2027 Girls Lax WCAC + ISL Outlook

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pretty lame to see old SSSAS, pre-shot clock, stall ball tactics come back in the VISAA final. Come on, you have the better team, up 4 goals, just play. VISAA needs a shot clock.

This poster clearly has an axe to grind against SSSAS/KJ, even when the facts show their team was just really good this year and played exceptionally good team lacrosse. It’s always something: they can’t win the big one and will wilt at the end of the year, they can’t win in the shot clock era, they will choke because they can’t handle the pressure of expectations, they don’t play good competition, all the usual unsupported dribble. All false.

The objective facts show they went 25-1, won two championships, played 10 games against teams ranked/receiving votes in national polls, got stronger as the year went on, dominated a good Stone Ridge team in the finals with a shot clock, and dominated a good STAB team in the finals without a shot clock. They have good talent on the team coming back, and no one is claiming anything next year other than they will compete. All not good enough for the haters.

I hope next year we can enjoy multiple quality teams in the area, and that the newer teams and established teams keep producing quality players we can root for in college as representing our region with pride. So many of these high school girls are close friends from travel/the circuit, and much closer than many of the vitriolic posters on this board who tear down these impressive young women instead of celebrating them. And for those who wanted a summary of the actual game, here’s the posted summary from the VISAA thread.
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10-5 SSSAS wins. A lot of talented players on both sides, SSSAS just much better team overall that played well together. SSSAS went out to 5-0 lead, it was 6-1 at half, 7-3 well into 4th Q, and was never close. A shot clock wouldn’t have made a difference. Congrats to two talented teams on impressive years, with STAB getting a signature win over an excellent Good Counsel team and SSSAS winning two banners. A bunch of great players showing lax talent abundant in the region.

OP here. You over-rotated a bit there my friend. While not a SSSAS fan, I have defended KJ multiple times here. I predicted SSSAS would take the ISL and VISAA on this board. Very good team. No axe to grind.

I just think stall ball in the first half is bush league in a state final. As you correctly noted above, SSSAS was the stronger team. Go out that way, play with confidence; I'm certain the players would have preferred it. Holding the ball in a one or two goal game in the 4th is understandable. Holding the ball earlier if you're a massive underdog who went on a run and took a lead--maybe. But holding the ball starting in the first half when you are dominating the game, is not sportsmanlike. Winning tactic, sure. Just not awesome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is line on SJC/Visitation?

Tough one to predict. Regular season game went to overtime, and the two teams have nearly identical records against common competition. Pretty evenly matched. Both team's have star senior middies playing in their last high school games. Will come down to which team wants it more.

Visitation -2

This sounds pretty reasonable. Should be a close one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pretty lame to see old SSSAS, pre-shot clock, stall ball tactics come back in the VISAA final. Come on, you have the better team, up 4 goals, just play. VISAA needs a shot clock.

This poster clearly has an axe to grind against SSSAS/KJ, even when the facts show their team was just really good this year and played exceptionally good team lacrosse. It’s always something: they can’t win the big one and will wilt at the end of the year, they can’t win in the shot clock era, they will choke because they can’t handle the pressure of expectations, they don’t play good competition, all the usual unsupported dribble. All false.

The objective facts show they went 25-1, won two championships, played 10 games against teams ranked/receiving votes in national polls, got stronger as the year went on, dominated a good Stone Ridge team in the finals with a shot clock, and dominated a good STAB team in the finals without a shot clock. They have good talent on the team coming back, and no one is claiming anything next year other than they will compete. All not good enough for the haters.

I hope next year we can enjoy multiple quality teams in the area, and that the newer teams and established teams keep producing quality players we can root for in college as representing our region with pride. So many of these high school girls are close friends from travel/the circuit, and much closer than many of the vitriolic posters on this board who tear down these impressive young women instead of celebrating them. And for those who wanted a summary of the actual game, here’s the posted summary from the VISAA thread.
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10-5 SSSAS wins. A lot of talented players on both sides, SSSAS just much better team overall that played well together. SSSAS went out to 5-0 lead, it was 6-1 at half, 7-3 well into 4th Q, and was never close. A shot clock wouldn’t have made a difference. Congrats to two talented teams on impressive years, with STAB getting a signature win over an excellent Good Counsel team and SSSAS winning two banners. A bunch of great players showing lax talent abundant in the region.

