Carolina Chaos

Carolina Chaos

Full name	Carolina Chaos Lacrosse Club
Founded	2019
League	Premier Lacrosse League
Based in	Charlotte, North Carolina
Stadium	American Legion Memorial Stadium
Colors
Owner	Premier Lacrosse League
Head coach	Andy Towers
Championships	1 (2021)
Website	Carolina Chaos

The Carolina Chaos, formerly known as Chaos Lacrosse Club, are a professional men's field lacrosse team in the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL). The Chaos are one of the six founding members of the PLL for the 2019 season. Notable players include Blaze Riorden, Josh Byrne, Jarrod Neumann and Troy Reh. Chaos were crowned PLL Champions for the first time in team history with a 14 - 9 victory over the Whipsnakes in the 2021 PLL Championship.

2023 Chaos Lacrosse Club
No.	Name	Nation­ality	Position	Height	Weight	College	Grad Year	High School	Hometown	Ref.
0	Blaze Riorden (C)		Goalie	6 ft 3 in	215 lbs	Albany	2016	Fairport	Fairport, New York	[1]
1	Kyle Jackson		Midfield	5 ft 9 in	166 lbs	Michigan	2016	The Hill Academy	Sarnia, Ontario	[2]
4	Greg Coholan		Midfield	6 ft 1 in	195 lbs	Virginia	2016	Irondequoit	Rochester, New York	[3]
5	Ryan McNulty		LSM	6 ft 2 in	210 lbs	Loyola	2022	Bishop Shanahan	Exton, Pennsylvania	[4]
7	Brian Minicus		Attack	5 ft 10 in	175 lbs	Georgetown	2023	Darien	Darien, Connecticut	[5]
8	Jules Heningburg		Attack	6 ft 2 in	205 lbs	Rutgers	2018	Seton Hall Prep	Maplewood, New Jersey	[6]
9	CJ Costabile		LSM	6 ft 1 in	197 lbs	Duke	2012	New Fairfield	New Fairfield, Connecticut	[7]
10	Troy Reh		LSM	5 ft 11 in	185 lbs	Albany	2018	Rocky Point	Rocky Point, New York	[8]
13	Zach Geddes		SSDM	6 ft 1 in	190 lbs	Georgetown	2022	Belmont Hill	Winchester, Massachusetts	[9]
14	Austin Kaut		Goalie	6 ft 1 in	197 lbs	Penn State	2014	Springfield-Delco	Morton, Pennsylvania
15	Ross Scott		Attack	5 ft 9 in	175 lbs	Rutgers	2024	West Linn	West Linn, Oregon	[10]
16	Mark Glicini (C)		SSDM	6 ft 1 in	195 lbs	Yale	2016	Deerfield	Mahwah, New Jersey	[11]
22	Josh Byrne		Attack	6 ft 3 in	200 lbs	Hofstra	2017	New Westminster	New Westminster, British Columbia	[12]
23	Will Perry		Midfield	6 ft 0 in	185 lbs	North Carolina	2021	Greenwich	Greenwich, Connecticut	[13]
24	Will Bowen		Defense	6 ft 3 in	220 lbs	Georgetown	2023	Boston College High School	Cohasset, Massachusetts	[14]
27	Shane Knobloch		Midfield	5 ft 9 in	200 lbs	Rutgers	2024	Moorestown	Moorestown, New Jersey	[15]
30	Sergio Perkovic		Midfield	6 ft 4 in	225 lbs	Notre Dame	2017	Brother Rice	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan	[16]
33	James Reilly		Faceoff	6 ft 0 in	195 lbs	Georgetown	2023	Conestoga	Berwyn, Pennsylvania	[17]
34	Patrick Resch		SSDM	6 ft 3 in	205 lbs	Dartmouth	2015	La Salle	Flourtown, Pennsylvania	[18]
43	Jack Posey		Defense	6 ft 1 in	205 lbs	Penn State	2024	Freedom	South Riding, Virginia	[19]
50	Brayden Mayea*		Attack	5 ft 9 in	185 lbs	High Point	2024	St. Joseph's	Windsor, Ontario	[20]
55	Ian MacKay		Midfield	5 ft 10 in	215 lbs	Vermont	2018	The Hill Academy	Port Elgin, Ontario	[21]
66	Eric Dobson		Midfield	6 ft 5 in	235 lbs	Notre Dame	2024	Fleming Island	Fleming Island, Florida	[22]
73	Nick Rowlett		Faceoff	6 ft 0 in	175 lbs	Michigan	2023	Robinson	Burke, Virginia	[23]
82	Tye Kurtz		Attack	6 ft 0 in	175 lbs	Delaware	2023	Bishop MacDonnell	Puslinch, Ontario	[24]
88	Jarrod Neumann (C)		Defense	6 ft 4 in	220 lbs	Providence	2017	Bridgton Academy	Northampton, Massachusetts	[25]
99	Jack Rowlett		Defense	6 ft 1 in	195 lbs	North Carolina	2019	Robinson	Burke, Virginia	[26]

*Indicates player is on Unavailable to Travel list^[27]

**Indicates player is on Physically Unable to Perform list^[27]

^Indicates player is on holdout list^[27]

(C) indicates captain

Source:^[28][29]

• Head coach – Andy Towers
• Assistant coach – Jamie Hanford
• Assistant coach – Matt Panetta

2019

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	2019 Accolades
1	6	Johnny Surdick	Defense	Army	Patriot League	Schmeisser Award Winner (National Defenseman of the Year), First-Team All-American, Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year, First-Team Patriot League
2	7	Jack Rowlett	Defense	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Third-Team All-American, First-Team ACC
3	18	Greyson Torain	Midfield	Navy	Patriot League	First-Team Patriot League
4	19	Austin Henningsen	Faceoff	Maryland	Big Ten Conference

2020 Entry Draft

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.

