Girls" soccer: Loudoun County gets in shape The Loudoun County girls" soccer team underwent an intense offseason training program: Starting Dec. 1, the Raiders were in the school's weight room three times a week from 6:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. and did conditioning two other times a week - pushing to add extra strength and improve their fitness for the upcoming season. It may have helped no player more than forward Shauna Kain. Last season, the South Carolina Upstate recruit scored eight goals in 18 games. This spring, the 5-foot-7 senior has already doubled that total with three games left in the regular season for the 10th-ranked Raiders. Entering Wednesday, she was the area's fourth-leading scorer with 17 goals. (TRACY A WOODWARD/WASHINGTON POST) - Loudoun County's Shauna Kain (left), shown in 2010, has developed into one of the area's top goal scorers. "She got a lot stronger," Loudoun County Coach Kirk Smith said. You can't push her off the ball. ... She really dedicated herself over the summer, too. Smith's offseason workout program also aided players like senior Alana Mackey, the defensive bedrock of the team. Kain and Mackey, along with junior defender Jessalynne Ku and freshman midfielder Emily Littell, have formed the core of a well-rounded team that is in good position to secure the second seed in the Virginia AA Dulles District tournament - an improvement from last spring's berth as four seed. While the Raiders (10-1-2) lost six players, four of them starters, from last spring's squad, they still have a healthy mix of experience and youth. "We don't drop off at all when the [freshmen] come in," Smith said. Mackey (a Longwood recruit) and Ku have steered a defense that has so far allowed only 11 goals. Even as a freshman, Littell has been solid, scoring seven goals and controlling the field. "The other girls are playing really well with these four," he said. That's really the difference.