2026 Girls Lax WCAC + ISL Outlook

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:But couldn’t beat STAB…

STAB beat GC today?

Yes! GC LOST to STAB

This is one of the year's biggest upsets. Is there a site listing all Saturday's scores?

Although I am unsure where to find the results, the results mentioned here are certainly interesting. There may be a connection worth examining between the duration of breaks between games (refer to the list below) and their impact on performance. Good Counsel was the only team with a two-game break between games, yet they delivered what could be considered the day's worst result. While I initially thought a two-game break would be ideal, perhaps it actually allowed too much time to cool down, making it harder for players to warm back up after the stiffness set in. Back-to-back is definitely not optimal, so the one-game break may have been the sweet spot.

Back-to-back games:
Stone Ridge
Visitation
NCS

One-game break between games:
SSSAS
Paul VI
Loyola
Norfolk Academy
Collegiate
STAB

Two-game break between games:
Good Counsel

Correction: Holy Child also had BTBs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I want to hear more about NCS’s freshmen class

All great players! Will dominate the ISL in 2 years after gaining the experience. The sophomore class has a few players in it as well, the team is full of Capital girls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to hear more about NCS’s freshmen class

All great players! Will dominate the ISL in 2 years after gaining the experience. The sophomore class has a few players in it as well, the team is full of Capital girls.

Every high school season, there are almost 200 "Capital girls," most of whom compete in the ISL and WCAC. On top of that, when you include girls from M&D, Hero’s, and Skywalkers, the talent pool of top club players grows even larger. However, as you may have already noticed, only a small fraction—possibly less than 10%—of them are true impact players. For NCS to “dominate the ISL”, they will need more than just some Capital girls; they’ll require a strong concentration of those impact players.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to hear more about NCS’s freshmen class

All great players! Will dominate the ISL in 2 years after gaining the experience. The sophomore class has a few players in it as well, the team is full of Capital girls.

Every high school season, there are almost 200 "Capital girls," most of whom compete in the ISL and WCAC. On top of that, when you include girls from M&D, Hero’s, and Skywalkers, the talent pool of top club players grows even larger. However, as you may have already noticed, only a small fraction—possibly less than 10%—of them are true impact players. For NCS to “dominate the ISL”, they will need more than just some Capital girls; they’ll require a strong concentration of those impact players.

They have high impact players, major scorers, a good goalie, and defenders. Plus all of the girls from cap blue are also starters there. They have the good players, they just need to get more experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to hear more about NCS’s freshmen class

All great players! Will dominate the ISL in 2 years after gaining the experience. The sophomore class has a few players in it as well, the team is full of Capital girls.

Every high school season, there are almost 200 "Capital girls," most of whom compete in the ISL and WCAC. On top of that, when you include girls from M&D, Hero’s, and Skywalkers, the talent pool of top club players grows even larger. However, as you may have already noticed, only a small fraction—possibly less than 10%—of them are true impact players. For NCS to “dominate the ISL”, they will need more than just some Capital girls; they’ll require a strong concentration of those impact players.

They have high impact players, major scorers, a good goalie, and defenders. Plus all of the girls from cap blue are also starters there. They have the good players, they just need to get more experience.

Are we talking about the same Cap Blue 29 team?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to hear more about NCS’s freshmen class

All great players! Will dominate the ISL in 2 years after gaining the experience. The sophomore class has a few players in it as well, the team is full of Capital girls.

Every high school season, there are almost 200 "Capital girls," most of whom compete in the ISL and WCAC. On top of that, when you include girls from M&D, Hero’s, and Skywalkers, the talent pool of top club players grows even larger. However, as you may have already noticed, only a small fraction—possibly less than 10%—of them are true impact players. For NCS to “dominate the ISL”, they will need more than just some Capital girls; they’ll require a strong concentration of those impact players.

They have high impact players, major scorers, a good goalie, and defenders. Plus all of the girls from cap blue are also starters there. They have the good players, they just need to get more experience.

Am I only one who had to look up who NCS was? Never heard of them. Definitely not a school that talented lacrosse players in the area seek to attend....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But couldn’t beat STAB…

STAB beat GC today?

Yes! GC LOST to STAB

This is one of the year's biggest upsets. Is there a site listing all Saturday's scores?

Although I am unsure where to find the results, the results mentioned here are certainly interesting. There may be a connection worth examining between the duration of breaks between games (refer to the list below) and their impact on performance. Good Counsel was the only team with a two-game break between games, yet they delivered what could be considered the day's worst result. While I initially thought a two-game break would be ideal, perhaps it actually allowed too much time to cool down, making it harder for players to warm back up after the stiffness set in. Back-to-back is definitely not optimal, so the one-game break may have been the sweet spot.

Back-to-back games:
Stone Ridge
Visitation
NCS

One-game break between games:
SSSAS
Paul VI
Loyola
Norfolk Academy
Collegiate
STAB

Two-game break between games:
Good Counsel

People are over analyzing GC's loss way too much. They played lousy and STAB is a very good team that plays one of the best schedules in the country. STAB defense and goalies were great and, as someone posted earlier, the coaching is excellent. Combine all of that and it's not surprising they won the game. Tip of hat to them. Life will go on for Falcons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But couldn’t beat STAB…

STAB beat GC today?

Yes! GC LOST to STAB

This is one of the year's biggest upsets. Is there a site listing all Saturday's scores?

Although I am unsure where to find the results, the results mentioned here are certainly interesting. There may be a connection worth examining between the duration of breaks between games (refer to the list below) and their impact on performance. Good Counsel was the only team with a two-game break between games, yet they delivered what could be considered the day's worst result. While I initially thought a two-game break would be ideal, perhaps it actually allowed too much time to cool down, making it harder for players to warm back up after the stiffness set in. Back-to-back is definitely not optimal, so the one-game break may have been the sweet spot.

