# Milwaukee Monarchs

The Milwaukee Monarchs are a Premier Ultimate League (PUL) professional "womxn"'s ultimate team based in Milwaukee, WI. They joined the PUL in 2020 as part of the 2020 expansion. The Monarchs are dedicated to "growing the sport with an emphasis on creating opportunities for and raising the profiles of womxn, girls, and players of diverse identities in Wisconsin and the broader Midwest"

## Franchise history

On December 3, 2019 the PUL, which had held its inaugural season in 2019, announced that it would be adding four new teams including the Milwaukee Monarchs, Washington DC Shadow, Portland Rising, and Minnesota Strike. The Monarchs were founded by Ness Cannaday, Austin Prucha, Katy Stanton, and Dan Laurila.
The 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so the Monarchs did not compete until 2021. The Monarchs hosted one of the three regional competitions that made up the 2021 PUL Championship Series, which served as an abbreviated competition season in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Monarchs defeated the Columbus Pride and Indianapolis Red to win the Midwest competition.

## Leadership team

* Ben Iberle | General manager
* Benjy Keren | Game Day Operations
* Kevin Cannaday | Game Day Operations
* Rachel Romaniak | Livestream Coordinator
* Adam Ruffner | Production Coordinator
* Alex Leutenegger | Partnerships Coordinator
* Jake Wilson | Social Media & Marketing

## Current coaching staff

* Head coach – Caitlin Murphy (MurphDawg)
* Assistant coach – Nick Hwang (DJ)

## Roster

The 2020 roster was as follows:
| 2020 DC Shadow | 2020 DC Shadow | 2020 DC Shadow | 2020 DC Shadow | |
| # | Name | Pronouns | College | Club Team |
| 2 | Alex Hu | She/Her | Northwestern | Madison Heist |
| 3 | Madison Moore | She/Her | University of Chicago | |
| 4 | Jenni Corcoran | She/Her | University of Kansas | Chicago Nemesis |
| 5 | Rose Glinka | She/Her | Case Western Reserve University | Madison Heist |
| 6 | Risa Umeno | She/Her | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Chicago Nemesis |
| 7 | Ness Cannaday | She/Her | | Madison NOISE |
| 8 | Anna Williams | She/Her | Wesleyan University | |
| 9 | Sabrina Hoffman | She/Her | UW-Madison | Madison Heist |
| 10 | Emilie Willingham | She/Her | Truman State University | |
| 12 | Kaitlynne Roling | She/Her | UW-Madison | Madison NOISE |
| 14 | Rachel Enyeart | She/Her | Indiana University | Madison Heist |
| 16 | Margaret Walker | She/Her | UW-Madison | Madison Heist |
| 17 | Sara Stuedemann | They/Them | Iowa State University | Madison Heist |
| 19 | Georgia Bosscher | She/Her | UW-Madison | Washington DC Space Heater |
| 20 | Hannah Frank | She/Her | UW-Madison | |
| 21 | Rachel Foster | She/Her | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Chicago Nemesis |
| 22 | Mila Flowerman | She/Her | UW-Madison | Madison Heist |
| 23 | Melissa Gibbs | She/Her | Iowa State University | |
| 24 | Sarah Davis | She/Her | University of Washington | Chicago Nemesis |
| 25 | Gerene Taylor | She/Her | California State University, Long Beach | |
| 33 | Katy Stanton | She/Her | Lawrence University | Madison NOISE |
| 34 | Mackenzie Carpenter | She/Her | Valparaiso University | |
| 38 | Sara Gnolek | She/Her | Northwestern | |
| 44 | Keila Strick | She/Her | University of Virginia | Washington DC Scandal |
| 50 | Anna Thorn | She/Her | University of Utah | Chicago Nemesis |
| 69 | Clea Poklemba | She/Her | | Washington DC Space Heater |
| 72 | Jacqueline Jarik | She/Her | University of Michigan | Chicago Nemesis |
| 84 | Sarah Lipscomb | She/Her | University of Notre Dame | Chicago Nemesis |
| 85 | Heather Vilbrandt | She/Her | UW-Milwaukee | |
| 87 | Austin Prucha | She/Her | | Washington DC Scandal |
| 88 | Linh Hoang | She/Her | New York University | San Francisco Polar Bears |