PA Media Girls' Lacrosse Rankings 3-11-11

Episcopal Academy earned the No. 1 spot in the preseason All Schools division of the PA Media Girls’ Lacrosse Rankings released today.

Meanwhile, Strath Haven took the top spot in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association rankings.
EA, the defending Inter-Ac League champion, garnered three first-place votes and 61 points overall in the All School poll. Strath Haven, a tri-champion last year in the Central League, had four first-place votes and 63 points in the PIAA poll. The PIAA
Each week a panel of journalists from around the state and the Mid-Atlantic region will rank Pennsylvania’s top teams. The panel includes Chris Goldberg of Phillylacrosse.com, Dennis C. Way of the Norristown Times Herald, Scott Johnston of the Lehigh Valley Press, Rick Woelfel of the Doylestown Intelligencer, Karen Sangillo of the Bucks County Courier Times, Harry Chaykun of the Delco Times and Matthew Blymier of the Lancaster Intelligencer. The poll is compiled by Goldberg.
Week 1
PA Media Girls’ Lacrosse Rankings
PIAA
1, Strath Haven (District 1) 63 pts, 4 first-place,
2, Archbishop Carroll (12) 58 pts, 1 first-place
3, Radnor (1) 55 pt, 1 first-place
4, Downingtown East (1) 51 pts, 1 first-place
5, Springfield-Delco (1) 49 pts
6, Conestoga (1) 41 pts
7, North Penn (1) 27 pts
8, Manheim Township (3) 19 pts
9, Abington (1) 9 pts
10, Archbishop Wood (12) 4 pts
Honorable Mention: Bishop Shanahan (1), Boyertown (1), Council Rock North (1), Great Valley (1), Harriton (1), Methacton (1), Penn Manor (3), Souderton (1), Unionville (1), Upper Dublin (1), Villa Maria Academy (1)
All Schools
1, Episcopal Academy (Inter-Ac) 59 pts, 3 first-place
2, Strath Haven (1) 58 pts, 2 first-place
3, Archbishop Carroll (12) 56 pts,1 first-place
4, Radnor (1) 52 pts, 1 first-place
5, Downingtown East (1) 49 pts
6, Springfield-Delco (1) 46 pts
7, Conestoga (1) 34 pts
8, North Penn (1) 20 pts
9, Notre Dame (Inter-Ac) 17 pts
10, Manheim Township (3) 6 pts
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