Milton (Ga.) Nationally Ranked After Massive Win Over Maryvale (Md.)

What a difference a week makes. After just one change in a light initial week, the action heated up last week and the rankings reflect it.

Archbishop Spalding (Md.) opened its season with one of the biggest wins in program history, knocking off IAAM defending champion St. Paul’s (Md.) in overtime to take down the country’s No. 2 team and move up to No. 5 in this week’s USA Lacrosse High School Girls' National Top 25.

And the South (Region) is on the rise. Two teams from the South are among the three new teams in the rankings this week. Milton (Ga.) debuts at No. 16 after stopping Mid-Atlantic contender Maryvale (Md.), which had been ranked third nationally as well.

Similarly IMG Academy (Fla.) picked up its biggest win in program history when it took down a top-10 team for the first time. IMG doubled up St. Anne’s-Belfield (Va.) for an impressive victory to put them in the rankings at No. 21.

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Penn Charter (Pa.) also entered the rankings after a 3-0 start. Chief among their first three wins was a solid W against Stone Ridge (Md.), which has played a bear of a schedule.

When the Northeast Region kicks into gear, there will be even more competition to weigh, but one week already generated a healthy amount of movement. Scroll below for this week's Top 25, with each team's previous ranking denoted in parenthesis.

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.), 0-0 (1)  
2. Episcopal (Pa.), 3-0 (4)  
3. McDonogh (Md.), 3-0 (5)  
4. New Canaan (Conn.), 0-0 (6)  
5. Archbishop Spalding (Md.), 1-0 (14)  
6. St. Paul's (Md.), 1-1 (2)  
7. Darien (Conn.), 0-0 (7)  
8. Good Counsel (Md.), 1-0 (8)  
9. Noble & Greenough (Mass.), 0-0 (11)  
10. Sayville (N.Y.), 0-0 (12)  
11. Agnes Irwin (Pa.), 2-0 (13)  
12. Sacred Heart (Conn.), 0-0 (15)  
13. American Heritage-Delray (Fla.), 8-0 (16)  
14. Victor (N.Y.), 0-0 (17)  
15. Garden City (N.Y.), 0-0 (18)  
16. Milton (Ga.), 7-0 (NR)
17. Maryvale (Md.), 2-1 (3)  
18. Bayport-Blue Point (N.Y.), 0-0 (19)  
19. Wilton (Conn.), 0-0 (20)  
20. Penn Charter (Pa.), 3-0 (NR)
21. IMG Academy (Fla.), 5-1 (NR)
22. Manchester Valley (Md.), 0-0 (21)  
23. St. Anne's-Belfield (Va.), 0-1 (9)  
24. Stone Ridge (Md.), 1-3 (10)  
25. Cold Spring Harbor (N.Y.), 0-0 (22)

Also considered (alphabetical order): Archbishop Carroll (Pa.), Cape Henlopen (Del.), Cicero-North Syracuse (N.Y.), Conestoga (Pa.), Downingtown West (Pa.), Georgetown Visitation (D.C.), Glenelg High (Md.), Hockaday (Texas), Hotchkiss School (Conn.), Loyola (Ill.), Manheim Township (Pa.), Moorestown (N.J.) Morristown (N.J.), New Trier (Ill.), Notre Dame Prep (Md.), Nyack (N.Y.), Oak Knoll (N.J.), Oak Ridge (Calif.), Radnor (Pa.), Rye (N.Y.), Sacred Heart (Calif.), Severna Park (Md.), St. Ignatius (Calif.), St. John's College (D.C.), St. Stephen's & St Agnes (Va.), Summit (N.J.), Valor Christian (Colo.)

Regional Rankings

Northeast Top 10 
Preseason

1. St. Anthony's (N.Y.) 
2. New Canaan (Conn.) 
3. Darien (Conn.)
4. Noble & Greenough (Mass.)
5. Sayville (N.Y.)
6. Sacred Heart (Conn.)
7. Victor (N.Y.)
8. Garden City (N.Y.)
9. Bayport-Blue Point (N.Y.)
10. Wilton (Conn.)

Mid-Atlantic Top 10
Week 2

1. Episcopal (Pa.), 3-0 (3)
2. McDonogh (Md.), 3-0 (4)
3. Archbiship Spalding (Md.), 1-0 (9)
4. St. Paul's Md., 1-1 (1)
5. Good Counsel (Md.), 1-0 (5)
6. Agnes Irwin (Pa.), 2-0 (8)
7. Maryvale (Md.), 2-1 (2)
8. Penn Charter (Pa.), 3-0 (NR)
9. Manchester Valley (Md.), 0-0 (10)
10. St. Anne's-Belfield (Va.), 0-1 (6)

South Top 10
Week 3

1. American Heritage-Delray (Fla.), 8-0 (1)
2. Milton (Ga.), 7-0 (2)
3. IMG Academy (Fla.), 5-1 (6)
4. Hockaday (Texas), 6-1 (4)
5. Cardinal Gibbons (N.C.), 1-2 (3)
6. Anderson (Texas), 6-1 (4)
7. Plant (Fla.), 12-0 (7)
8. Lake Mary (Fla.), 9-1 (9)
9. Cambridge (Ga.), 7-2 (8)
10. Providence Day (N.C.), 6-0 (NR)

Midwest Top 10
Week 1

1. Loyola (Ill.), 0-0 (1)
2. New Trier (Ill.), 0-0 (2)
3. Olentangy (Ohio), 0-0 (3)
4. Kentucky Country Day (Ky.), 2-0 (4)
5. Carmel (Ind.), 2-0 (5)
6. Upper Arlington (Ohio), 0-0 (6)
7. New Albany (Ohio), 0-0 (7)
8. Benet Academy (Ill.), 0-0 (8)
9. Lakeville South (Minn.), 0-0 (9)
10. Grand Rapids Catholic (Mich.), 0-0 (10)

West Top 10
Week 3

1. Sacred Heart (Calif.), 5-0 (1)
2. Valor Christian (Colo.), 3-0 (3)
3. St. Ignatius (Calif.), 3-0 (5)
4. Del Oro (Calif.), 5-0 (NR)
5. Oak Ridge (Calif.), 5-1 (2)
6. Foothill-Santa Ana (Calif.), 7-0 (8)
7. ThunderRidge (Colo.), 1-1 (9)
8. Colorado Academy (Colo.), 0-2 (4)
9. Marin Catholic (Calif.), 5-2 (NR)
10. San Ramon Valley (Calif.), 3-1 (6)