2026 High School Girls Lacrosse Preview
First match: Was Saturday
Regular season ends: May 1
Championship finals: May 15-16
Defending Champions: Coronado (Open Division), Carlsbad (Division 1), Rancho Bernardo (Division 2) and Olympian (Division 3)
2025 Player of the Year: Natalie Marvin, Bishop’s (now at Harvard)
Preseason Top 10
1. Coronado
2. Cathedral Catholic
3. La Costa Canyon
4. Torrey Pines
5. San Marcos
6. Carlsbad
7. Bishops
8. Del Norte
9. Scripps Ranch
10. La Jolla
Notable: Coronado finished the 2025 season 19-0, posting wins against the top-ranked teams in Virginia, Illinois and Massachusetts. The Islanders won the Open Division title and were ranked No. 1 in the West and No. 23 in the country. Coronado returns much of its core in 2026, including first-team All-CIF Brooklyn Parma, Maria Anaya, Brooke Dunn and Sydney Dunn. … Cathedral Catholic finished as runner-up in the CIF Open Division for the second time in the last three years. Lily Raiszadeh, Lia Palecek and Lyla Palecek all return, meaning the Dons figure to be one of the most well-balanced teams in the county. “We just have the next-woman-up mentality,” coach Sydney Masaki said. … La Costa Canyon returns first-team All-CIF pick and Avocado Player of the Year Alexis Felago along with a bevy of sophomores, led by Sunday Nelson, Persephone Luebkeand Martha Hall.
Players to watch
(in alphabetical order)
Vivienne Adams, Carlsbad, Jr.
Maria Anaya, Coronado, Sr.
Ella Avery, Carlsbad, Jr.
Mika Bachand, Scripps Ranch, Jr.
Sydney Clinton, Rancho Bernardo, Jr.
Madie Collins, Coronado, Jr.
Marina da Matta, Bishops, Sr.
Emerson Davis, Bishops, So.
Milla Deprince, Rancho Bernardo, Sr.
Audrey Donnelly, Bishops, So.
Breck Dunn, Coronado, Jr.
Sydney Dunn, Coronado, Sr.
Heidi Duralde, Carlsbad, Sr.
McKenna Durkin, Scripps Ranch. Sr.
Alexis Felago, La Costa Canyon, Sr.
Martha Hall, La Costa Canyon, So.
Allison Hawthorne, La Jolla, Sr.
Rebecca Johnson, Rancho Bernardo, So.
Calista Lowery, Pacific Ridge, Sr.
Persephone Luebke, La Costa Canyon, So.
Morgan Maske, Coronado, Sr.
Juliette Maynes, San Marcos, So.
Sunday Nelson, La Costa Canyon, So.
AnaSofia Orozco, Del Norte, Sr.
Lia Palecek, Cathedral Catholic, Sr.
Lyla Palecek, Cathedral Catholic, Sr.
Brooklyn Parma, Coronado, Sr.
Lily Raiszadeh, Cathedral Catholic, Jr.
Lilly Remick, Poway, Sr.
Eliana Reynoso, Del Norte, Sr.
Cameron Silver, Torrey Pines, Sr.
Mikaela Stalnaker, Olympian, Jr.
Talia Sun, Cathedral Catholic, Sr.
Catherine Tonelli, Torrey Pines, Jr.
Grace Torphy, San Marcos, Sr.
Charlee Woods, San Marcos, Sr.
— CLARK FAHRENTHOLD