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The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) is an American professional field lacrosse league composed of eight teams. [1] The league's inaugural season debuted on June 1, 2019, and included a 14-week tour-based schedule taking place in 12 major-market cities. [2]
The 37 combined goals in the Archers 19-18 win against the Waterdogs tied the most combined goals ever in a PLL game, tying the record set in Week 3 of the 2023 PLL season in the game between the Waterdogs and Atlas. Week 8 - Baltimore. Highest attended two-day event in league history. Event on August 5 was sold-out. [45] [44] Week 10 - Seattle
The playoffs ran from September 2 through September 15. This is the first season where PLL teams were assigned to home cities. The Atlas went 7-3 and earned the #1 seed on the back of Jeff Teat shattering the single-season points record with 64– the previous record being 44, and breaking the assists record with 28.
In 2023, all 8 PLL teams were assigned to cities. Starting in 2024, the teams were aligned into Eastern and Western conferences, and the regular-season schedule was expanded to 10 games. Each team plays two games against the other teams in its conference and single games against teams in the opposite conference.
The lacrosse sixes format is used for games in the Women's Lacrosse League, which feature six-on-six teams, smaller fields, and shorter time periods than women's lacrosse. [12] The league's season begins with the annual WLL Championship Series, which takes place concurrently with the PLL Championship Series in February. The format of the league ...
Announced in May 2022, the Championship Series was created for a variety of reasons: incentivize a teams regular season finishing position(as of 2023 only the last place team in the standings does not qualify for playoffs in the PLL), provide more playing opportunities for PLL players that do not play in the NLL, aid in the broader push for ...
The addition of an eighth team, the Cannons Lacrosse Club, allows for schedule flexibility and natural bye weeks to occur for each team throughout the season. [3] While the MLL fielded six teams last season and the PLL fielded seven, the post-merger PLL chose to expand by only one team to maintain the highest level of competition.
The 2022 Premier Lacrosse League college draft was held on May 10 and began at 8:00PM eastern time. The draft was the first PLL property to be broadcast on an ESPN network when it aired on ESPN U.