Nike/US Lacrosse High School Wrap MID-ATLANTIC REGION TOP 10 FINAL GIRLS’
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1. MCDONOGH (MD.) The Eagles (21-0) extended their
winning streak to 112 games. Defender Steffani Holmes will join star Megan Whittle at Maryland.
2. MOORESTOWN (N.J.) New Jersey’s top player, Marie
McCool (North Carolina), scored four goals to lead the Quakers (26-0) past Summit in the state final.
3. BISHOP IRETON (VA.) The Cardinals (20-4) won 10
straight to end the season with WCAC and VISAA titles. Goalie Olivia Cole (Florida) and Kelly Matthews starred.
4. ST. STEPHEN’S & ST. AGNES (VA.) The Saints (27-2) won the ISL
Girls’ Player of the Year MEGAN WHITTLE McDonogh (Md.)
By Mike Loveday On April 21, 2012, McDonogh (Md.), the nation’s No. 1 high school girls’ lacrosse
team, played No. 2 Garden City (N.Y.) in a marquee Maryland-versus-New York challenge. Taylor Cummings, now the reigning Tewaaraton Award winner this year at Maryland, was the star player for the Eagles. But not that day. That day belonged to Megan Whittle. Whittle, a sophomore at the time, scored seven goals in a blowout 20-9 victory
and signaled a passing of the torch for the next great player at McDonogh. “She went from being a complimentary player to one of the best players in the
country,” Eagles coach Chris Robinson said. Whittle was a four-year player on a McDonogh team that has won 112 straight
games and finished as the No. 1 team in the nation for the last five years. Much like Cummings, who won consecutive Nike/US Lacrosse National Player of the Year honors in 2011 and 2012, being the best player on the nation’s best team had its perks. But Whittle loomed equally as large in the Eagles’ 80-0 record since 2011. Whittle started her career in 2011 with a 40-goal, 10-assist freshman season,
followed by 50 goals and 18 assists as a sophomore. Taking over as McDonogh’s primary scoring threat after Cummings graduated, Whittle upped the ante by scoring 73 goals and 14 assists as a junior. “Sophomore year, the door opened up and you could see she was going to be next in line,” Robinson said. “Megan would be in the weight room and our football coaches would comment on how hard she was working. She never stood still for anything.” By 2014, Whittle had developed into the nation’s top attacker, routinely facing
the best defenders in Maryland’s rigorous IAAM-A, the most competitive conference in the country. Whittle finished with 93 goals and 22 assists. As the only incoming college freshman invited to try out for the U.S. women’s national team in June, Whittle will reunite with Cummings in College Park, where the latest great Eagle could become the next great Terp. LM
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crown but fell in the VISAA final. Ellie Majure and Abby Bailey had 109 goals and 50 assists, respectively. Gussie Johns (USC) made 159 saves, joining Sophie Davidson (Dartmouth) and Olivia Mikkelsen (Notre Dame) as All-Americans.
5. ROLAND PARK (MD.) The Reds (16-5) won six of their
last seven, including an IAAM semifinal win over Notre Dame Prep in which CeCe Finney (Florida) had six goals., Francesca Whitehurst (Georgetown) was All-IAAM in soccer and lacrosse.
6. NOTRE DAME PREP (MD.) All-American midfielder Molly
Cobb led the Blazers to a 10-5 mark and will play for Notre Dame.
7. GEORGETOWN VISITATION (D.C.) Kelly Myers (Stanford) led
the Tigers (17-8) with 92 goals. Virginia-bound Ana Hagerup is a two-time all-league selection.
8. SEVERN (MD.) The Admirals (14-5) twice
came close to upsetting McDonogh. Caroline Steele (Maryland) scored five goals in a win over St. Mary’s.
9. GOOD COUNSEL (MD.) Freshman Taylor McDaniels, who committed to North Carolina in March, led the Falcons (14-6) with 34 goals.
10. GARNET VALLEY (PA.) Haley Warden and Emily Mathewson
scored five goals each to lead the Jaguars (24-2) to a 13-9 win over Springfield-Delco in the PIAA final, their third title in four years.
— M.L A Publication of US Lacrosse
©JOHN STROHSACKER (MW, KM, SS)
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