2023 Girls ISL and WCAC outlook

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Lack of officials is the primary driver for the slow-roll on rule changes in DMV per WLUA. Plenty of schools, coaches and players want it.

I’m not I understand. The boys have a shot clock and there are still only two refs. At my sons school, a kid/manager runs the score board so even if they are “certified”, they are not a full blown ref. Why is the ref thing stopping the girls from getting the shot clock?

WCAC tried. Top teams in that league want it. Weaker teams don’t and voted against it. They tend to try to possess the ball a lot longer than the shot clock would be in those games as a “keep away” tactic. And in lopsided games, the better teams will often “take the air out of the ball” to not run the score up too bad.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a parent of an IAAM player on one of the top 5 teams. I stumbled on this forum searching for something else. I have some observations that might be disregarded out of hand.

The level of talent on the DMV teams is impressive. I don't think WaPo should be including AA and HoCo teams in their rankings because they don't play in the same leagues. The biggest difference I have noticed between the IAAM teams and the DMV teams is there seems to be a better distribution of talent than exists in the IAAM. The difference between the top 5 and the rest of the IAAM is pretty wide. I would prefer to have more good teams like you have in the DMV.

I don't know the level of coaching in the DMV but the top IAAM teams have great coaches that players travel long distances to play for. This forum makes it seem the opposite exists in the DMV. That's unfortunate for the girls if true.

There are girls in the DMV now that are playing at schools in the IAAM and are big contributors. There is a rumor (emphasize RUMOR) that one of the best 26 attackers in the DMV is seriously pursuing transferring to an IAAM school. This comes from multiple parents and players on her club team. I don't know if it will happen. I hope for the same of lacrosse in the DMV that she doesn't. Note-she wouldn't be taking my daughters place so don't assume that. I just think the schools in the DMV will be diminished when any of the girls look north for greener pastures.

I really hope the DMV leagues adopt the shot clock sooner rather than later. Two years into it being used in the IAAM and the tempo and athleticism of the games has changed completely. They also adopted the rule of allowing defenders to run through the crease which has eliminated crease dodging from behind. Combined, these two changes have made offense more up tempo, all but eliminated stalling, and made coaches be more creative in offensive schemes. Ball movement has increased importance over strict dodge based offense. Defenses have had to adjust as well. The goals per game haven't gone up but the action has.

I hope the coaches in the IAAM continue to schedule games against teams in the DMV.

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Lack of officials is the primary driver for the slow-roll on rule changes in DMV per WLUA. Plenty of schools, coaches and players want it.

Get more refs, have more rules. Simple as that.

It's poor form to dive-bomb w/ player-based rumors. That said, the HS transfer portal is always open.

i’m not sure number the refs are the issue at least for shot clocks. We don’t have a ref on the game clock now which is more important and the league could always just agree to allow gane refs to manage.

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Anonymous wrote:What school would said attacker go to? And what school would they be leaving?

Is it normal for girls to leave after their first year of HS? A top attacker could be a significant loss....

How are the pipelines for the other ISL schools?

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Whats the reason for the move? Team performance? Coach? Team chemistry? I would think playing time would not be an issue for a top attacker…

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PVI parent here. I wanted to give a shout out to the SJC attacker number 22. I saw she was hm, but she deserves more than that. Arguably the best player on SJC this past year. Was a focal point in pvi film.

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Where can I find the WCAC girls lax all conference teams

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I’m unsure where the full list is. I have seen a few Instagram posts of it from the schools lax pages

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Congratulations to all the seniors heading to some impressive schools to play lax at the next level in the fall:

SSAS:
Richmond
Denison (2)
Navy
ECU
Bates

SR:
UVA
Georgetown
Colby

Visi:
Michigan
Denison
CNU

SJC:
Harvard
Northwestern
Gettysburg

Holton:
Columbia
Hopkins
Bates
Colby

GC:
UNH
Frostburg State (2)
St. Joe’s University

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PVI and BI Seniors?

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Anonymous wrote:Congratulations to all the seniors heading to some impressive schools to play lax at the next level in the fall:

SSAS:
Richmond
Denison (2)
Navy
ECU
Bates

SR:
UVA
Georgetown
Colby

Visi:
Michigan
Denison
CNU

SJC:
Harvard
Northwestern
Gettysburg

Holton:
Columbia
Hopkins
Bates
Colby

GC:
UNH
Frostburg State (2)
St. Joe’s University

GC also has UMBC!

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Anonymous wrote:Congratulations to all the seniors heading to some impressive schools to play lax at the next level in the fall:

SSAS:
Richmond
Denison (2)
Navy
ECU
Bates

SR:
UVA
Georgetown
Colby

Visi:
Michigan
Denison
CNU

SJC:
Harvard
Northwestern
Gettysburg

Holton:
Columbia
Hopkins
Bates
Colby

GC:
UNH
Frostburg State (2)
St. Joe’s University

Some really great schools. DMV lacrosse is on the map!

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BI:
Bucknell
Army
Princeton

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DMV seniors are playing for a host of top 20 teams, Ivy League programs, and a number of great NESCAC schools. Awesome to see.

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Award winners from the WCAC?

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Is there a link to the WCAC and ISL all conference teams?