Bishop Ireton (Va.) celebrates after upsetting St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes (Va.) for the VISAA championship May 17.
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KYLE ANDERSON Malvern Prep (Pa.)
The sophomore came up big in two of the Friars’ most important games of the year. Anderson scored three goals in a 14-9 win over Haverford School (Pa.) in the Inter-Ac championship game. Ten days later, Anderson
scored another three goals to help the Friars defeat the Fords for the third time this season in the Inter-Ac Invitational championship. Anderson helped the Friars to a 24-0 record, which included wins over Loyola Blakefi eld (Md.), Salesianum (Del.) and St. Mary’s (Md.).
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UNDER THE RADAR CARDINAL RULE When coach Rick Sofi eld took over the Bishop Ireton (Va.) girls’ lacrosse program in 2011, he inherited a team that had gone 13-9 and had not defeated Good Counsel (Md.) or St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes (Md.) in the previous fi ve years. Three years later, he led the Cardinals to
both Washington Catholic Athletic Conference and Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association (VISAA) championships this season — with wins over both power programs. Bishop Ireton beat Good Counsel 17-7 for the WCAC title May 12, then won three games in four days, including a 9-7 win over St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes in the VISAA fi nal May 17. “We started putting a plan in place in 2011 to build the program back up and compete,” Sofi eld said. “And the plan came together.” The Cardinals won 12 games in 2011, 15 in 2012 and 17 in 2013. They started this
season on a seven-game winning streak, but struggled midway with losses to Good Counsel, Brighton (N.Y.), Milton (Ga.) and Loyola (Ill.). They defeated Carondelet (Calif.) to launch a 10-game winning streak to fi nish the season. “I was trying to build them into something
particular,” Sofi eld said. “We hit that rough patch, and a lot of it had to do with injuries. We had four starters out against Brighton. We started getting healthy when we went to Georgia, but Charlotte Sofi eld broke her wrist. We didn’t get 100 percent healthy until the WCAC championship.” Sofi eld scaled back the frequency of practices.
“I had a revelation that this group of girls needed to be left alone and let them be who they are,” he said. “I just had to get out of their way and let them go play.” The WCAC title was the school’s fi rst conference championship in any sport since 2003.
— Mike Loveday NIKE/US LACROSSE HONOR ROLL JAYCEE DAVIS
Air Academy (Colo.) Davis led Air Academy to
the state title with 17 saves in an 11-10 win over Cherry Creek — saving her best perhaps for last. Her family plans to move to Texas, and her future high school does not have lacrosse.
JOEL TINNEY Culver Academy (Ind.)
The Johns Hopkins-bound senior dominated all season for the undefeated and No. 2 nationally ranked Eagles. He fi nished with 61 goals and 35 assists despite drawing opponents’ best long-stick midfi elders.
HANNAH ELMER West Genesee (N.Y.) Elmer had 25 points in a
four-game stretch of May, including consecutive seven- point performances against Baldwinsville (N.Y.) and Fayetteville-Manlius (N.Y.).
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