The Bainbridge Island girls varsity lacrosse team is now the team to beat in Washington state.

ScoreCzar has released its first Washington state high school lacrosse poll of the 2014 season and Bainbridge now owns the No. 1 position in the girls varsity rankings.

The Spartans are followed by No. 2 Lake Sammamish, No. 3 Issaquah, No. 4 Snohomish-Glacier Peak and No. 5 Lakeside.

The list is rounded out by Eastside Catholic, Holy Names, Lake Tapps, Puyallup and Bellevue East.

The state-wide weekly electronic ranking for prep lacrosse is based on a team’s Overall Power Rating or “OPR” which is an objective calculation of a team’s offensive output, defense and ongoing strength of schedule.

Bainbridge had an OPR of .78 in the first poll.

The Spartans currently have a record of 3-0-0.

In Washington state, the Camas-based ScoreCzar ranking service provides regular electronic rankings for high school football, boys and girls basketball, baseball and lacrosse along with rankings for a variety of professional, collegiate and prep sports nation wide.

To learn more, visit http://www.ScoreCzar.org.