New York Atlas (lacrosse)

The New York Atlas are a professional field lacrosse team based in Albany, New York, that competes in the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL).

New York Atlas

Full name	New York Atlas Lacrosse Club
Nickname	Bulls
Founded	2019
League	Premier Lacrosse League
Based in	Albany, New York
Stadium	Casey Stadium
Colors
Head coach	Mike Pressler
Championships	None
Website	New York Atlas

History

The Atlas LC was one of the six founding members of the PLL for the 2019 season. The inaugural roster was made up of several former Johns Hopkins players, most notably PLL co-founder, Paul Rabil, as well as Tucker Durkin, Ryan Brown, John Crawley, and Joel Tinney. The Atlas has an unofficial rivalry with the Whipsnakes as several of the Whipsnakes players are former Maryland Terrapins, a collegiate rivalry carrying over to the pros.^[1] The Bulls struggled in their first 2 seasons going 7-10. However, in 2021 and 2022 they were among the league's best with a combined record of 13-9. This success was largely due to the breakout of Attackman Jeff Teat and the 2022 MVP campaign from Faceoff Athlete Trevor Baptiste. In 2023 it was announced that the Atlas LC would become the New York Atlas with the introduction of home cities for the 2024 season.^[2] The decision to place the Atlas identity in New York was attributed to iconography like the Wall Street Bull Statue and the tough, hard-nose nature of New York sports.^[3]

Roster

2023 Atlas Lacrosse Club
No.	Name	Nation­ality	Position	Height	Weight	College	Grad Year	High School	Hometown	Ref.
0	Koby Smith		LSM	6'0"	195 lbs	Towson	2022	Loyola Blakefield	Lutherville, Maryland	[4]
1	Connor Shellenberger		Attack	6'1"	195 lbs	Virginia	2024	St. Anne's-Belfield	Charlottesville, Virginia	[5]
2	Lance Tillman		Attack	5'10"	170 lbs	North Carolina	2024	Valor Christian	Highlands Ranch, Colorado	[6]
3	Peyton Smith		Faceoff	6'1"	188 lbs	Marist	2020	Athens Drive	Raleigh, North Carolina	[7]
4	Dylan Molloy		Attack	6'0"	220 lbs	Brown	2017	St. Anthony's	Setauket, New York	[8]
5	Tyler Carpenter		LSM	5'10"	180 lbs	Duke	2024	Salisbury	Durham, North Carolina	[9]
6	Dox Aitken		Midfield	6'2"	210 lbs	Virginia	2021	Haverford	Villanova, Pennsylvania	[10]
7	Jeff Teat		Attack	5'10"	170 lbs	Cornell	2021	The Hill Academy	Brampton, Ontario	[11]
8	Myles Jones		Midfield	6'5"	260 lbs	Duke	2016	Walt Whitman	Huntington, New York	[12]
9	Trevor Baptiste (C)		Faceoff	5'10"	225 lbs	Denver	2018	Morristown–Beard	Denville, New Jersey	[13]
10	Xander Dickson		Attack	6'1"	160 lbs	Virginia	2023	Brunswick	Greenwich, Connecticut	[14]
14	Jake Stevens		Midfield	5'9"	193 lbs	Syracuse	2024	Culver	Puslinch, Ontario	[15]
15	Eric Law (C)		Attack	5'11"	180 lbs	Denver	2013	Arapahoe	Centennial, Colorado	[16]
19	John Geppert		LSM	6'3"	210 lbs	Maryland	2023	Landon	Washington, DC	[17]
22	Michael Rexrode		Defense	6'0"	180 lbs	Rutgers	2018	Loudoun County	Leesburg, Virginia	[18]
24	Payton Cormier		Attack	6'2"	230 lbs	Virginia	2024	Oakville	Oakville, Ontario	[19]
26	Bryan Costabile		Midfield	6'2"	205 lbs	Notre Dame	2020	Mount Saint Joseph	Sykesville, Maryland	[20]
34	Drake Porter		Goalie	5'11"	183 lbs	Syracuse	2021	IMG Academy	Aurora, Ontario	[21]
43	Brett Makar		Defense	6'1"	210 lbs	Maryland	2023	Yorktown Heights	Yorktown Heights, New York	[22]
44	Liam Entenmann		Goalie	6'3"	203 lbs	Notre Dame	2024	Chaminade	Point Lookout, New York	[23]
54	Peter Dearth		SSDM	6'3"	214 lbs	Syracuse	2021	Ridgefield	Ridgefield, Connecticut	[24]
57	Chet Comizio		SSDM	5'10"	175 lbs	Villanova	2023	Delbarton	Basking Ridge, New Jersey	[25]
77	Gavin Adler		Defense	5'8"	180 lbs	Cornell	2023	Hewlett	Hewlett, New York	[26]
88	Ronan Jacoby		Midfield	6'1"	206 lbs	Rutgers	2023	Glastonbury	Glastonbury, Connecticut
91	Danny Logan		SSDM	5'11"	200 lbs	Denver	2021	Upper Arlington	Upper Arlington, Ohio	[27]
98	Reid Bowering		Midfield	6'0"	190 lbs	Drexel	2021	Archbishop Carney	Coquitlam, British Columbia	[28]
	Payton Rezanka		SSDM	5'11"	200 lbs	Loyola	2023	Cathedral Catholic	San Diego, California	[29]

