The story of the 2024 season needs to be all about unpredictable outcomes, particularly on the subject of intersectional matchups. We noticed, for instance, a extremely good Villanova Academy of Notre Dame de Namur (Pa.) facet with a win, a loss, and a draw this previous week, however they’re nonetheless within the higher half of the High 10 due to the qualify of their opposition.
Factor is, there’s a workforce hanging simply outdoors of our High 10, one which has been affecting the rankings. That workforce is Cherry Hill Camden Catholic (N.J.), your defending New Jersey Non-Public champions. The Irish have been enjoying one of many nation’s high schedules this 12 months. This contains not solely its personal Olympic Convention schedule, however the the Nationwide Excessive Faculty Invitational, and quite a few high sides equivalent to Woolwich Kingsway (N.J.), Academy of Notre Dame, and two matches towards Summit Oak Knoll (N.J.).
Camden Catholic has additionally scheduled two nice matchups later this week; tomorrow towards Pottstown Hill Faculty (Pa.) and a Saturday match with North Caldwell West Essex (N.J.). It’s a workforce that’s actually enjoyable to look at, and can be for the subsequent few seasons.
Our RightToRightIsRight.com honorary No. 11 Staff of the Week is Tufts College, a workforce from the highly effective New England Small Faculty Athletic Convention. Groups in NESCAC have at all times been sturdy in girls’s athletic competitions, however Tufts’ final main trophy was the 1999 ECAC Championship. However final week, the workforce stamped itself as a contender for the 2024 nationwide title when it broke Middlebury’s 43-game win streak. This makes immediately’s video games — Tufts-Bowdoin and Middlebury-Williams — important for convention event seeding.
1. Pottstown Hill Faculty (Pa.) 17-0
Rams had a third-quarter purpose from Abby Gerdeman in a 1-0 win over Villanova Academy of Notre Dame de Namur (Pa.) in a match which might very nicely be a precursor to the PAISAA Event
2. Mamaroneck (N.Y.) 16-0
Tigers tackle Hopewell Junction John Jay (N.Y.) within the quarterfinal spherical of the NYSPHSAA Part 1 Class A Event immediately
3. Emmaus (Pa.) 20-1
The Hornets tackle Allentown Parkland (Pa.) this night within the PIAA District 11 Class AAA semifinals
4. Villanova Academy of Notre Dame de Namur (Pa.) 16-2-1
The Irish had a draw towards yesterday with a recreation towards Cherry Hill Camden Catholic (N.J.) earlier than dropping 1-0 to Pottstown Hill Faculty (Pa.), then beating Rosemont Agnes Irwin (Pa.) 2-1
5. Malvern Villa Maria (Pa.) 18-1
The Hurricanes clinched a PIAA Class AAA event berth with a 4-0 win over Souderton (Pa.) Space; the Hurricane tackle an excellent Downington (Pa.) West within the District 1 semifinal spherical with a doable matchup with Tredyffrin Conestoga (Pa.) within the ultimate
6. Watertown (Mass.) 17-0
Raiders are more likely to be the No. 2 seed within the MIAA Division 3 event as a result of Sandwich (Mass.) has higher score based mostly on the common of opponents’ rating; each Watertown and Sandwich are undefeated to date, and a gathering within the ultimate can be one thing to see
7. North Caldwell West Essex (N.J.) 16-2
Knights beat Montclair (N.J.) 3-2 to win the Essex County Event; lone defeats this 12 months have been to Hill and Academy of Notre Dame
8. Westport Staples (Conn.) 17-1
The Wreckers tackle Darien (Conn.) within the ultimate of the FCIAC event this night at Wilton (Conn.)
9. Manheim (Pa.) Township 21-2
The Blue Streaks tackle former state champion Mechanicsburg (Pa.) tomorrow within the PIAA District 3 Class AAA semifinals; both Hummelstown Decrease Dauphin (Pa.) or West Garden Wilson (Pa.) await within the different half of the bracket
10. Andover Phillips Academy (Mass.) 13-0
The Huge Blue tackle Dedham Noble and Greenough (Mass.) tomorrow earlier than touring to Ashburnham Cushing Academy (Mass.) on Saturday
11. Tufts College 12-2
Jumbos’ win over Middlebury was powered by Kayleigh McDonald, who scored her first two objectives of the season
Who’s out: None
And keep in mind: La Jolla Bishop’s Faculty (Calif.) 20-1, Denver Colorado Academy (Colo.) 14-0-1, Greenwood Village Cherry Creek (Colo.) 13-2, Darien (Conn.) 17-1, Lewes Cape Henlopen (Del.) 14-2, Delmar (Del.) 14-1, Smyrna (Del.) 12-2, Winnetka New Trier (In poor health.) 21-1-1, Louisville Sacred Coronary heart (Ky.) 15-9, Louisville Assumption (Ky.) 19-6-3, Portland Cheverus (Maine) 14-0, Chelsea (Mich.) 15-3-1, Ann Arbor Pioneer (Mich.) 17-1-1, St. Louis Villa Duchesne (Mo.) 21-2, St. Louis St. Joseph’s Academy (Mo.) 15-2, Keene (N.H.) 15-0-1, Cherry Hill Camden Catholic (N.J.) 14-1-1, Clinton North Hunterdon (N.J.) 15-3, Cary (N.C.) Christian 16-0, Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons (N.C.) 14-3, Worthington Thomas Worthington (Ohio) 14-5-1, Higher Arlington (Ohio) 19-1, Lititz Warwick (Pa.) 20-2, Elliottsburg West Perry (Pa.) 18-2, Hummelstown Decrease Dauphin (Pa.) 16-2, Exeter Wyoming Space (Pa.) 17-0, Windfall Moses Brown (R.I.) 13-0, Burlington Rice Memorial (Vt.) 14-0-1, Trinity Episcopal (Va.) 15-0-1, Yorktown Tabb (Va.) 16-0, Hartland Arrowhead (Wisc.) 12-2-2