Prep Cup Champ Andover Joins USA Lacrosse High School Girls' National Top 25

Massachusetts wasn’t just the host for some great college lacrosse action over the weekend. It also is home to a pair of newcomers — Phillips Andover (Mass.) and Noble & Greenough (Mass.) — in the USA Lacrosse High School Girls' National Top 25.

Phillips Andover was the one celebrating the Prep Cup championship this year. The Big Blue upended two-time defending champion No. 11 Sacred Heart Greenwich (Conn.) in the final after a semifinal win earlier that day. They debut at No. 10 nationally.

Noble & Greenough lost its first two games of the season to sow some doubt but suffered just one defeat the rest of the way, knocking off such teams at Phillips Andover in the process, and finished the season atop the ISL with its fourth straight league title to join the Top 25 at No. 17.

Manchester Valley (Md.) moved up to No. 4 after finishing one of the most impressive seasons in Maryland public school history. The Mavericks' second Class 2A state title came over a young Glenelg High (Md.) team that will be a favorite next year. The 17-9 win capped a season in which they outscored opponents 355-63. The state championship win was their first game decided by fewer than nine goals. 

No. 9 Agnes Irwin (Pa.) also won a state championship to cap a terrific season. No. 6 Nyack (N.Y.) will be trying to join Manchester Valley and Coronado (Calif.) as unbeaten champions as the New York tournaments heat up.

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Scroll below for this week's Top 25, with each team's previous ranking denoted in parentheses.

Compiled by USA Lacrosse writers with input from coaches around the country, rankings and records reflect results as of previous Sunday. 

National Top 25

1. St. Anthony's (N.Y.), 17-0 (1)  
2. Episcopal (Pa.), 18-0 (2)  
3. Maryvale (Md.), 13-5 (4)  
4. Manchester Valley (Md.), 19-0 (8)  
5. Archbishop Spalding (Md.), 13-5 (5)  
6. Nyack (N.Y.), 16-0 (3)  
7. McDonogh (Md.), 14-3 (6)  
8. St. Paul's (Md.), 12-4 (7)  
9. Agnes Irwin (Pa.), 18-3 (9)  
10. Phillips Andover (Mass.), 20-2 (NR)  
11. Sacred Heart Greenwich (Conn.), 16-3 (10)  
12. Darien (Conn.), 15-2 (11)  
13. Bayport-Blue Point (N.Y.), 15-1 (12)  
14. Good Counsel (Md.), 18-3 (13)  
15. Chatham (N.J.), 17-1 (14)  
16. Stone Ridge (Md.), 17-5 (17)  
17. Noble & Greenough (Mass.), 20-3 (NR)  
18. Cicero-North Syracuse (N.Y.), 15-1 (15)  
19. Cambridge (Ga.) 19-2 (18)
20. Milton (Ga.), 20-2 (19)  
21. Smithtown West (N.Y.), 13-2 (16)
22. Garden City (N.Y.), 16-2 (20)  
23. Lake Highland (Fla.), 20-4 (21)
24. American Heritage-Delray (Fla.), 18-3 (22)  
25. Coronado (Calif.), 19-0 (23)

Also considered (alphabetical order): Academy of Notre Dame (Pa.), Archbishop Carroll (Pa.), Bishop Shanahan (Pa.), Cape Henlopen (Del.), Cold Spring Harbor (N.Y.), Downingtown West (Pa.), Georgetown Visitation (D.C.), Haddonfield (N.J.), Hockaday (Texas), IMG Academy (Fla.), John Carroll (Md.), Loyola (Ill.), Manhasset (N.Y.), Marriotts Ridge (Md.), Moorestown (N.J.), New Trier (Ill.), Notre Dame Prep (Md.), Oak Knoll (N.J.), Penn Charter (Pa.), Phillips Exeter (N.H.), Potomac (Va.), Radnor (Pa.), Roland Park (Md.), Sacred Heart Prep (Calif.), Sayville (N.Y.), Severna Park (Md.), South Side (N.Y.), Springfield-Delco (Pa.), St. Ignatius (Calif.), St. Stephen's & St. Agnes (Va.), Summit (N.J.), Valor Christian (Colo.), Victor (N.Y.), West Chester Henderson (Pa.), West Islip (N.Y.), Westhampton (N.Y.)

Regional Rankings

Northeast Top 10 
Week 9

1. St. Anthony's (N.Y.), 17-0 (1) 
2. Nyack (N.Y.) 16-0 (2) 
3. Phillips Andover (Mass.), 20-2 (NR) 
4. Sacred Heart Greenwich (Conn.), 16-3 (3) 
5. Darien (Conn.), 15-2 (4) 
6. Bayport-Blue Point (N.Y.), 15-1 (5) 
7. Noble & Greenough (Mass.), 20-3 (NR) 
8. Cicero-North Syracuse (N.Y.), 15-1 (6) 
9. Smithtown West (N.Y.), 13-2 (7)
10. Garden City (N.Y.), 16-2 (8) 

Mid-Atlantic Top 10
Week 12

1. Episcopal (Pa.), 18-0 (1)
2. Maryvale (Md.), 13-5 (2) 
3. Manchester Valley (Md.), 19-0 (6)  
4. Archbishop Spalding (Md.), 13-5 (3) 
5. McDonogh (Md.), 14-3 (4) 
6. St. Paul's Md., 12-4 (5)
7. Agnes Irwin (Pa.), 18-3 (7) 
8. Good Counsel (Md.), 18-3 (8)
9. Chatham (N.J.), 17-1 (9) 
10. Stone Ridge (Md.), 17-5 (10) 

South Top 10
Week 12

1. Cambridge (Ga.), 19-2 (3)
2. Milton (Ga.), 20-2 (4) 
3. Lake Highland (Fla.), 20-4 (1) 
4. American Heritage-Delray (Fla.), 18-3 (2)
5. Hockaday (Texas), 19-1 (5) 
6. IMG Academy (Fla.), 10-4 (6)
7. Plant (Fla.), 24-0 (7) 
8. Anderson (Texas), 12-1 (8)
9. Oceanside Collegiate (S.C.), 18-4 (9) 
10. Providence Day (N.C.), 20-1 (NR) 

Midwest Top 10
Week 11

1. Loyola (Ill.), 18-2 (1)
2. New Trier (Ill.), 17-3 (2)
3. Olentangy Liberty (Ohio), 18-1 (3)
4. Upper Arlington (Ohio), 16-4 (4) 
5. St. Francis DeSales (Ohio), 18-1 (5) 
6. Hinsdale Central (Ill.), 15-5 (6) 
7. Carmel (Ind.), 17-3 (7) 
8. Guerin Catholic (Ind.), 17-1 (8)
9. Prior Lake (Minn.), 13-0 (9) 
10. Hudson (Ohio), 19-0 (10) 

West Top 10
Week 13

1. Coronado (Calif.), 19-0 (1) 
2. Sacred Heart Prep (Calif.), 18-2 (2)
3. Valor Christian (Colo.), 17-1 (3)
4. St. Ignatius (Calif.), 17-5 (4) 
5. Foothill-Santa Ana (Calif.), 20-2 (5) 
6. Redwood (Calif.), 19-4 (6)
7. San Ramon Valley (Calif.), 18-4 (7) 
8. Evergreen (Colo.), 16-2 (9) 
9. Mira Costa (Calif.), 18-1 (8)  
10. Seattle Prep (Wash.), 13-2-1 (NR)