2027 Girls Lax WCAC + ISL Outlook

[Anonymous]

KJ can schedule GC next season, if she wants. Or she can continue to not. Everyone knows she's unwilling to play in Olney with a shot clock.

[Anonymous]

I was so hoping these SSSAS folks had moved on with the '26 class. Guess a few remain. This group was over-hyped and under performed for most of it's career. They split with SR and shared the title and then won VISAA. Good for them. Take the W and move on to college. The fact remains that KJ, Bill and Gussie have one meaningful win in the post shot clock era. While STAB had to endure stall ball let's hope a stick check or a hair band inspection wasn't called for by their classy coach. Let's move on to '27 as '26 was the last gasp of that program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was so hoping these SSSAS folks had moved on with the '26 class. Guess a few remain. This group was over-hyped and under performed for most of it's career. They split with SR and shared the title and then won VISAA. Good for them. Take the W and move on to college. The fact remains that KJ, Bill and Gussie have one meaningful win in the post shot clock era. While STAB had to endure stall ball let's hope a stick check or a hair band inspection wasn't called for by their classy coach. Let's move on to '27 as '26 was the last gasp of that program.

Gussie? I stood next to her when the parents when SSSAS played my kid's team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good Counsel LOST to STAB which is the same team Saints beat twice and played to Win the VISAA STATE Championship!!!!

And SSSAS lost to SR, and GC beat them soundly. Any team can have one off game. Comparative results with only one or two indicators, only get you so far. We are guessing at a competitive game at the end of the season; a game everyone wants to see except the SSSAS coaches apparently.

The fact is that GC has been the top team in the area since 2023 and hasn't lost to a DC area opponent.

I have seen both teams play multiple times. GC's 2026 team at full strength is sound in every phase and stylistically would be a very tough match up for SSSAS. SSSAS would be their best opponent--other than top 5 powerhouse Sacred Heart. Too bad we won't get to see it.

It's a judgment call to put GC or SSSAS at #1. The loss to STAB was a factor, but they are still #1 in the area in my estimation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was so hoping these SSSAS folks had moved on with the '26 class. Guess a few remain. This group was over-hyped and under performed for most of it's career. They split with SR and shared the title and then won VISAA. Good for them. Take the W and move on to college. The fact remains that KJ, Bill and Gussie have one meaningful win in the post shot clock era. While STAB had to endure stall ball let's hope a stick check or a hair band inspection wasn't called for by their classy coach. Let's move on to '27 as '26 was the last gasp of that program.

The SSSAS hater is back again! You look silly, just give it a rest. In the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, we get this small-minded, inaccurate take that SSSAS was “over-hyped and under performed.” They were 25-1 this year with two tournament banners and 22-4 last year with a regular season banner, with lots of big wins along the way over two years with and without shot clocks (go look them up). But let’s just go on ignoring the facts and instead denigrate the accomplishments of some talented young ladies who have had an impressive run. I’d bet they are going to have success in life, learning lessons from adversity, disappointment and hard work, and as grown adults won’t be trolling message boards projecting their personal anger, insecurities and jealousy at a group of teenagers.

[Anonymous]

Those 2026 SSSAS players busted their butts to overcome major injuries that required major surgeries - ACL tears, hip tears, fractures, torn muscles/ligaments... to win those championships. This was the first year they all actually got to play together as a 2026 class! Actually, not true; their best defender had a season-ending injury over the summer and missed the whole senior year season! Heartbreaking for that player who was dominate and versatile and is committed to a top 10 D1 program probably a school most you haters could only dream about!

Don't you dare disrespect their hard work and dedication claiming over-hyped and underperforming. You make me want to go buy a voodoo doll.

They never were on the field all together in force each year --there was ALWAYS one, two or three recovering from a major injury with a surgery! They deserve all the credit in the world for what they accomplished. 6 STARTING 2026 PLAYERS HAD TO MAKE MAJOR COMEBACKS TO GET ON THE FIELD with 3 only having about 6 months to heal/train before the this season! A couple even had complications so the comeback was short lived requiring a second surgery! So take your negativity and bad karma shove it where the sun don't shine! I do believe in what comes around goes around so I sure hope your kid is not over-hyped and underperforming when they are recovering from something like an ACL tear!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good Counsel LOST to STAB which is the same team Saints beat twice and played to Win the VISAA STATE Championship!!!!

