra-Macedon	Macedon, New York	[5]
3	Dan Eipp		M	5 ft 10 in	185 lbs	Harvard	2014	Westhill	Syracuse, New York	[6]
5	Drew Simoneau		FO	5 ft 7 in	190 lbs	Nazareth	2015	Kimball Union	Manchester, New Hampshire	[7]
6	Kieran McArdle		A	6 ft 2 in	185 lbs	St. John's	2014	Connetquot	Ronkonkoma, New York	[8]
7	Steve DeNapoli		M	5 ft 9 in	175 lbs	Hofstra	2010	Hewlett	Hewlett, New York	[9]
8	BJ Grill		D	5 ft 5 in	150 lbs	Marquette	2016	Bridgewater-Raritan	Bridgewater Township, New Jersey	[10]
9	Patrick Foley		D	6 ft 1 in	185 lbs	Johns Hopkins	2019	St. John's Prep	Winchester, Massachusetts	[11]
12	Charlie Cipriano		G	5 ft 11 in	200 lbs	Fairfield	2012	Herricks	Herricks, New York	[12]
15	Ryan Conrad*		M	6 ft 0 in	190 lbs	Virginia	2019	N/A	N/A
16	Chris Sabia		D	6 ft 2 in	200 lbs	Penn State	2019	Haverford	Harleysville, Pennsylvania	[13]
17	Brodie Merrill		D	6 ft 4 in	210 lbs	Georgetown	2005	Salisbury	Orangeville, Ontario	[14]
18	Jake Withers		FO	5 ft 11 in	202 lbs	Ohio State	2017	Thomas A. Stewart	Peterborough, Ontario	[15]
20	Tate Boyce*		G	6 ft 0 in	190 lbs	Providence		N/A	N/A
22	Ryan Drenner		A	6 ft 0 in	185 lbs	Towson	2017	Westminster	Finksburg, Maryland	[16]
23	Drew Snider		M	6 ft 0 in	180 lbs	Maryland	2012	O'Dea	Seattle, Washington	[17]
25	Brian Karalunas*		LSM	6 ft 0 in	180 lbs	Villanova		N/A	N/A
27	Noah Richard		LSM	6 ft 3 in	210 lbs	Marquette	2019	Henderson	West Chester, Pennsylvania	[18]
30	Christian Cuccinello		A	6 ft 0 in	210 lbs	Villanova	2018	Mountain Lakes	Mountain Lakes, New Jersey	[19]
40	Connor Kelly		M	6 ft 0 in	195 lbs	Maryland	2018	Avon Old Farms	Easton, Connecticut	[20]
55	Wes Berg		A	6 ft 2 in	205 lbs	Denver	2015	Dr. Charles Best	Coquitlam, British Columbia	[21]
71	Ryland Rees		LSM	6 ft 2 in	210 lbs	Stony Brook	2019	Terry Fox	Port Coquitlam. British Columbia	[22]
77	Zach Currier		M	6 ft 0 in	180 lbs	Princeton	2017	Culver Military Academy	Peterborough, Ontario	[23]
88	Kyle McClancy		M	6 ft 1 in	185 lbs	Albany	2018	Bayport-Blue Point	Bayport, New York	[24]
90	Ben McIntosh		M	5 ft 11 in	205 lbs	Drexel	2014	Western Reserve	Coquitlam. British Columbia	[25]

*Indicates member of restricted list

Source:[26]

2020 Expansion Draft

Pick #	Player	Pos.	PLL Team	College
1	Connor Kelly	Midfield	Whipsnakes	Maryland
2	Christian Cuccinello	Attack	Archers	Villanova
3	Brodie Merrill	Defense	Chaos	Georgetown
4	Charlie Cipriano	Goalie	Chaos	Fairfield
5	Ben Reeves	Attack	Whipsnakes	Yale
6	Kyle McClancy	Midfield	Chaos	SUNY Albany
7	Kieran McArdle	Attack	Atlas	St. John's
8	Brian Karalunas	Defense	Redwoods	Villanova
9	Ben McIntosh	Midfield	Archers	Drexel
10	Drew Snider	Midfield	Whipsnakes	Maryland
11	Ryan Drenner	Attack	Whipsnakes	Towson
12	Noah Richard	LSM	Atlas	Marquette
13	Steven DeNapoli	Midfield	Atlas	Hofstra
14	Wes Berg	Midfield	Redwoods	Denver
15	Chris Sabia	Defense	Chrome	Penn State
16	Ryan Conrad	Midfield	Atlas	Virginia
17	Dan Eipp	Midfield	Archers	Harvard
18	Drew Simoneau	Faceoff	Chrome	Nazareth College

Source: [27]

Coaching staff

• Head Coach – Andy Copelan
• Assistant Coach – Robert Cross
• Assistant Coach – Brendan Dawson

Player Pool

On March 21, Waterdogs announced they had signed the following players from the player pool:

Name	Position	College
BJ Grill	Defense	Marquette
Patrick Foley	Defense	Johns Hopkins
Dylan Johnson	Defense	Denver
Tate Boyce	Goalie	Providence
Reed Junkin	Goalie	Penn

Source:[28]

All time Draft Selections

2020 Entry Draft

The 2020 player entry draft occurred on March 16 for teams to select players arriving from rival Major League Lacrosse. On March 4, Paul Burmeister and NBCSN hosted an entry draft lottery for selection order. Out of 100 balls to select from, Waterdogs had 40, Chrome had 25, Atlas had 15, Archers had 10, Chaos had 6, Redwoods had 3, and the champion Whipsnakes had 1.

Rob Pannell was announced to be transferring to the PLL on March 9, followed by 15 other players the following day, which comprised the selection pool for the entry draft. A total of 14 players were selected in the entry draft with remaining new players entering the league player pool.

Draft results

Rnd.	Pick #	PLL Team	Player	Pos.	College
1	1	Waterdogs	Zach Currier	Midfield	Princeton
2	8	Waterdogs	Ryland Rees	Long Stick Midfield	Stony Brook

2020 College Draft

Rnd.	Pick #	PLL Team	Player	Pos.	College	Conference	Notes
1	3	Waterdogs	Michael Kraus	Attack	Virginia	ACC	Kraus would sign a two year contract with the Connecticut Hammerheads, who selected him second overall in the Major League Lacrosse draft instead.[29]
2	8	Waterdogs	Matt DeLuca	Goalie	Delaware	CAA

Season results

2020

Game	Location	Date	Opponent	Result
1	Herriman, Utah	July 26, 2020	Atlas	L 10–11
2	Herriman, Utah	July 28, 2020	Archers	L 7–9
3	Herriman, Utah	July 31, 2020	Chrome	L 12–13
4	Herriman, Utah	August 1, 2020	Chaos	W 10–9
5 (Elimination)	Herriman, Utah	August 4, 2020	Redwoods	L 8–11

PLL Award Winners

Head coaches

#	Name	Term	Regular Season				Playoffs
			GP	W	L	Pct	GP	W	L	Pct
1	Andy Copelan	2020-	4	1	3	.250	1	0	1	.000

All-time record vs. PLL Clubs

Opponent	Won	Lost	Percentage	Streak
Archers	0	1	.000	Lost 1
Atlas	0	1	.000	Lost 1
Cannons	0	0	–	-
Chaos	1	0	1.000	Won 1
Chrome	0	1	.000	Lost 1
Redwoods	0	1	.000	Lost 1
Whipsnakes	0	0	–	-
Totals	1	4	.200

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