Source:^[30]

*Indicates player is on the holdout list

**Indicates player is on the PUP list

(C): Captain^[31]

Coaching staff

• Head coach – Mike Pressler
• Assistant coaches – Steven Brooks, Kevin Unterstein

All-time Draft selections

2019 College Draft

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	2019 Accolades
1	2	Ryan Conrad	Midfield	Virginia	Atlantic Coast Conference	First-Team All-American, First-Team ACC
2	11	Cade Van Raaphorst	Defense	Duke	Atlantic Coast Conference	First-Team All-American, First-Team ACC
3	14	Noah Richard	Midfield	Marquette	Big East Conference	Honorable Mention All-American, Big East Defensive Player of the Year, First-Team Big East
4	23	Brent Noseworthy	Midfield	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	2018 Accolades (Injured most of 2019): Honorable Mention All-American, First-Team Big Ten
Undrafted	FA	Jacob Stover	Goalie	Loyola	Patriot League	First-Team All-American, First-Team Patriot League, Patriot League Goalie of the Year

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	3	Atlas	Rob Pannell	Attack	Cornell
2	10	Atlas	Craig Chick	Defense	Lehigh

2020 College Draft

Rnd.	Pick #	PLL Team	Player	Pos.	College	Conference
1	2	Atlas	Bryan Costabile	Midfield	Notre Dame	ACC
2	10	Atlas	Aidan Hynes	Defense	Yale	Ivy League

2021 Entry Draft

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College
1	3	Dan Bucaro	Attack	Georgetown
2	9	Michael Rexrode	Defense	Rutgers
3	14	Andrew Newbold	Defense	Sacred Heart
4	22	Brendan Sunday	Attack	Towson

2021 College Draft

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College
1	1	Jeff Teat	Attack	Cornell
1	8	Dox Aitken	Midfield	Virginia
2	10	Jake Carraway	Midfield/Attack	Georgetown
4	11	Danny Logan	SSDM	Denver
5	17	Peter Dearth	SSDM	Syracuse
6	26	Gerard Arceri	Faceoff	Penn State

2022 College Draft

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College
1	2	Chris Gray	Attack	North Carolina
1	5	Koby Smith	LSM	Towson
2	13	Brendan Curry	Midfield	Syracuse
3	21	Max Wayne	Defense	Christopher Newport