Everyone knows who this is mom! Please for the love just stay off forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pretty lame to see old SSSAS, pre-shot clock, stall ball tactics come back in the VISAA final. Come on, you have the better team, up 4 goals, just play. VISAA needs a shot clock.

This poster clearly has an axe to grind against SSSAS/KJ, even when the facts show their team was just really good this year and played exceptionally good team lacrosse. It’s always something: they can’t win the big one and will wilt at the end of the year, they can’t win in the shot clock era, they will choke because they can’t handle the pressure of expectations, they don’t play good competition, all the usual unsupported dribble. All false.

The objective facts show they went 25-1, won two championships, played 10 games against teams ranked/receiving votes in national polls, got stronger as the year went on, dominated a good Stone Ridge team in the finals with a shot clock, and dominated a good STAB team in the finals without a shot clock. They have good talent on the team coming back, and no one is claiming anything next year other than they will compete. All not good enough for the haters.

I hope next year we can enjoy multiple quality teams in the area, and that the newer teams and established teams keep producing quality players we can root for in college as representing our region with pride. So many of these high school girls are close friends from travel/the circuit, and much closer than many of the vitriolic posters on this board who tear down these impressive young women instead of celebrating them. And for those who wanted a summary of the actual game, here’s the posted summary from the VISAA thread.
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10-5 SSSAS wins. A lot of talented players on both sides, SSSAS just much better team overall that played well together. SSSAS went out to 5-0 lead, it was 6-1 at half, 7-3 well into 4th Q, and was never close. A shot clock wouldn’t have made a difference. Congrats to two talented teams on impressive years, with STAB getting a signature win over an excellent Good Counsel team and SSSAS winning two banners. A bunch of great players showing lax talent abundant in the region.

This 100%
Congrats to the Saints players! Well deserved! Looking forward to seeing all the DMV players from all these local schools playing in college. Our local peeps should be so proud of all these players and thankful the state championship trophy stayed in the DMV as it helps our region for recruiting and building strong lacrosse reputation for all these teams & for all the DMV programs. Instead of betting against each other support each team’s wins! Happy for the SSSA and know many of the parents/players! I would much rather have SSSA with the trophy than a school in Charlottesville!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is line on SJC/Visitation?

Tough one to predict. Regular season game went to overtime, and the two teams have nearly identical records against common competition. Pretty evenly matched. Both team's have star senior middies playing in their last high school games. Will come down to which team wants it more.

Visitation -2

Visi wins 13-8

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pretty lame to see old SSSAS, pre-shot clock, stall ball tactics come back in the VISAA final. Come on, you have the better team, up 4 goals, just play. VISAA needs a shot clock.

This poster clearly has an axe to grind against SSSAS/KJ, even when the facts show their team was just really good this year and played exceptionally good team lacrosse. It’s always something: they can’t win the big one and will wilt at the end of the year, they can’t win in the shot clock era, they will choke because they can’t handle the pressure of expectations, they don’t play good competition, all the usual unsupported dribble. All false.

The objective facts show they went 25-1, won two championships, played 10 games against teams ranked/receiving votes in national polls, got stronger as the year went on, dominated a good Stone Ridge team in the finals with a shot clock, and dominated a good STAB team in the finals without a shot clock. They have good talent on the team coming back, and no one is claiming anything next year other than they will compete. All not good enough for the haters.

I hope next year we can enjoy multiple quality teams in the area, and that the newer teams and established teams keep producing quality players we can root for in college as representing our region with pride. So many of these high school girls are close friends from travel/the circuit, and much closer than many of the vitriolic posters on this board who tear down these impressive young women instead of celebrating them. And for those who wanted a summary of the actual game, here’s the posted summary from the VISAA thread.
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10-5 SSSAS wins. A lot of talented players on both sides, SSSAS just much better team overall that played well together. SSSAS went out to 5-0 lead, it was 6-1 at half, 7-3 well into 4th Q, and was never close. A shot clock wouldn’t have made a difference. Congrats to two talented teams on impressive years, with STAB getting a signature win over an excellent Good Counsel team and SSSAS winning two banners. A bunch of great players showing lax talent abundant in the region.

This 100%
Congrats to the Saints players! Well deserved! Looking forward to seeing all the DMV players from all these local schools playing in college. Our local peeps should be so proud of all these players and thankful the state championship trophy stayed in the DMV as it helps our region for recruiting and building strong lacrosse reputation for all these teams & for all the DMV programs. Instead of betting against each other support each team’s wins! Happy for the SSSA and know many of the parents/players! I would much rather have SSSA with the trophy than a school in Charlottesville!

