Zach Carey, Author at Premier Lacrosse League

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How would a PLL championship impact Tom Schreiber’s legacy?

By Zach Carey | September 20, 2023

By There’s very little that Tom Schreiber hasn’t done on a lacrosse field. At 31, he’s the only three-time MVP ever, has two World Lacrosse Championship gold medals, scored the game-winner versus Canada in the 2018 gold medal game, won an MLL Championship in 2017, is a four-time PLL Gary Gait Midfielder of the Year,…

Film study: How Grant Ament is back at his very best at attack

By Zach Carey | September 12, 2023

By In eight regular season games this summer, Grant Ament scored just 13 points. That was a career low in the regular season for the Penn State product, even lower than his 16 points in five appearances in 2022. He’s continued to deal with a left hamstring strain that he re-aggravated in the season opener…

Tom Schreiber vs Eddy Glazener: A battle of tactical masterminds

By Zach Carey | September 10, 2023

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…

Archers LC places Latrell Harris on injured reserve

By Zach Carey | September 7, 2023

By In the first quarter of the Archers’ regular season finale, George Boiardi Hard Hat SSDM of the Year Latrell Harris suffered what would be a season-ending, surgery-requiring knee injury. But he still played the remainder of the game, helping to severely limit the Waterdogs’ big-little two-man games and even contributing on the wings of…

Film study: Why the Archers defense switches every big-little pick

By Zach Carey | August 31, 2023

By Playoff lacrosse is different. The stakes are higher, the games are even tighter, and the playing styles adapt to be more matchup-based on either end of the field. League-wide shooting percentages off two-man games jumps from 29.9% in regular season games to 35.0% in the playoffs as the best offenses pick at any individual…

Why the Archers still believe “the championship goes through us” after Waterdogs loss

By Zach Carey | August 29, 2023

By Mac O’Keefe‘s goal with 49 seconds left against the Waterdogs should’ve sealed the deal. That put the Archers up by two, and with Mike Sisselberger dominating at the faceoff stripe, it seemed inevitable that the club would close out their season at 9-1 and waltz into the playoffs with another clutch win in their…

Film study: What makes Connor Fields a late shot clock cheat code

By Zach Carey | August 25, 2023

By When the shot clock hits ten seconds, Archers Assistant Coach Brian Kavanagh shouts “WHITE” to tell his offensive midfielders to start substituting in order to prevent transition. The club is willing to concede having six offensive players for the full shot clock in order to get back on defense. When the shot clock hits…

Why Tom Schreiber should be the 2023 PLL MVP

By Zach Carey | August 22, 2023

By The Archers Lacrosse Club’s dominant 16-11 victory over the Whipsnakes on Friday evening clinched them the no. 1 seed in this year’s playoffs with another regular season weekend still to go. The club’s 8-1 record thus far is a full two games ahead of the Waterdogs and Cannons in second place and is the…

How Grant Ament has flourished playing midfield for the Archers

By Zach Carey | August 18, 2023

By Grant Ament has always played attack. He’s a prototypical X-attackman in the same mold of guys like Rob Pannell and Michael Sowers. His lightning quick, flawless footwork and elite vision made him the #1 pick in the 2020 PLL College Draft and the league’s Attackman of the Year in 2021. So why in the…

Brian Kavanagh: The mastermind that makes the Archers “the best substituting team in the league”

By Zach Carey | August 18, 2023

By Brian Kavanagh was 26 when he started as an assistant coach for the Archers Lacrosse Club. That season, in 2019, he was younger than more than half of the club’s roster. Both Tom Schreiber and Ryan Ambler are, in fact, former college teammates of Kavanagh’s who both also started with the club from its…

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