2023 College Draft

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College
1	1	Gavin Adler	Defense	Cornell
1	3	Brett Makar	Defense	Maryland
2	11	Xander Dickson	Attack	Virginia
3	19	Payton Rezanka	SSDM	Loyola
4	27	Kyle Long	Attack	Maryland

2024 College Draft

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College
1	2	Connor Shellenberger	Attack	Virginia
1	5	Liam Entenmann	Goalie	Notre Dame
2	10	Jake Stevens	Midfield	Syracuse
4	26	Tyler Carpenter	D	Duke

Season Results

2019

Week	Location	Date	Opponent	Result
1	Boston, Massachusetts	June 2, 2019	Redwoods	L 9–11
2	New York, New York	June 8, 2019	Chaos	L 13–18
3	Chicago, Illinois	June 16, 2019	Chrome	W 13–12
4	Baltimore, Maryland	June 22, 2019	Whipsnakes	L 10–15
5	Atlanta, Georgia	June 28, 2019	Archers	W 13–12
6	Washington, DC	July 6, 2019	Whipsnakes	L 9–11
All-Star Break	Los Angeles, California	July 21, 2019	Bye	Bye
7	Denver, Colorado	July 27, 2019	Redwoods	W 18-15
8	San Jose, California	August 11, 2019	Archers	L 11–15
9	Hamilton, Ontario	August 17, 2019	Chrome	W 17-14
10	Albany, New York	August 25, 2019	Chaos	W 12-9
Playoffs Round 1	Columbus, Ohio	September 7, 2019	Chrome	W 17-8
First Draft Pick Game	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	September 21, 2019	Archers	L 25-7

2020

Game	Location	Date	Opponent	Result
1	Herriman, Utah	July 26, 2020	Waterdogs	W 11–10
2	Herriman, Utah	July 27, 2020	Archers	L 10–11
3	Herriman, Utah	July 30, 2020	Whipsnakes	L 6–15
4	Herriman, Utah	August 1, 2020	Redwoods	L 10–11
5 (Elimination)	Herriman, Utah	August 4, 2020	Archers	L 9–11

2021

Game	Location	Date	Opponent	Result
1	Foxborough, Massachusetts	June 5, 2021	Archers	L 6–18
2	Kennesaw, Georgia	June 12, 2021	Redwoods	W 12–9
3	Baltimore, Maryland	June 25, 2021	Whipsnakes	L 11–12
4	Baltimore, Maryland	June 27, 2021	Cannons	W 18–17
5	Hempstead, New York	July 4, 2021	Chrome	W 16–10
6	Eagan, Minnesota	July 10, 2021	Chaos	W 16–10
7	Colorado Springs, Colorado	July 30, 2021	Chrome	W 19–10
8	Colorado Springs, Colorado	August 1, 2021	Cannons	W 13–12
9	Albany, New York	August 14, 2021	Waterdogs	L 9–10
10 (Quarterfinal)	Sandy, Utah	August 21, 2021	Cannons	W 13–9
11 (Semifinal)	Chester, Pennsylvania	September 5, 2021	Chaos	L 9–15

2022

Game	Location	Date	Opponent	Result
1	Albany, New York	June 4, 2022	Redwoods	W 17-11
2	Charlotte, North Carolina	June 11, 2022	Cannons	W 16-8
3	Hempstead, Long Island (New York)	June 17, 2022	Whipsnakes	L 8-12
4	Baltimore, Maryland	June 25, 2022	Archers	W 10-9
5	Eagan, MN (Minneapolis)	July 1, 2022	Chrome	W 14-13
6	Fairfield, CT	July 23, 2022	Redwoods	L 15-16
7	Frisco, TX (Dallas)	July 30, 2022	Archers	W 14-9
8	Denver, CO	August 6, 2022	Waterdogs	L 15-16
9	Herriman, UT (Salt Lake City)	August 12, 2022	Whipsnakes	L 8-16
10	Tacoma, WA (Seattle)	August 21, 2022	Chaos	W 10-9
11 (Quarterfinal)	Foxborough, MA (Boston)	September 3, 2022	Waterdogs	L 14-19