I think this is something we all can agree on! Keep the State Championship trophy in our local area is definitely a win for all teams here! Also, Congrats to Visi! 🏆

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is line on SJC/Visitation?

Tough one to predict. Regular season game went to overtime, and the two teams have nearly identical records against common competition. Pretty evenly matched. Both team's have star senior middies playing in their last high school games. Will come down to which team wants it more.

Visitation -2

Visi wins 13-8

Visi got all but 1 or 2 draws. ND commit just put the ball wherever she wanted to. Relatively even game otherwise, but possession is everything. Impressive effort.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is line on SJC/Visitation?

Tough one to predict. Regular season game went to overtime, and the two teams have nearly identical records against common competition. Pretty evenly matched. Both team's have star senior middies playing in their last high school games. Will come down to which team wants it more.

Visitation -2

Visi wins 13-8

Visi got all but 1 or 2 draws. ND commit just put the ball wherever she wanted to. Relatively even game otherwise, but possession is everything. Impressive effort.

Thanks for the recap! And congrats to Visi.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The complete All ISL list:

https://islathletics.com/sports/wlax/2025-26/Awards

28 first team players?
Seems more like a participation trophy.

I would think of it more like 1st team, 2nd team, and HM in one group. That said, all but two of the upperclassmen are committed. Decent list as well:
UVA, Michigan, Mercer, Penn, Penn, Denver, W&M, Duke, Davidson, Georgetown, Duke, FSU, UVA, Harvard, Yale, Villanova, ND, Dartmouth, Davidson, VT, Dartmouth,
Rutgers, and one D3 (UofC). Probably have to be able to catch to play at these schools.

Fair amount of commits on the ISL A list as well. All of these girls have worked hard and should be congratulated for their achievement. Was surprised not to see the NCS goalie on A.

It was sabotaged by Chandy’s other half! He saw her swag and lack of embarrassing hashtag and knew that she was a threat. Praying that he doesn’t nuke capital next! 🙏🙏🙏

The Madeira goalie was really good. A senior and with NCS gone next year's race is wide open.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hot take: After a season of quiet confidense, SSSAS parents will return to their irrational form, making claims like "our team will be just as good as we were in 26" despite the fact they will put 10 players on the field who have never played a meaningful minute in an ISL game before.

Ooops, too late!

Nah. They’ll start with mostly freshman next year, develop them, skipping over the other grades, and then play for another title in four years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hot take: After a season of quiet confidense, SSSAS parents will return to their irrational form, making claims like "our team will be just as good as we were in 26" despite the fact they will put 10 players on the field who have never played a meaningful minute in an ISL game before.

Ooops, too late!

Nah. They’ll start with mostly freshman next year, develop them, skipping over the other grades, and then play for another title in four years.

This is just ignorant.80 percent of saints is best player plays. 20 percent are political appointments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hot take: After a season of quiet confidense, SSSAS parents will return to their irrational form, making claims like "our team will be just as good as we were in 26" despite the fact they will put 10 players on the field who have never played a meaningful minute in an ISL game before.

Ooops, too late!

Nah. They’ll start with mostly freshman next year, develop them, skipping over the other grades, and then play for another title in four years.

This is just ignorant.80 percent of saints is best player plays. 20 percent are political appointments.

Not really. It’s already been made pretty clear the best players are only two current juniors. And then maybe a current sophomore and freshman or two - and even those probably aren’t for sure. It will be mostly new faces - freshman or transfers.

[Anonymous]

Who cares.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SSSAS is undoubtedly the clear leader, no doubt about it! I had the chance to watch their last few games and got a glimpse of the future varsity team with the 2026 seniors cheering them on. The team displayed great chemistry, superb passing, and ball movement, along with impressive dodging skills! They are definitely going to dominate next year as well! KJ & BL must be thrilled to coach this talented 2027, 2028 and 2029 group of players. I even overheard parents from the opposing team mistaking their sophomores and juniors for seniors because of how well they played! They were that impressive!

Who writes this garbage? This is so sad. Everyone knows who you are.

[Anonymous]

Get ready for the axe to grind fan club to come out in full force after clinching a double championship. It's inevitable that highly ranked competitive teams like SSSAS and SR will attract a swarm of haters, often fueled by their own bitter parents or players warming the bench who love to make some noise here. Also, do not forget about the players or parents from opposing teams who just can't handle losing to them. They may have more motivation to spread false narratives and fake news about programs.