Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 2/28/14

McDonogh (Md.), riding a 91-game winning streak, enters 2014 as the No. 1 team in the preseason Nike/US Lacrosse High School Girls’ Lacrosse National Top 25. The Top 25 appears as part of Lacrosse Magazine’s weekly report on high school girls’ lacrosse.

The Eagles won their fifth straight Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland championships with a 22-0 season a year ago. Manhasset (N.Y.) enters at No. 2 as a challenger for the New York Class B title this spring after making the semifinals a year ago. No. 3 Moorestown won its NJ state Tournament of Champions in 2013. Defending PIAA champion Harriton and Maryvale Prep (Md.) round out the Top 5.

Nine states and Washington, D.C., are represented in the preseason Nike/US Lacrosse National Top 25, which will be updated weekly throughout the high school season.

The preseason Nike/US Lacrosse High School Girls’ Lacrosse National Top 25:

1. McDonogh (Md.)
2. Manhasset (N.Y.)
3. Moorestown (N.J.)
4. Harriton (Pa.)
5. Maryvale Prep (Md.)
6. St. Anthony’s (N.Y.)
7. Mt. Sinai (N.Y.)
8. Farmingdale (N.Y.)
9. Bryn Mawr (Md.)
10. Milton (Ga.)
11. Marriotts Ridge (Md.)
12. Vero Beach (Fla.)
13. St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes (Va.)
14. Georgetown Visitation (D.C.)
15. Bay Shore (N.Y.)
16. Garden City (N.Y.)
17. Darien (Conn.)
18. St. Paul’s (Md.)
19. Good Counsel (Md.)
20. New Canaan (Conn.)
21. Notre Dame (Mass.)
22. Suffern (N.Y.)
23. Loyola (Ill.)
24. Cold Spring Harbor (N.Y.)
25. Notre Dame Prep (Md.)

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