2023 Championship Series

Game	Location	Date	Opponent	Result
1	Springfield, VA	February 22, 2023	Whipsnakes	W 29-16
2	Springfield, VA	February 23, 2023	Chrome	W 29-20
3	Springfield, VA	February 24, 2023	Archers	W 31-26
4 (Semifinals)	Springfield, VA	February 25, 2023	Whipsnakes	W 30-21
5 (Championship)	Springfield, VA	February 26, 2023	Chrome	L 23-24

2023

Game	Location	Date	Opponent	Result
1	Albany, New York	June 3, 2023	Redwoods	L 12-13
2	Charlotte, North Carolina	June 11, 2023	Whipsnakes	W 12-11
3	Columbus, OH	June 16, 2023	Waterdogs	L 18-19
4	Eagan, MN (Minneapolis)	July 8, 2023	Cannons	L 12-19
5	Fairfield, CT	July 15, 2023	Chaos	L 15-11
6	Frisco, TX (Dallas)	July 29, 2023	Chrome	W 11-9
7	Baltimore, MD	August 5, 2023	Archers	L 14-13 (OT)
8	Denver, CO	August 12, 2023	Waterdogs	L 11-14
9	Tacoma, WA (Seattle)	August 18, 2023	Cannons	L 13-14
10	Herriman, UT (Salt Lake City)	August 25, 2023	Redwoods	L 7-12
11 (Quarterfinal)	Foxborough, MA (Boston)	September 4, 2023	Cannons	L 11-20

2024

Game	Location	Date	Opponent	Result
1	Albany, New York	June 1, 2024	Boston	W 19-12
2	Albany, New York	June 2, 2024	Maryland	W 17-13
3	Charlotte, NC	June 8, 2024	Carolina	W 15-12
4	Villanova, PA (Philadelphia)	June 16, 2024	California
5	Eagan, MN (Minneapolis)	June 28, 2024	Maryland
6	Cambridge, MA (Boston)	July 5, 2024	Denver
7	Fairfield, CT	July 20, 2024	Boston
8	San Diego, CA	July 28, 2024	Waterdogs
9	Denver, CO	August 10, 2024	Utah
10	Herriman, UT (Salt Lake City)	August 27, 2024	Philadelphia
11 (Quarterfinal)	Foxborough, MA (Boston)	September 2, 2024
12 (Semifinal)	Long Island, NY	September 8, 2024
13 (Championship)	Chester, Pennsylvania	September 15, 2024

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PLL Award Winners

Jim Brown Most Valuable Player

• Trevor Baptiste: 2022

Paul Cantabene Faceoff Athlete of the Year

• Trevor Baptiste: 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

George Boiardi Short Stick Midfielder of the Year

• Danny Logan: 2021, 2022

Rookie of the Year

• Jeff Teat: 2021

Dave Huntley Sportsmanship Award

• Eric Law: 2021, 2022

Welles Crowther Humanitarian Award

• Eric Law: 2023

Head coaches

#	Name	Term	Regular Season				Playoffs
			GP	W	L	Pct	GP	W	L	Pct
1	John Paul	2019	10	5	5	.500	2	1	1	.500
2	Ben Rubeor	2020-2022	23	13	10	.565	4	1	3	.250
3	Mike Pressler	2023-	13	5	8	.385	1	0	1	.000

All-time record vs. PLL Clubs

Opponent	Won	Lost	Percentage	Streak
Archers	3	6	.333	Lost 1
Cannons	5	3	.625	Won 1
Chaos	4	3	.571	Won 1
Outlaws	7	0	1.000	Won 7
Redwoods	3	5	.375	Lost 3
Waterdogs	1	5	.167	Lost 5
Whipsnakes	2	6	.250	Won 2
Totals	25	28	.472