I know, I know. There are plenty of other girls’ scholastic lacrosse players other than Caroline Ling, who broke the all-time career girls’ lacrosse scoring record recently. But given her scything play for Springboro (Ohio) over the last two years, it’s hard not to give her flowers for the fact that she is in rarified air when it comes to the all-time greats.
It is also notable, however, to see what Gianna Frieri, the younger sister of the all-time single-season goalscorer Fran Frieri, has been doing. The junior, now committed to Vanderbilt, has scored 124 goals this year for a Lockport (Ill.) Township side that is playing O’Fallon (Ill.) Township this evening in the octofinal round of the Illinois High School Association tournament.
These numbers that you see below are from available published sources, including MaxPreps, Berks Game Day, the KHSAA, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, PhillyLacrosse, and Advance Media.
Given the changing publishing models when it comes to newspapers, I encourage every school, league, or state governing body to adopt the easy-to-use MaxPreps.com platform, and we encourage you to get your fellow teams to enter their information there as well as whichever is your local news site, so that we can aim for as complete a statistical picture of American girls’ lacrosse as possible.
GOALS SCORED, SEASON
182 Caroline Ling, Springboro (Ohio)
142 Morgan Siglin, Greenville Wade Hampton (S.C.)
138 Riley Sterling, Palo Alto Castilleja (Calif.)
132 Mackenzie Farley, San Juan Capistrano St. Margaret’s (Calif.)
130 Caydn Elsmann, Hummelstown Lower Duaphin (Pa.)
129 Addy Haines, Gahanna Lincoln (Ohio)
124 Gianni Frieri, Lockport (Ill.) Township
123 Trinity Chirieleison, Camp Hill Trinity (Pa.)
122 Lilly Rauch, Buffalo (N.Y.) Seminary
120 Vanni Intini, Fayetteville (N.Y.) Academy
118 Natalie Boecke, Pittsboro Northwood (N.C.)
118 Katie Bullen, York (Pa.) Catholic
ASSISTS, SEASON
99 Jenna Balousek, Concord Carondelet (Calif.)
96 Taylor McGovern, Parkland Marjory Stoneman Douglas (Fla.)
94 Kayla Nguyen, Cary Green Hope (N.C.)
90 Maddisen Selvage, Pawley’s Island Waccamau (S.C.)
89 Morgan Gilbert, Reading Exeter (Pa.)
87 Julia Frosch, Pensacola (Fla.) Catholic
85 Rocquette Allen, Highlands Ranch ThunderRidge (Colo.)
82 Lauren Blackburn, Louisville Eastern (Ky.)
81 Ava Goldson, Mary Institute-Country Day School (Mo.)
74 Lauren Hayden, Newport Croatan (N.C.)
71 Addie Gilner, Chapel Hill (N.C.)
68 Dylan Yonover, Louisville Kentucky Country Day School (Ky.)
67 Hannah Simon, Oak Park-River Forest (Ill.)
66 Isabelle John, Wake Forest (N.C.)
GOALS SCORED, CAREER
555 Caroline Ling, Springboro (Ohio)
464 Ryann Frechette, St. John’s Bartram Trail (Fla.)
446 Kylee Ferranto, Haddon Heights (N.J.)
324 Sophia Devaney, Jackson (N.J.) Memorial
315 Alexis Rodell, Randolph (N.J.)
264 Morgan Siglin, Greenville Wade Hampton (S.C.)
ASSISTS, CAREER
265 Hanna Watson, Abesecon Holy Spirit (N.J.)
244 Taylor McGovern, Parkland Margery Stoneman Douglas (Fla.)
COMBINED GOALS AND ASSISTS, CAREER
711 Caroline Ling, Springboro (Ohio)
627 Ryann Frechette, St. John’s Bartram Trail (Fla.)
535 Hanna Watson, Absecon Holy Spirit (N.J.)
507 Kylee Ferranto, Haddon Heights (N.J.)
462 Taylor McGovern, Parkland Margery Stoneman Douglas (Fla.)
444 Sydney Mulroony, Morristown Morris Hills (N.J.)
423 Tessa Caputo, Princeton (N.J.) Day School
414 Sophia Devaney, Jackson (N.J.) Memorial
397 Alyson Sojak, Barnegat (N.J.)
373 Alexis Rodell, Randolph (N.J.)
359 Teagan Scott, Mount Pleasant Oceanside Collegiate Academy (S.C.)
ACTIVE COACHING VICTORIES
868 Kathy Jenkins|
522 Lisa Lindley
470 Chris Robinson
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