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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lets not act like Visitation is in the same sentence at St. Stephens when it comes to girls lacrosse.

Visitation has the numbers and good athletes. Their lacrosse program will never be stable since they dont have stability in the head coaching ranks. THey need a full time girls lacrosse coach if they want to elevate their program. 
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Associated with a different school but yes, they are "in the same league" figuratively (of course that's true literally now).  For many years, only SSSAS really drew club players.  Now club and youth lacrosse are prevalent enough that there are more good players in the area.  Many of the top Catholic players do go to Visitation.  The number of recruits they produce for college is quite comparable, and they did win the league last year (only the regular season determined the championship up until this year, so SSSAS winning the tournament did not mean they "won the league").  SSSAS has roared back strongly this year and has a coach who is a legend and has done a great deal for the game, not just her school.  But SSSAS takes Visi very seriously as a rival and knowledgeable lacrosse people do see them as comparable.  I would probably compare it to how Landon was dominant for a long time and first Georgetown Prep was an upstart, then it was a true rival.  Now other schools are stepping forward in area boys' lacrosse (Gonzaga, SSSAS, Bullis) depending on the year.  As girls' lacrosse continues to grow at the youth level the same will be true for the girls, I suspect, although SSSAS may well remain the "gold standard" for years to come.[/quote]

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