Maryland ’27 Rankings: Five MIAA Juniors With Potential to Rise

On Thursday, <a href="https://preplacrosse.com/2025/10/class-of-2027-maryland-rankings-top-50-juniors-watchlist">we unveiled the first edition of Maryland's Class of 2027 state rankings and Watchlist</a>, following our pre-9/1 national Top 100 release, which featured 11 players from the Free State. Today, we're highlighting five MIAA standouts who could take on bigger roles as juniors and climb in the next edition of our Top 50 state rankings.    Terps head coach John Tillman landed a good one in Anecharico, who's just scratching the surface and has the kind of makeup that will fit perfectly in College Park. Competing from whistle to whistle, he plays with constant grit and tenacity. He's a tremendous asset in transition thanks to his athleticism, relentless effort, and sound decision-making, consistently stacking up impactful plays as a sophomore for the Lakers. On-ball, Anecharico is confrontational and makes life difficult for opposing midfielders with his elite footwork and combination of disciplined defensive principles and aggressiveness. Watching him late in the summer, he looked the part — and then some — but even so, Anecharico's best lacrosse is still ahead of him.     Even in an absolutely loaded goalie class, it's head-scratching as to how Neavin is uncommitted nearly five weeks into 2027 recruitment. Watching him play throughout the fall and summer, his energetic playing style and twitchy athleticism are always on display, along with his fantastic hand speed and fundamentally sound technique. With a knack for making highly difficult saves look easy, the Pittsburgh native has a gift of baiting shooters and making them work for their opportunities. He plays with a ton of confidence, and once Neavin makes a save, he's poised and quick to push transition with a precise outlet or put his athleticism on display out of the cage.     I have a smaller sample size for Rizzuto, who would be well-served to put out some updated highlights. With that said, he's consistently impressed when I've been on the sidelines watching Team 91 Maryland — most notably during a terrific run at the NLF National Championships. An excitable attack/midfield type who primarily operates above the cage, Rizzuto regularly wins his matchups and shoots the heck out of the ball from a variety of release points. He's got a real nose for the goal and snappy wrists that allow him to shoot with both precision and pop. Overall, Rizzuto is a lot of fun to watch and can fill up a stat sheet in a hurry thanks to his tremendous skill set.     A Charlotte native, Tennille is one of several Southern '27s boarding at BL. As a sophomore, he showed a considerable amount of promise, forcing his way into the starting lineup and taking advantage of the opportunity under one of the better defensive coaching staffs in high school lacrosse. Tennille takes sound approaches with his stick out in front of him ready to make a play, and he's noticeably disruptive when sliding, constantly showing above average off-ball instincts. He held up well in coverage when tested, but there's no doubt that he's at his best as a complementary defender, communicating and sliding at a high level. I'm curious to see the jump that he takes this fall and as a junior, so Tennille is definitely someone who could move up considerably in the next edition of the MD rankings.     A tall and exceptionally skilled lefty, Vizcarrondo will look to build on an 18-goal, nine-assist sophomore campaign. The recent Denver commit should take on a much larger role this spring after the Crusaders graduated two of their more accomplished offensive recruits in recent memory. At his best within a structured system, he shoots the daylights out of the ball on the run, with a release that's tough for goalies to read. Vizcarrondo also shows a dynamic playmaking side, capable of tossing passes to open teammates in spectacular fashion, and it feels like his growing confidence could translate into a breakout junior season.

On Thursday, we unveiled the first edition of Maryland's Class of 2027 state rankings and Watchlist, following our pre-9/1 national Top 100 release, which featured 11 players from the Free State. Today, we're highlighting five MIAA standouts who could take on bigger roles as juniors and climb in the next edition of our Top 50 state rankings.