Final 2012 National Ratings for High School Girls' Lacrosse

McDonogh School (MD) is the LaxPower High School Girls' Lacrosse National Champion for 2012.

LaxPower, the world's leading authority on lacrosse team performance ratings, is pleased to announce the National Coaches/Computer Ratings for high school girls' lacrosse for the recently completed 2012 spring season.

McDonogh School, Owings Mills (Md.), is LaxPower's national champion for 2012. The Eagles, who capped off a 18-0 season by winning their 4th consecutive IAAM-A title, finished in first place both in the coaches' poll and in the computer ratings. McDonogh had 14 of 15 first-place votes among the coaches. This is the eighth season in a row that they have finished in the Top 10.

McDonogh has run its unbeaten streak to 69 consecutive games, including two wins in this season's MD-NY Challenge, which featured the Top 4 teams from the 2011 season, while ending Garden City's 54-game win streak.

Moorestown (#2) and coach Deanna Knobloch won their 19th state championship this spring. St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School's (#3) coach Kathy Jenkins celebrated her 600th win earlier this season.

The top five programs in the country for 2012:

#1: McDonogh School, Owings Mills, Maryland (18-0) — IAAM-A title (4th straight)
#2: Moorestown, Moorestown, New Jersey (26-0) — New Jersey state champion (19th time)
#3: St. Anthony's, South Huntington, New York (16-1) — CHSAA Class AA champion (5th straight)
#4: St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School, Alexandria, Virginia (26-3) - ISL AA & VISAA I state championship (6th straight)
#5: Century, Sykesville, Maryland (18-1) 3A-2A state championship (6th title)

The final rankings were compiled using LaxPower's CCR rating formula, which combines the national computer rankings with a national poll. The computer ratings used for the rankings are based on 20,506 game scores for 2,697 high school teams. The poll is a product of rankings by 15 high school coaches from around the country. Each of these parameters represents 50% of the final tallied results.

Detailed information for all teams can be found at the link below. The combined CCR ranking, the computer ratings, the results of the poll voting, the members of the coaches poll panel, and a detailed explanation of the computer formula are available. Results for the Top 25 on each of the components and overall are presented at the bottom of this page.

2012 National Rankings for High School Girls' Lacrosse

LaxPower congratulates these teams and their players and coaches for an outstanding achievement in 2012 as well as all of the coaches and student-athletes who participated in high school lacrosse this past spring.

2012 National Coaches/Computer Ratings

No Team                      ST    W-L     CCR  =  Poll  +  PR
 1 McDonogh School           MD   18-0   195.20   99.90   95.30
 2 Moorestown                NJ   26-0   190.54   99.14   91.40
 3 St. Anthony's             NY   16-1   187.53   97.81   89.72
 4 Sts. Stephen's & Agnes    VA   26-3   186.23   97.21   89.02
 5 Century, MD               MD   18-1   185.74   96.85   88.89
 6 Bryn Mawr SG              MD   15-2   185.24   97.05   88.19
 7 Chatham                   NJ   23-3   183.24   95.32   87.92
 8 West Genesee              NY   20-1   182.39   95.00   87.39
 9 Maryvale Prep             MD   13-4   181.00   94.19   86.81
10 Bay Shore                 NY   19-2   180.52   93.27   87.25
11 Vero Beach                FL   22-2   180.03   93.15   86.88
12 Marriotts Ridge           MD   17-1   179.79   92.99   86.80
13 Garnet Valley             PA   24-3   178.59   91.90   86.69
14 Farmingdale               NY   17-2   178.55   91.62   86.93
15 Ridgewood                 NJ   22-3   177.40   91.46   85.94
16 Great Valley              PA   22-2   177.02   90.09   86.93
17 Garden City               NY   17-5   176.42   90.82   85.60
18 Georgetown Visitation     DC   18-2   175.91   90.62   85.29
19 Radnor                    PA   21-5   174.29   89.01   85.28
20 Hauppauge                 NY   16-3   173.11   87.84   85.26
21 Manhasset                 NY   13-5   172.43   87.20   85.23
22 Mendham                   NJ   19-5   172.41   87.60   84.81
23 Westwood, MA              MA   24-2   171.39   86.48   84.91
24 Manheim Township          PA   24-1   170.74   85.87   84.87
25 Ward Melville             NY   17-2   170.47   85.55   84.91

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