Back-to-back games:
Stone Ridge
Visitation
NCS

One-game break between games:
SSSAS
Paul VI
Loyola
Norfolk Academy
Collegiate
STAB

Two-game break between games:
Good Counsel

People are over analyzing GC's loss way too much. They played lousy and STAB is a very good team that plays one of the best schedules in the country. STAB defense and goalies were great and, as someone posted earlier, the coaching is excellent. Combine all of that and it's not surprising they won the game. Tip of hat to them. Life will go on for Falcons.

Why GC "played lousy" is worthy of analysis. Taking nothing away from STAB, but GC is a much better team that should win 9 out 10 times under normal circumstances.

[Anonymous]

I love Freshman parents with their exuberance. Truly funny. NCS lost to the number 6 team in the ISL AA already and beat Sidwell by 1. You must have had some big wins yesterday—oh you didn’t play anybody. Come on guys. Hold your horses for a bit.

And to the other prior poster, almost 200 “Capital Girls” is a stretch. Any given year, and counting former Capital players who are seniors, subtracting those with injuries etc, we are talking about 75-80 or so from Cap Blue and then maybe 10-15 from Orange who should be in the conversation. And they are dispersed all over, including a lot at publics. So I disagree on the numbers, but agree on the “impact players” point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to hear more about NCS’s freshmen class

All great players! Will dominate the ISL in 2 years after gaining the experience. The sophomore class has a few players in it as well, the team is full of Capital girls.

Okay NCS freshman mom or dad, hate to burst your bubble but this won’t happen. One class of Cap Blue girls will not be enough. The perennial power houses like Sssas, Visi, SR and now Potomac all have impact players in each class. Even Saints’ amazing 2026 class has not been able to get it done through their junior year (lost to SR in ISL and Potomac in VISAA). NCS may rise to the number 5 spot in ISL (even that’s a stretch) but no way can touch the top 4. Those programs reload every year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But couldn’t beat STAB…

STAB beat GC today?

Yes! GC LOST to STAB

This is one of the year's biggest upsets. Is there a site listing all Saturday's scores?

Although I am unsure where to find the results, the results mentioned here are certainly interesting. There may be a connection worth examining between the duration of breaks between games (refer to the list below) and their impact on performance. Good Counsel was the only team with a two-game break between games, yet they delivered what could be considered the day's worst result. While I initially thought a two-game break would be ideal, perhaps it actually allowed too much time to cool down, making it harder for players to warm back up after the stiffness set in. Back-to-back is definitely not optimal, so the one-game break may have been the sweet spot.

Back-to-back games:
Stone Ridge
Visitation
NCS

One-game break between games:
SSSAS
Paul VI
Loyola
Norfolk Academy
Collegiate
STAB

Two-game break between games:
Good Counsel

People are over analyzing GC's loss way too much. They played lousy and STAB is a very good team that plays one of the best schedules in the country. STAB defense and goalies were great and, as someone posted earlier, the coaching is excellent. Combine all of that and it's not surprising they won the game. Tip of hat to them. Life will go on for Falcons.

Why GC "played lousy" is worthy of analysis. Taking nothing away from STAB, but GC is a much better team that should win 9 out 10 times under normal circumstances.

Not sure the analysis is time well spent but go ahead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But couldn’t beat STAB…

STAB beat GC today?

Yes! GC LOST to STAB

This is one of the year's biggest upsets. Is there a site listing all Saturday's scores?

Although I am unsure where to find the results, the results mentioned here are certainly interesting. There may be a connection worth examining between the duration of breaks between games (refer to the list below) and their impact on performance. Good Counsel was the only team with a two-game break between games, yet they delivered what could be considered the day's worst result. While I initially thought a two-game break would be ideal, perhaps it actually allowed too much time to cool down, making it harder for players to warm back up after the stiffness set in. Back-to-back is definitely not optimal, so the one-game break may have been the sweet spot.

Back-to-back games:
Stone Ridge
Visitation
NCS

One-game break between games:
SSSAS
Paul VI
Loyola
Norfolk Academy
Collegiate
STAB

Two-game break between games:
Good Counsel

People are over analyzing GC's loss way too much. They played lousy and STAB is a very good team that plays one of the best schedules in the country. STAB defense and goalies were great and, as someone posted earlier, the coaching is excellent. Combine all of that and it's not surprising they won the game. Tip of hat to them. Life will go on for Falcons.

Why GC "played lousy" is worthy of analysis. Taking nothing away from STAB, but GC is a much better team that should win 9 out 10 times under normal circumstances.

Not sure the analysis is time well spent but go ahead.

You're reading and posting on DCUM, so I'll take your thoughts on time well spent with a grain of salt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to hear more about NCS’s freshmen class

All great players! Will dominate the ISL in 2 years after gaining the experience. The sophomore class has a few players in it as well, the team is full of Capital girls.

Okay NCS freshman mom or dad, hate to burst your bubble but this won’t happen. One class of Cap Blue girls will not be enough. The perennial power houses like Sssas, Visi, SR and now Potomac all have impact players in each class. Even Saints’ amazing 2026 class has not been able to get it done through their junior year (lost to SR in ISL and Potomac in VISAA). NCS may rise to the number 5 spot in ISL (even that’s a stretch) but no way can touch the top 4. Those programs reload every year.

Move up out of A first....

[Anonymous]

Didn't NCS lose by 16 goals on Friday to a team that Visi and SJC beat? I think we can move on. We will check back in 2028.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why didn’t SSSAS play GC?

I’ll leave that one to you - take a guess!