Waterdogs Lacrosse Club


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

Roster

*Indicates member of restricted list
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2020 Expansion Draft

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Coaching staff

On March 21, Waterdogs announced they had signed the following players from the player pool:
NamePositionCollege
BJ GrillDefenseMarquette
Patrick FoleyDefenseJohns Hopkins
Dylan JohnsonDefenseDenver
Tate BoyceGoalieProvidence
Reed JunkinGoaliePenn

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All time Draft Selections

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.
Rnd.Pick #PLL TeamPlayerPos.College
11WaterdogsZach CurrierMidfieldPrinceton
28WaterdogsRyland ReesLong Stick MidfieldStony Brook

2020 College Draft
Rnd.Pick #PLL TeamPlayerPos.CollegeConferenceNotes
13WaterdogsMichael KrausAttackVirginiaACCKraus would sign a two year contract with the Connecticut Hammerheads, who selected him second overall in the Major League Lacrosse draft instead.
28WaterdogsMatt DeLucaGoalieDelawareCAA

Season results

PLL Award Winners

Head coaches