2030 Girls Lacrosse

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any reports back on 2030 highlights from sandstorm?

Assume DC teams got manhandled by Philly, NY and Baltimore (unless they played their C teams).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Check the rosters. NY destroys all of you lol

Thought there wasn’t another option beyond BOTC but I’m telling everyone about this forum. The comedy from the MD clowns is next level.

Bring the NY people. We aren't scared.

After spending many years on the sidelines I can report that it is not MD parents who are considered to be the most clownish.

100%

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I took the 2026 rosters for the pre-season USA Lacrosse Top 10 and asked Gemini to sort the players by home state.

According to my Gemini, which is often not a reliable source, based on the 2026 women's lacrosse rosters for Maryland, Clemson, Duke, Johns Hopkins, UNC, Stanford, Northwestern, Florida, Boston College, and Princeton, the players come from the following states and regions, sorted from most to least:

New York (N.Y.)92
Maryland (Md.)71
New Jersey (N.J.)41
Pennsylvania (Pa.)29
Massachusetts (Mass.)25
Connecticut (Conn.)24
Florida (Fla.)12
Virginia (Va.)11
Colorado (Colo.)8
Georgia (Ga.)7
California (Calif.)7
Texas (Tex.)4
North Carolina (N.C.)4
Ontario, Canada3
Tennessee (Tenn.)3
Ohio (Ohio)2
Illinois (Ill.)2
New Hampshire (N.H.)2
Minnesota (Minn.)1
Michigan (Mich.)1
Delaware (Del.)1
Vermont (Vt.)1
Washington (Wash.)1
Oregon (Ore.)1
Utah (Utah)1
England1
Australia1
Japan1

AI doesn’t distinguish Baltimore / HoCo area MD players from DMV MD-area players. That’s why these stats give an accurate picture:

Number of Baltimore-area players on top 5 teams:

UNC - 2 / 36 (6%)
BC - 2 / 32 (6%)
NW - 2 / 39 (5%)
Stanford - 5 / 34 (15%)
Florida - 7 / 40 (18%)

Average - Baltimore-area players make up 10% of top 5 program rosters

It makes no sense to look at the number of MD players on current top 5 teams and then conclude top teams don’t recruit from MD teams considering ALL of those players were recruited many years ago when the “top” list was different.

You’re not going to like where your argument leads. Maryland has one of the highest numbers of players from the Baltimore area (12). It was ranked #2 in 2022. It’s now ranked #12.

In 2022 Maryland had 18 players from MD and 7 from NY. Now it has 13 players from MD and 11 from NY. I'm not sure where to make of that, but I do know it is ridiculous for the parent of a random 8th grader to suggest that Maryland is somehow not a top women's lacrosse program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any reports back on 2030 highlights from sandstorm?

Assume DC teams got manhandled by Philly, NY and Baltimore (unless they played their C teams).

YJ MA did. BLC lost in championship to Boston's Phinest after beating Alliance, STEPS California, Southern Stars, and Concept.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I took the 2026 rosters for the pre-season USA Lacrosse Top 10 and asked Gemini to sort the players by home state.

According to my Gemini, which is often not a reliable source, based on the 2026 women's lacrosse rosters for Maryland, Clemson, Duke, Johns Hopkins, UNC, Stanford, Northwestern, Florida, Boston College, and Princeton, the players come from the following states and regions, sorted from most to least:

New York (N.Y.)92
Maryland (Md.)71
New Jersey (N.J.)41
Pennsylvania (Pa.)29
Massachusetts (Mass.)25
Connecticut (Conn.)24
Florida (Fla.)12
Virginia (Va.)11
Colorado (Colo.)8
Georgia (Ga.)7
California (Calif.)7
Texas (Tex.)4
North Carolina (N.C.)4
Ontario, Canada3
Tennessee (Tenn.)3
Ohio (Ohio)2
Illinois (Ill.)2
New Hampshire (N.H.)2
Minnesota (Minn.)1
Michigan (Mich.)1
Delaware (Del.)1
Vermont (Vt.)1
Washington (Wash.)1
Oregon (Ore.)1
Utah (Utah)1
England1
Australia1
Japan1

AI doesn’t distinguish Baltimore / HoCo area MD players from DMV MD-area players. That’s why these stats give an accurate picture:

Number of Baltimore-area players on top 5 teams:

UNC - 2 / 36 (6%)
BC - 2 / 32 (6%)
NW - 2 / 39 (5%)
Stanford - 5 / 34 (15%)
Florida - 7 / 40 (18%)

Average - Baltimore-area players make up 10% of top 5 program rosters

It makes no sense to look at the number of MD players on current top 5 teams and then conclude top teams don’t recruit from MD teams considering ALL of those players were recruited many years ago when the “top” list was different.

You’re not going to like where your argument leads. Maryland has one of the highest numbers of players from the Baltimore area (12). It was ranked #2 in 2022. It’s now ranked #12.

In 2022 Maryland had 18 players from MD and 7 from NY. Now it has 13 players from MD and 11 from NY. I'm not sure where to make of that, but I do know it is ridiculous for the parent of a random 8th grader to suggest that Maryland is somehow not a top women's lacrosse program.

Fact: UMD has historically had one of the largest rosters of Baltimore-area players.
Fact: UMD is tied with Clemson as having the most Balto-area players on its roster (13) of any T25 team
Fact: UMD was #2 in 2022 and has slid 10 spots to #12 in 4 years

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any reports back on 2030 highlights from sandstorm?

Assume DC teams got manhandled by Philly, NY and Baltimore (unless they played their C teams).

YJ MA did. BLC lost in championship to Boston's Phinest after beating Alliance, STEPS California, Southern Stars, and Concept.

Is YJ MA the richmond YJ, or a national team for all the mid atlantic YJ's?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any reports back on 2030 highlights from sandstorm?

Assume DC teams got manhandled by Philly, NY and Baltimore (unless they played their C teams).

YJ MA did. BLC lost in championship to Boston's Phinest after beating Alliance, STEPS California, Southern Stars, and Concept.

Is YJ MA the richmond YJ, or a national team for all the mid atlantic YJ's?

its the local program for the DMV area. Yellow Jackets south is the ricmond team. YJ doesnt have national teams

[Anonymous]

Here’s some facts:

Of Marylands 15 commits from the 2026-2027 class,

5 are from Maryland (4 are Hero’s including HC daughter)
6 are from NY

So to sum it up 1 of out 15 commits to MD in last two years were from state of MD that weren’t on Hero’s.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any reports back on 2030 highlights from sandstorm?

Assume DC teams got manhandled by Philly, NY and Baltimore (unless they played their C teams).

YJ MA did. BLC lost in championship to Boston's Phinest after beating Alliance, STEPS California, Southern Stars, and Concept.

Who is Bostons Phinest?

[Anonymous]

Most of the teams participating were not top teams ie: Alliance is ranked 89.

[Anonymous]

Alliance National, Southern Stars, Boston’s Phinest are all National/Tournament not local teams.

[Anonymous]

Still, the talent was lacking. Almost no top local teams went.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still, the talent was lacking. Almost no top local teams went.

It’s a hike and expensive, you aren’t going out there to play top teams, more of a vacation and experience.

[Anonymous]

LOL

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Still, the talent was lacking. Almost no top local teams went.

It’s a hike and expensive, you aren’t going out there to play top teams, more of a vacation and experience.

Was the experience worth it?