Five MIAA A Conference squads are listed in the upper half of the ESPNRise’s national boys’ lacrosse rankings.
Boys’ Latin, which started No. 4 in the ESPN preseason poll, maintained its standing while defending MIAA A champ St. Paul’s School slipped from third to ninth.
The Crusaders, ranked No. 1 in VSN’s Top 20, should move up in the next polling after beating Georgetown Prep (No. 3 by ESPNRise), 11-8, Tuesday afternoon in Brooklandville. St. Paul’s only setback came against nation’s No. 1 Haverford Prep from Pennsylvania in the season opener.
Gilman School advanced from No. 20 to 15th. The Greyhounds will host Georgetown Prep Friday afternoon. McDonogh School and Calvert Hall College are 18th and 19th, respectively.
After victories over three nationally ranked D.C. area programs (DeMatha, Gonzaga and Landon School), St. Mary’s debut at No. 24. The Saints, under new coach Rob Chomo, begin their MIAA A slate against Mount St. Joseph Friday in Annapolis.
POWERADE FAB 50 ESPN RISE BOYS LACROSSE POLL (Top 25 listed below)
The POWERADE FAB 50 ESPN RISE Team Rankings is in its second year overall, but for the first time was voted on by a panel of media members from around the country. Schools are ranked by points received. The number in parenthesis reflects first-place votes. LW is last week’s ranking. Ties are broken by which school appeared on more ballots then which appeared higher on more ballots. The rankings are compiled by Mike Loveday.
Key: Rank, School (City, State), Record*, Point Total (First Place Votes), Last Week’s Rank
*Records are through March 19 games.
1. Haverford (Pa.) Prep, 3-0, 400 (8), 1
2. Garden City (N.Y.), 0-0, 392, 2
3. Georgetown Prep (North Bethesda, Md.), 3-0, 371, 6
4. Boys’ Latin, 2-0, 370, 4
5. Conestoga (Berwyn, Pa.), 0-0, 369, 5
6. Manhasset (N.Y.), 0-0, 356, 8
7. Darien (Conn.), 0-0, 344, 7
8. LaSalle (Wyndmoor, Pa.), 0-0, 341, 9
9. St. Paul’s School, 3-1, 334, 3
10. West Islip (N.Y.), 0-0, 331, 11
11. Chaminade (Mineola, N.Y.), 0-0, 314, 12
12. Delbarton (N.J.), 0-0, 299, 16
13. Summit (N.J.), 0-0, 295, 14
14. St. Anthony’s (South Huntington, N.Y.), 0-0, 293, 15
15. Gilman School, 2-0, 283, 20
16. Jamesville-DeWitt (Fayetteville, N.Y.), 0-0, 278, 17
17. Smithtown (N.Y.) West, 0-0, 268, 18
18. McDonogh School, 3-1, 243, 19
19. Calvert Hall College, 3-0, 243, 22
20. John-Jay (Cross River, N.Y.), 0-0, 233, 21
21. Ward-Melville (East Setauket, N.Y.), 0-0, 222, 26
22. St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia, Pa.), 0-0, 220, 27
23. Farmingdale (Farmingdale, N.Y.), 0-0, 210, 28
24. St. Mary’s, 3-0, 208, NR
25. Malvern (Pa.) Prep, 1-0, 206, 33
