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
Source:
2020 Expansion Draft
Source:Coaching staff
- Head Coach – Andy Copelan
- Assistant Coach – Robert Cross
- Assistant Coach – Brendan Dawson
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 |
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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 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. |
| 2 | 8 | Waterdogs | Matt DeLuca | Goalie | Delaware | CAA |