Draft results

Rnd.	Pick #	PLL Team	Player	Pos.	College
1	7	Chaos	Dillon Ward	Goalie	Bellarmine
2	14	Chaos	Jason Noble	Midfield	Cornell

2020 College Draft

Rnd.	Pick #	PLL Team	Player	Pos.	College	Conference	Notes
1	5	Chaos	Matt Gaudet	Attack	Yale	Ivy League
2	12	Chaos	Jeff Teat	Attack	Cornell	Ivy League	Teat would return to Cornell for a fifth season

2021 Entry Draft

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College
1	8	Max Adler	Face-off	Bentley
2	16	Challen Rogers	Midfield	Stony Brook
3	24	Kyle Jackson	Midfield	Michigan

2021 College Draft

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College
1	6	Mac O'Keefe	Attack	Penn State
2	14	Kyle Gallagher	Face-off	Notre Dame
2	15	Tanner Cook	Midfield	North Carolina
3	19	Jared Bernhardt	Attack	Maryland
3	22	Kyle Thornton	Defense	Notre Dame
4	30	Ryan Smith	Attack	Robert Morris

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1	6	Brett Kennedy	Defense	Syracuse
1	8	Zach Geddes	SSDM	Georgetown
2	16	Jonathan Donville	Attack	Maryland
4	32	Kevin Lindley	Attack	Loyola

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1	7	Will Bowen	Defense	Georgetown
2	15	Brian Minicus	Attack	Georgetown
3	17	Tye Kurtz	Attack	Delaware
3	23	Nick Rowlett	Faceoff	Michigan
4	31	Levi Anderson	Attack	Saint Joseph's

This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (November 2023)

2019

Week	Location	Date	Opponent	Result
1	Boston, Massachusetts	June 2, 2019	Whipsnakes	L 14-15 (OT)
2	New York, New York	June 9, 2019	Atlas	W 18–13
3	Chicago, Illinois	June 15, 2019	Redwoods	W 12–11 (OT)
4	Baltimore, Maryland	June 23, 2019	Archers	W 14–13
5	Atlanta, Georgia	June 29, 2019	Chrome	W 15–14 (OT)
6	Washington, DC	July 7, 2019	Chrome	L 11-19
All-Star Break	Los Angeles, California	July 21, 2019	All-Star Game	N/A
7	Denver, Colorado	July 27, 2019	Whipsnakes	W 13-12
8	San Jose, California	August 10, 2019	Redwoods	W 13–10
9	Hamilton, Ontario	August 17, 2019	Archers	W 11-10 (OT)
10	Albany, New York	August 25, 2019	Atlas	L 9-12
Playoffs Round 1	Columbus, Ohio	September 6–7, 2019	Whipsnakes	L 7-15
Playoffs Round 2	New York, New York	September 14, 2019	Redwoods	L 7-10

2020

Game	Location	Date	Opponent	Result
1	Herriman, Utah	July 25, 2020	Chrome	L 9–13
2	Herriman, Utah	July 29, 2020	Redwoods	L 7–8
3	Herriman, Utah	July 31, 2020	Whipsnakes	L 7–12
4	Herriman, Utah	August 1, 2020	Waterdogs	L 9–10
5 (Elimination)	Herriman, Utah	August 4, 2020	Chrome	W 19–14
6 (Semifinal)	Herriman, Utah	August 6, 2020	Archers	W 13–9
7 (PLL Championship)	Herriman, Utah	August 9, 2020	Whipsnakes	L 6–12

Jim Brown Most Valuable Player

• Blaze Riorden: 2021

Dave Pietramala Defensive Player of the Year

• Jarrod Neumann: 2019

Oren Lyons Goalie of the Year

• Blaze Riorden: 2019, 2020, 2021

Dick Edell Coach of the Year

• Andy Towers: 2019

Jimmy Regan Teammate of the Year

• Mark Glicini: 2019

#	Name	Term	Regular Season				Playoffs
			GP	W	L	Pct	GP	W	L	Pct
1	Andy Towers	2019-	43	18	25	.419	12	7	5	.583

Opponent	Won	Lost	Percentage	Streak
Archers	3	0	1.000	Won 3
Atlas	1	1	.500	Lost 1
Cannons	0	0	–	-
Chrome	2	2	.500	Won 1
Redwoods	2	2	.500	Lost 2
Waterdogs	0	1	.000	Lost 1
Whipsnakes	1	4	.200	Lost 3
Totals	9	10	.474

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