And SSSAS lost to SR, and GC beat them soundly. Any team can have one off game. Comparative results with only one or two indicators, only get you so far. We are guessing at a competitive game at the end of the season; a game everyone wants to see except the SSSAS coaches apparently.

The fact is that GC has been the top team in the area since 2023 and hasn't lost to a DC area opponent.

I have seen both teams play multiple times. GC's 2026 team at full strength is sound in every phase and stylistically would be a very tough match up for SSSAS. SSSAS would be their best opponent--other than top 5 powerhouse Sacred Heart. Too bad we won't get to see it.

It's a judgment call to put GC or SSSAS at #1. The loss to STAB was a factor, but they are still #1 in the area in my estimation.

I agree with you my friend that it’s a game many would have liked to see. I’ve also watched GC multiple times and think they would have had their hands full with the SSSAS matchups. The GC game vs SR was tied 11-11 with ten min to play, and the draws and depth were SRs undoing. I think the opposite is the case with SSSAS and GC more likely would have worn down. If that game were early in the season with injuries still impacting SSSAS, maybe you’re right that GC would have had the edge, but by the end of the season SSSAS was playing really good lacrosse and thumping good teams. But reasonable minds can disagree and we’ll never know. This is the kind of good, healthy forum debate we need!

As for the matchup scheduling, I don’t think that SSSAS was ducking anyone this year with that team, but it would be no surprise if some teams did not want to schedule SSSAS this year and risk that loss out of conference. My own personal speculation is that neither team dodged each other, and other factors were in play. The players themselves have good friends on each team, they pull for each other, and one of SSSAS’s long-time and still-beloved D coaches moved to SR. It may be that both just didn’t have a compulsion to play and it could be as benign as that, but I don’t think it’s because SSSAS refused to schedule them.

The only thing we really know for sure is that Maryvale would smoke any team in the country. And everyone else, as they say, was playing for second place!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those 2026 SSSAS players busted their butts to overcome major injuries that required major surgeries - ACL tears, hip tears, fractures, torn muscles/ligaments... to win those championships. This was the first year they all actually got to play together as a 2026 class! Actually, not true; their best defender had a season-ending injury over the summer and missed the whole senior year season! Heartbreaking for that player who was dominate and versatile and is committed to a top 10 D1 program probably a school most you haters could only dream about!

Don't you dare disrespect their hard work and dedication claiming over-hyped and underperforming. You make me want to go buy a voodoo doll.

They never were on the field all together in force each year --there was ALWAYS one, two or three recovering from a major injury with a surgery! They deserve all the credit in the world for what they accomplished. 6 STARTING 2026 PLAYERS HAD TO MAKE MAJOR COMEBACKS TO GET ON THE FIELD with 3 only having about 6 months to heal/train before the this season! A couple even had complications so the comeback was short lived requiring a second surgery! So take your negativity and bad karma shove it where the sun don't shine! I do believe in what comes around goes around so I sure hope your kid is not over-hyped and underperforming when they are recovering from something like an ACL tear!

Many I am sure had no idea that team has comeback from that many injuries. Definitely a lot to be proud on your team.

[Anonymous]

Different poster here. Agree that the 2026 Saints team deserves big credit. Great season for sure. My beef is more with the Saints parents who are still living in 2019. The program last won titles in 2022, when in the past it was an annual occurrence. What few are recognizing is that the 2026 team was literally a 7-year project. KJ started coaching the girls when they were in 5th Grade at Stars. And she did a great job. But the tank looks pretty empty now.

