The 2026 Premier Lacrosse League season culminates with the Championship, when the 2026 PLL U.S. Bank Champion will be crowned on Sunday, September 20, at 12:30 p.m. ET from Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, N.J.
Sunday’s championship game features Eastern Conference No. 1 seed Philadelphia Waterdogs and Western Conference No. 3 seed Denver Outlaws. The Outlaws are making a return trip to the title game after coming up short in last season’s championship, while the Waterdogs are back in the final for the first time since 2023.
Live on ABC and streaming the ESPN App, Drew Carter will handle play-by-play with Paul Carcaterra and Ryan Boyle as analysts and Quint Kessenich reporting. Dana Boyle will be on site to host halftime coverage and the trophy presentation.
Denver delivered an 11-5 semifinal win over Utah, racing to a 9-1 halftime lead behind Brennan O’Neill, Pat Kavanagh and a defense anchored by Logan McNaney. Philadelphia’s CJ Kirst, Michael Sowers and Kyle Lewis, who scored his first career hat trick, helped send the Waterdogs to their first title game of the Bill Tierney era.
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