Chester, PA
September 4, 2021
The Premier Lacrosse League semi-finals on September 4, 2021 resulting in both lower-seeded teams advancing.
In the first game, Chaos (seeded 6) came out the winner over Atlas (seeded 2) with a final score of 15-9. Chaos started the game strong with a 4-1 lead by the end of the first quarter. By half-time, however, Atlas had taken over, leading Chaos by a score of 8-5. But the last two quarters saw Chaos take over, scoring 10 goals during the last quarters while Atlas had scored only 1.
The second game saw the the Whipsnakes (ceded 5) ahead through the entire game to beat the Waterdogs (ceded 1) with a final score of 14-10.
Chaos will meet the Whipsnakes in the final on September 19, 2021 at Audi Field in Washington, D.C.
Photographs of the games appear below.
Atlas Midfielder Bryan Constabile moves around Chaos’s Jarrod Neuman.
Constable shooting, flanked by Chaos’s Patrick Resch.
Atlas’s Jake Richard passes the falling Dhane Smith of Chaos.
Neuman slows down Atlas’s Dox Aiken.
Neuman pushes the Atlas’s Mark Cockerton away from goal.
Richard defends Chaos’s attacking Chris Cloutier.
The Whipsnakes’ Brad Smith attacking past the Waterdogs’ Ryan Conrad.
The Waterdogs’ Jake Withers scooping up the ball while being held back.
Groundplay with the Whipsnakes and Waterdogs fighting for the ball.
Matthew Whitcher heading down field, pursued by Whipsnakes’ Zedekiah Williams
Conrad Ryan defended by the Whipsnakes’ Jay Carlson
The Waterboys’ Kieran McArdle shooting on goal.
More photographs of both games can be seen at https://prostamerika.smugmug.com/9-4-2021-Premier-LAX-Semi-Finals/