What is really funny is that the Saints parents are playing the ACL injury card for making excuses for the underperformance of the class. Didn't they have the best access to Gussie and HB? Seems like an indictment of their Capital/Saints system. But let's blame it on others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Different poster here. Agree that the 2026 Saints team deserves big credit. Great season for sure. My beef is more with the Saints parents who are still living in 2019. The program last won titles in 2022, when in the past it was an annual occurrence. What few are recognizing is that the 2026 team was literally a 7-year project. KJ started coaching the girls when they were in 5th Grade at Stars. And she did a great job. But the tank looks pretty empty now.

What is really funny is that the Saints parents are playing the ACL injury card for making excuses for the underperformance of the class. Didn't they have the best access to Gussie and HB? Seems like an indictment of their Capital/Saints system. But let's blame it on others.

Different poster here, I think you are reading the injury explanation the opposite way — maybe the way you want, finding it a “funny” excuse. It’s not an excuse as I read it, it was validation of performance, regardless of those injuries, in response to a ridiculous post that the team underperformed after a 25-1 season.

If it were an excuse, it would have been used early and often over the last couple years, and that post was news to many of us I’d bet. Every team goes through injuries, as these young ladies play way too much (in my humble opinion) as their bodies are changing. But that description of those SSSAS injuries is brutal, and it’s good to hear they (and hopefully players on other teams) have endured and bounced back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good Counsel LOST to STAB which is the same team Saints beat twice and played to Win the VISAA STATE Championship!!!!

And SSSAS lost to SR, and GC beat them soundly. Any team can have one off game. Comparative results with only one or two indicators, only get you so far. We are guessing at a competitive game at the end of the season; a game everyone wants to see except the SSSAS coaches apparently.

The fact is that GC has been the top team in the area since 2023 and hasn't lost to a DC area opponent.

I have seen both teams play multiple times. GC's 2026 team at full strength is sound in every phase and stylistically would be a very tough match up for SSSAS. SSSAS would be their best opponent--other than top 5 powerhouse Sacred Heart. Too bad we won't get to see it.

It's a judgment call to put GC or SSSAS at #1. The loss to STAB was a factor, but they are still #1 in the area in my estimation.

I agree with you my friend that it’s a game many would have liked to see. I’ve also watched GC multiple times and think they would have had their hands full with the SSSAS matchups. The GC game vs SR was tied 11-11 with ten min to play, and the draws and depth were SRs undoing. I think the opposite is the case with SSSAS and GC more likely would have worn down. If that game were early in the season with injuries still impacting SSSAS, maybe you’re right that GC would have had the edge, but by the end of the season SSSAS was playing really good lacrosse and thumping good teams. But reasonable minds can disagree and we’ll never know. This is the kind of good, healthy forum debate we need!

As for the matchup scheduling, I don’t think that SSSAS was ducking anyone this year with that team, but it would be no surprise if some teams did not want to schedule SSSAS this year and risk that loss out of conference. My own personal speculation is that neither team dodged each other, and other factors were in play. The players themselves have good friends on each team, they pull for each other, and one of SSSAS’s long-time and still-beloved D coaches moved to SR. It may be that both just didn’t have a compulsion to play and it could be as benign as that, but I don’t think it’s because SSSAS refused to schedule them.

The only thing we really know for sure is that Maryvale would smoke any team in the country. And everyone else, as they say, was playing for second place!

Good post. Agree on MV. Quite a team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was so hoping these SSSAS folks had moved on with the '26 class. Guess a few remain. This group was over-hyped and under performed for most of it's career. They split with SR and shared the title and then won VISAA. Good for them. Take the W and move on to college. The fact remains that KJ, Bill and Gussie have one meaningful win in the post shot clock era. While STAB had to endure stall ball let's hope a stick check or a hair band inspection wasn't called for by their classy coach. Let's move on to '27 as '26 was the last gasp of that program.

Someone explain hair band inspection?

[Anonymous]

Can someone wake me up when Kj announces her retirement?

[Anonymous]

Hot take. Sssas sucks next year. And hair bands won’t be called as penalty

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hot take. Sssas sucks next year. And hair bands won’t be called as penalty

Make sure you wear a mouthguard too! Do you wear orange cleats?