The 2025 California Redwoods season is the 7th season of the California Redwoods of the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL). Prior to the start of the season, Nat St. Laurent resigned from the position of general manager and head coach. He was succeeded by Joe Spallina as general manager and by Anthony Kelly as head coach.

College draft

+ 2025 California Redwoods college draft selections Round Selection Player Position College Notes 1 2 Andrew McAdorey Midfield Duke 3 Sam English Midfield Syracuse From the Boston Cannons 5 Traded to the New York Atlas 2 10 Chris Kavanagh Attack Notre Dame 3 18 Traded to the Utah Archers From the New York Atlas 4 26 Traded to the Denver Outlaws 29 Carter Rice Defensive Midfield Syracuse From the Utah Archers 31 Griffin Schutz Midfield Virginia From the Maryland Whipsnakes

Personnel

Coaching staff

The following the is 2025 California Redwood's coaching staff.

Head coach: Anthony Kelly Assistant coaches: Chris Bocklet and Chris Collins

Current roster

+ 2025 California Redwoods current roster # Name Nationality Position Shot Height Weight College 1 Nakeie Montgomery Midfield Right 5 ft 11 in 200 lbs Duke 2 Andrew McAdorey (R) Midfield Right/Left 5 ft 8 in 190 lbs Duke 3 Carter Rice (R) Defensive Midfield Left 5 ft 11 in 191 lbs Syracuse 4 Dylan Molloy Attack Right 6 ft 0 in 215 lbs Brown 5 Romar Dennis Midfield Right/Left 6 ft 5 in 225 lbs Loyola 6 TD Ierlan (C) Faceoff Right 5 ft 9 in 190 lbs Yale 10 Sam English (R) Midfield Right 5 ft 11 in 169 lbs Syracuse 12 Brian Tevlin (C) Defensive Midfield Right 5 ft 11 in 190 lbs Notre Dame 14 Wesley Berg Attack Right 6 ft 2 in 205 lbs Denver 19 Brendan Nichtern Attack Right 6 ft 0 in 185 lbs Army 20 Chris Conlin Defense Left 6 ft 2 in 210 lbs Notre Dame 21 Carter Parlette Defensive Midfield Left 5 ft 11 in 190 lbs Notre Dame 22 Chayse Ierlan Goalie Right 6 ft 1 in 210 lbs Johns Hopkins 23 Chris Merle (C) Defensive Midfield Right 6 ft 1 in 200 lbs Virginia 24 Marquez White Defensive Midfield Right 6 ft 0 in 185 lbs Princeton 26 Sam Handley Midfield Right/Left 6 ft 5 in 235 lbs Penn 28 Jared Conners Long Stick Midfield Right 6 ft 5 in 215 lbs Virginia 31 Chris Fake Defense Right 6 ft 1 in 220 lbs Yale 34 Josh Balcarcel (R) Midfield Left 5 ft 7 in 175 lbs Marist 39 Cole Kastner Defense Right 6 ft 7 in 215 lbs Virginia 40 Arden Cohen Defense Left 6 ft 2 in 220 lbs Notre Dame 41 Charlie Bertrand Midfield Left 6 ft 3 in 215 lbs Virginia 42 Ryan Aughavin Midfield Right/Left 6 ft 0 in 190 lbs Brown 43 Matt Knote Goalie Right 5 ft 10 in 220 lbs UMass 47 Cole Kirst Midfield Right/Left 6 ft 2 in 210 lbs Syracuse 50 Ryder Garnsey (C) Attack Left 5 ft 9 in 180 lbs Notre Dame 70 BJ Farrare Defensive Midfield Right/Left 6 ft 2 in 210 lbs Penn 88 Aidan Danenza Midfield Right 6 ft 3 in 220 lbs Duke 94 Jack Kelly Goalie Right 6 ft 1 in 225 lbs Brown 96 Chris Kavanagh (R) Attack Right 5 ft 10 in 180 lbs Notre Dame

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 May 30 Denver Outlaws W 15–12 1–0 Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Recap 2 June 7 Carolina Chaos W 16–10 2–0 American Legion Memorial Stadium Recap 3 June 13 Utah Archers L 11–12 2–1 Villanova Stadium Recap 4 Bye 5 June 27 Denver Outlaws L 12–18 2–2 Torero Stadium Recap June 28 Philadelphia Waterdogs L 12–9 2–3 Torero Stadium Recap 6 Lexus All-Star Game 7 July 12 Carolina Chaos L 10–12 2–4 Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium Recap 8 July 18 New York Atlas Rafferty Stadium Preview 9 July 25 Utah Archers Zions Bank Stadium Preview 10 August 2 Maryland Whipsnakes Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium Preview 11 August 8 Boston Cannons Harvard Stadium Preview

Game summaries

Week 1: Denver Outlaws

Week 2: Carolina Chaos

Week 3: Utah Archers

Week 5 game 1: Denver Outlaws

Week 5 game 2: Philadelphia Waterdogs

Week 7: Carolina Chaos

Standings

2025 Western Conference Standings Team Denver Outlaws 4 2 74 62 12 Carolina Chaos 3 3 62 77 –15 California Redwoods 2 4 73 76 –3 Utah Archers 2 4 57 66  –9

References