When arguing a point — the best this, the greatest that — no doubt you’ve used the persuasive power of numbers to bolster your argument. Opinions fall into three categories: lies, damned lies and statistics. Here are the nation’s best, presented without editorial comment, from a statistics standpoint:

TOTAL GOALS	RK	NAME, SCHOOL	GOALS
	T1	Samantha Burns, Erskine	19
	T1	Ashleigh Kassab, Pfeiffer	19
	T1	Taylor Lincoln, Young Harris	19
	4	Georgia Karr, Shepherd	17
	T5	Sarah Daly, Pfeiffer	16
	T5	Mackenzie Miller, Belmont Abbey	16
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TOTAL POINTS	RK	NAME, SCHOOL	POINTS
	1	Georgia Karr, Shepherd	28
	2	Sarah Daly, Pfeiffer	26
	3	Lindsay Connolly, Belmont Abbey	25
	4	Ashleigh Kassab, Pfeiffer	23
	5	Samantha Burns, Erskine	22
	6	Nicole Ruane, Shepherd	21
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TOTAL SAVES	RK	NAME, SCHOOL	SAVES
	1	Alexandra Gurecki, Converse	17.25
	2	Bethany Davis, Catawba	17.00
	3	Konstandena Brown, Erskine	17.00
	4	Danielle Horoschak, Queens (N.C.)	16.33
	T5	Hayley Haggard, Chowan	16.00
	T5	Carter Moore, Young Harris	16.00
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