Anonymous wrote:You’ll never see the student body at sssas come out in mass to support girls lacrosse. It doesn’t happen for a variety of reasons.

Anonymous wrote:There are people commenting on here that weren't at the game making stuff up, and some of them are high school students, so don’t believe everything you’re reading on here. Most of the Saints' parents/players know the Potomac parents/players; we play on club team together, very respected. The Saints definitely did not bring their A game today. The Saints coaching definitely made some questionable decisions with matchups in the SR and Potomac games that makes many parents who know all these players capabilities after watching them for a decade in club scatch their head. I never could figure out why keep the same draw taker if not winning draws. I mean after you lose 5 to 10 draws common sense coaching should probably give somebody else a chance because at that point you have nothing to lose. Saints definitely have other players who can take the draw. They should probably be rotating in three girls when they’re playing easier teams on the draw so those girls have game time experience so when needed they are ready. Lose the draw 15-20 times high probability lose the game. Congrats Potomac! No one has a problem with Potomac celebrating their win. The Saints would’ve been celebrating if they won.

Anonymous wrote:Congrats Potomac. All the top four teams went 1-1 against each other this year. Stoneridge, Visi, Potomac and SSSAS all should be proud of the year they had.

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Anonymous wrote:Waiting for the blow hard know it all Saints dads to let us know how they really feel. Heard they were harassing Potomac's students.

I was at the game. That didn’t happen. Potomac boys were fine, and only their own admin person shut them down when they mocked the goalie when she was pulled at the end of the 2nd quarter.

Folks should take what they’re reading with a grain of salt.

I second this- the Potomac students did bring their A game support wise but nothing crazy. Our saints girls just couldn't control the ball on their side and I think those boys played a big part in that.

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Anonymous wrote:What is awful is that SSSAS athletics office and coaching staff will continue to schedule mediocre teams before conference play so they and their blow hard know it all dads can post and brag that they are "nationally ranked". Those rankings don't mean a whole lot now and won't next year when they will falter in post season again because of it.

Not quite sure the “fluffy” regular season schedule is what caused their poor performance in the playoffs. These girls are exhausted. The season is very long and when you combine that with preseason, it is a super long season of lacrosse. It is both a mental and physical challenge. After a rough loss against SR in the championship I have no doubt the Saints girls were not just mentally out of it. Don’t really know who else you want them to play as they are required to play everyone in the ISL AA division and most VISSA opponents. I would love to see all you parents that are judging and criticizing their season, go out there and play for 6 months straight.

SR played some top non league schools earlier in the season that SSSA did not.

If the girls are so mentally and physically exhausted why not clear some of the bench? There are numerous players committed to D1 programs who didn’t step foot on the field this year.

Anonymous wrote:Presumably STAB will play Potomac at STAB. Crazy unfair.

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Anonymous wrote:You know they will. Would hate to be a freshman or sophomore next year. They will all be on JV and not have any chance to improve their skills during the high school season. Someone told me even juniors will be on JV also.

News flash! you don’t get better playing on varsity you get better working on your own and training in the off-season! That’s why you’re on JV!

That’s not true at sssas. There is no space on varsity and will be no space next year. Even if there were space KJ doesn’t
sub. Rising sophomores are really screwed. Even if you’re on a top club team how do you get recruited if you’re on JV?

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Anonymous wrote:You know they will. Would hate to be a freshman or sophomore next year. They will all be on JV and not have any chance to improve their skills during the high school season. Someone told me even juniors will be on JV also.

News flash! you don’t get better playing on varsity you get better working on your own and training in the off-season! That’s why you’re on JV!

That’s not true at sssas. There is no space on varsity and will be no space next year. Even if there were space KJ doesn’t
sub. Rising sophomores are really screwed. Even if you’re on a top club team how do you get recruited if you’re on JV?

Anonymous wrote:I'm still trying to understand why Potomac had a 4 seed in the VISAA state tournament.

They beat STAB in April, lost to Collegiate and the Saints in an ISL game.

Potomac looked very good yesterday, after falling behind 2-0 early in the first, the Panthers dominated from start to finish.

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Anonymous wrote:What is awful is that SSSAS athletics office and coaching staff will continue to schedule mediocre teams before conference play so they and their blow hard know it all dads can post and brag that they are "nationally ranked". Those rankings don't mean a whole lot now and won't next year when they will falter in post season again because of it.

Not quite sure the “fluffy” regular season schedule is what caused their poor performance in the playoffs. These girls are exhausted. The season is very long and when you combine that with preseason, it is a super long season of lacrosse. It is both a mental and physical challenge. After a rough loss against SR in the championship I have no doubt the Saints girls were not just mentally out of it. Don’t really know who else you want them to play as they are required to play everyone in the ISL AA division and most VISSA opponents. I would love to see all you parents that are judging and criticizing their season, go out there and play for 6 months straight.

SR played some top non league schools earlier in the season that SSSA did not.

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Anonymous wrote:You know they will. Would hate to be a freshman or sophomore next year. They will all be on JV and not have any chance to improve their skills during the high school season. Someone told me even juniors will be on JV also.

News flash! you don’t get better playing on varsity you get better working on your own and training in the off-season! That’s why you’re on JV!

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Anonymous wrote:What is awful is that SSSAS athletics office and coaching staff will continue to schedule mediocre teams before conference play so they and their blow hard know it all dads can post and brag that they are "nationally ranked". Those rankings don't mean a whole lot now and won't next year when they will falter in post season again because of it.

Not quite sure the “fluffy” regular season schedule is what caused their poor performance in the playoffs. These girls are exhausted. The season is very long and when you combine that with preseason, it is a super long season of lacrosse. It is both a mental and physical challenge. After a rough loss against SR in the championship I have no doubt the Saints girls were not just mentally out of it. Don’t really know who else you want them to play as they are required to play everyone in the ISL AA division and most VISSA opponents. I would love to see all you parents that are judging and criticizing their season, go out there and play for 6 months straight.