POULSBO — 17-3. 14-4. 12-2.

The dominating scores of the Kitsap Lacrosse team’s last three games might lead one to believe that the team has high hopes of achieving a playoff run this year.

Just don’t tell head Kitsap coach Val Torrens that bit of information.

“I get superstitious,” Torrens said. “But let’s just say that at the rate they’re going, that would be a logical conclusion to draw.”

Torrens, in her 14th year as head coach, has been with the team since the lacrosse program began. And while her superstitions might stop her from predicting playoff possibilities, Torrens and her team have much to be excited about.

“Skill-wise, it’s the best team we’ve ever had,” Torrens said. “That’s due in large part because they’ve played together the longest.”

Every player except one has played at least a year of lacrosse, and that factor has led to a 4-0 start on the season.

And the one player that is new to the team — goalie Liz Gosney — had 11 saves in their last game with Snohomish, a 12-2 win.

Gosney, a former fastpitch player, is enjoying playing her new-found sport.

“It can be a bit scary (in net),” Gosney said. “But we have a good defense and I know they’ll be there to take the ball.”

Torrens also said she remembers the days when her Kitsap team would report scores the same as the ones this year — only, the teams would be reversed.

“We’d go and play Bainbridge and other teams and the score would be 21-1,” Torrens said of the team’s first few years. “And we’d be on the receiving end.”

Now, things have changed for the better, agreed many of Torren’s players.

“We’re working as a team, passing and using each other on the field,” said 11th grader Megan Lockert.

“We’ve just got to keep doing what we’re doing,” she said.

“We have a really good chance for state this year and next year we’ll be even better,” added 11th grader Krista Burleson.

Another up-and-comer to watch for: eighth grader Bria Phillips, of Gig Harbor, whose family moved to Kitsap County from the East Coast. Lacrosse, said Phillips, is an entirely different game on the other side of the country.

“It’s a lot different,” Phillips said. “There’s not as much passing. But this team is very quick and has good footwork.”

The team has also grown to include a third lacrosse squad this year — an eighth grade “middle school” team. A total of 41 girls make up the three teams, which all compete at the “B” level in the Washington State girls’ lacrosse league. Next year, Torrens said she’ll contemplate a move to the top-level “A” division.

The team will be off for spring break next week and will see its next action at Bainbridge April 12. And though Torrens won’t explicitly say so, she will admit the playoff potential is there.

“It would take a catastrophic event to think that this team won’t be in contention this year,” Torrens said.