Gators are No. 1 after back-to-back run in IAAM A; state champs Marriotts Ridge, Century finish in Top 10
by Derek Toney
St. Paul’s School, the preseason No. 1 in VSN’s Girls Lacrosse Top 20 has top billing in the final rankings of the spring season.
The Gators held No. 1 for most of the regular season. The Brooklandville school lost the mantle, as well as the nation’s top ranking, after a 20-7 shelling at the hands of Glenelg Country School.
St. Paul’s regrouped in the IAAM A Conference final, smothering the Dragons to win a second consecutive championship. Glenelg Country finished No. 2 followed by McDonogh School.
Century is fourth after completing the area’s lone perfect season in the Class 2A state final (defeated Hereford) at Loyola University’s Ridley Athletic Complex. IAAM A semifinalist Bryn Mawr School is fifth, followed by Glenelg and Archbishop Spalding.
Marriotts Ridge is No. 8 after winning the 3A state title over Severna Park, a team it lost by 10 goals during the regular season. The Falcons are ninth and Broadneck, which claimed a second consecutive 4A state crown, is 10th.
Maryvale Prep starts the second Top 10 followed by Notre Dame Prep, Manchester Valley, C. Milton Wright and 2A state runner-up Hereford.
Liberty enters at No. 16 after winning a second straight 1A state title. Fallston, the 1A runner-up, Westminster, Garrison Forest School, IAAM B champ Mercy and Towson complete the poll
Here is the final VSN Girls Lacrosse Top 20 for 2022:
1. ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL
Record: 17-1
Previous rank: 1
SEASON RESULT – IAAM A CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
2 . GLENELG COUNTRY SCHOOL
Record: 17-2
Previous rank: 2
SEASON RESULT – IAAM A CONFERENCE FINALIST
3. MCDONOGH SCHOOL
Record: 15-3
Previous rank: 3
SEASON RESULT – IAAM A CONFERENCE SEMIFINALIST
4. CENTURY
Record: 19-0
Previous rank: 4
Last week: defeated No. 15 Hereford, 16-6, Class 2A state final
SEASON RESULT – CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONS
5. BRYN MAWR SCHOOL
Record: 14-4
Previous rank: 5
SEASON RESULT – IAAM A CONFERENCE SEMIFINALIST
6. GLENELG
Record: 15-1
Previous rank: 6
SEASON RESULT – CLASS 2A WEST REGION FINALISTS & HOWARD COUNTY CHAMPIONS
7. ARCHBISHOP SPALDING
Record: 12-4
Previous rank: 7
SEASON RESULT – IAAM A CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALISTS
8. MARRIOTTS RIDGE
Record: 14-3
Previous rank: 12
Last week: defeated then-No. 8 Severna Park, 11-10, Class 3A state final
SEASON RESULT – CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONS
9. SEVERNA PARK
Record: 17-3
Previous rank: 8
Last week: lost to then-No. 11 Marriotts Ridge, 11-10, Class 3A state final
SEASON RESULT – CLASS 3A STATE FINALIST & ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CHAMPIONS
10. BROADNECK
Record: 17-3
Previous rank: 9
Last week: defeated Bethesda-Chevy Chase, 17-4, Class 4A state final
SEASON RESULT – CLASS 4A STATE CHAMPIONS & ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FINALIST
11. MARYVALE PREP
Record: 12-6
Previous rank: 10
SEASON RESULT – IAAM A CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALIST
12. NOTRE DAME PREP
Record: 9-9
Previous rank: 11
SEASON RESULT – IAAM A CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALIST
13. MANCHESTER VALLEY
Record: 12-2
Previous rank: 13
SEASON RESULT – CLASS 2A WEST REGION I SEMIFINALIST
14. C. MILTON WRIGHT
Record: 11-5
Previous rank: 14
SEASON RESULT – CLASS 2A EAST REGION I FINALIST
15. HEREFORD
Record: 15-2
Previous rank: 15
Last week: lost to No. 4 Century, 16-6, Class 2A state final
SEASON RESULT – CLASS 2A STATE FINALIST & BALTIMORE COUNTY CHAMPIONS
16. LIBERTY
Record: 12-7
Previous rank: Not ranked
Last week: defeated then-No. 16 Fallston, 9-4, Class 1A state final
SEASON RESULT – CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONS
17. FALLSTON
Record: 13-3
Previous rank: 16
Last week: lost to Liberty 9-4, Class 1A state final
SEASON RESULT – CLASS 1A STATE FINALIST
18. WESTMINSTER
Record: 12-4
Previous rank: 17
SEASON RESULT – CLASS 3A EAST REGION I FINALIST
19. GARRISON FOREST SCHOOL
Record: 7-10
Previous rank: 18
SEASON RESULT – IAAM A CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALIST
20. MERCY
Record: 14-4
Previous rank: 19
SEASON RESULT – IAAM B CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
20. TOWSON
Record: 12-4
Previous rank: 20
SEASON RESULT – CLASS 3A STATE QUARTERFINALIST
