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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is the NCS lacrosse program?[/quote]

Well they were in the A divison (really the B division as the AA is the A) of the ISL.  They won it last year and now are moving up to AA division for 2018.  Thats sounds good but its really not.   Winning the A Div means they beat schools like Maret, Sidwell, GDS, .  Not impressive at all.  NCS has one great (Capital Blue '19, committed to Yale) and one good freshman (Capital Blue '21) and then a bunch of very mediocre players.  They play a super light schedule, very very few of the girls are truly invested in the sport, and the school is not invested at all.  To be completely honest its a really weak program.  [/quote]

That's surprising, as there is an obviously an overlap between NCS and STA families.  The STA lacrosse dads and moms I know are fanatics about the sport and building up the STA program.  STA has always emphasized lacrosse, although with varying degrees of success.  Still, it is obviously a focus of the school and its boosters.  I wonder why that passion does not travel across the Close.[/quote]

Because NCS is really nothing like STA.  They are "related" schools but the cultures are very different.  And lots of STA families send their girls to other schools such as Sidwell, Potomac, Visi and Holton (I know multiple families at STA whose DDs attend those 4 in particular).  I dont know as many NCS families whose sons don't go to STA (I do know of one whose son is at Landon and another at Gonazaga) but STA tends to be more highly regarded by NCS families than the other way around - weird yes but thats my experience.

Plus, kids in families don't always play the same sports.  Also, Girls and Boys lacrosse are really different games and girls lacrosse has been around the DC are afor a much shorter time so doesn't have the alumni support that lacrosse does at STA.

Lacrosse is much better at Holton and Potomac than it is at NCS, even better at Visi, and miles better at SSSAS.  Noone goes to NCS for lacrosse.  Girls go to NCS for the academics and, if they are really committed to lax they don't go there (most commonly) or they suck up the crappy lax team (rare).[/quote]

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