As we mentioned Tuesday evening in our socials, we did see a major landmark being crossed this week in the world of lacrosse. That’s the fact that Kathy Jenkins, the head coach at Alexandria St. Stephen’s/St. Agnes (Va.) for the last 51 years, crossed the 900-win mark after a win last Tuesday. This is just in time for the Saints to keep playing and extending the existing mark this weekend at the school’s annual Spring Fling.
There are a couple of things that are remarkable about this streak. First off, in a classic case of parallel histories betwen field hockey and lacrosse, Jenkins crossed the 900-win mark in the same academic year that Susan Butz-Stavin crossed the 1100-win mark in field hockey.
One other thing: look at the margins between these two legends and the second-place totals of all-time coaching victories. In both field hockey and lacrosse, the current leaders are anywhere from 200 to 250 wins ahead. That margin is a career for many coaches.
| Field hockey | Lacrosse |
| 1120 Susan Butz-Stavin | 900 Kathy Jenkins |
| 879 Laurie Berger | 700 Angela Tammaro |
I am not sure whether you’re going to see anything like these coaching performances again, given changes in scholastic sport over the last 10-15 years.
Below in the red are our usual provisional gathering of American scholastic lacrosse statistics from available published sources, including MaxPreps, Berks Game Day, the KHSAA, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, PhillyLacrosse, and Advance Media. If we can get more teams, state federations, and local leagues to adopt the easy-to-use MaxPreps.com platform, we can aim for as complete a statistical picture of the country as possible.
GOALS SCORED, SEASON
98 Madi Pharr, Aiken (S.C.)
96 Elizabeth Thomas, Hoover Spain Park (Ala.)
91 Ella Strong, West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman (Fla.)
89 Mary Rangel, San Jose Notre Dame (Calif.)
88 Jenna Mathews, Spanish River (Fla.)
86 Kayleigh Bergstrom, Sarasota Cardinal Mooney (Fla.)
85 Addison Powell, Lawrenceeville Mountain View (Ga.)
81 Ashley Cotter, St. Augustine Tocoi Creek (Fla.)
79 Dakota Allison, Palos Verdes (Calif.)
79 Olivia Van Arsdall, Lakes Minneola (Fla.)
ASSISTS, SEASON
71 Gabby Ulrich, Sarasota Cardinal Mooney (Fla.)
51 Jenna Mathews, Spanish River (Fla.)
51 Darby O’Connell, Tampa (Fla.) Catholic
47 Avery Jones, Cumming West Forsyth (Ga.)
46 Sydney Remmer, Fuquay-Varina (N.C.)
43 Cate Steinebronn, Oviedo (Fla.)
43 Lacey Riley, Navarre (Fla.)
42 Isabelle John, Wake Forest (N.C.)
42 Lainey Durden, Navarre, (Fla.)
41 Jeanine Webb, Bear River (Utah)
GOALS SCORED, CAREER
409 Mady Nolan, Irvine Woodbridge (Calif.)
ASSISTS, CAREER
268 Giada Catanzaro, Bridgewater-Raritan (N.J.)
COMBINED GOALS AND ASSISTS, CAREER
539 Mady Nolan, Irvine Woodbridge (Calif.)
460 Giada Catanzaro, Bridgewater-Raritan (N.J.)
ACTIVE COACHING VICTORIES
900 Kathy Jenkins
542 Lisa Lindley
504 Chris Robinson
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