2026 Girls Player Commitments🥍🥍

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Anonymous wrote:what I am curious about what percentage of players commit to a school that might have been beyond reach without lacrosse and then struggle to keep up academically. I imagine that it has to happen.

As you're talking about lacrosse, very few. Lacrosse has the highest graduation rates among athletes, they are generally above the student population and they are better the higher the academic school.

It happens, and by struggle that could mean a bunch of things including having to work extra hard, tutors or worse. But by and large the results are very good.

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Anonymous wrote:I have been an avid poster here and am enjoying the conversation but what I am genuinely confused about is why someone would think someone else is lying. If your kid committed to an Ivy they very well could have had interest from other top schools. I truly don’t think it is that far fetched that people would insinuate someone is lying about it. What incentive is there for them to do that?

This place is exhausting. Not one person has insinuated that a parent is lying about their kid and interest. Yet.

There really isn't a lot of difference between some of these top seven lacrosse clubs. CapBlue beat Long Island Top Gun, the #2 ranked team, and Heroes during the summer in front of over 40 coaches. They see the talent! Those top players on CapBlue can compete with the top players on any of these other teams. It is absurd for someone to imply that top players on the 7th ranked team in the country cannot play at the top 10 lacrosse schools in the country. Not all the players on CapBlue could, but there are 10 to 11 players who can! If you look at other clubs' rosters, it pans out about the same, mixing in some Ivies. This year just happened to be a particularly strong Ivy League year for CapBlue 2026.

[Anonymous]

Would you have been happier or content if the Capital Blue roster was more like the number one team yellow jackets manning in the earlier post? No, Then you would've said wow none of these kids can get into Ivy League schools are high academics wow they only have one Harvard

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Anonymous wrote:I have been an avid poster here and am enjoying the conversation but what I am genuinely confused about is why someone would think someone else is lying. If your kid committed to an Ivy they very well could have had interest from other top schools. I truly don’t think it is that far fetched that people would insinuate someone is lying about it. What incentive is there for them to do that?

This place is exhausting. Not one person has insinuated that a parent is lying about their kid and interest. Yet.

There really isn't a lot of difference between some of these top seven lacrosse clubs. CapBlue beat Long Island Top Gun, the #2 ranked team, and Heroes during the summer in front of over 40 coaches. They see the talent! Those top players on CapBlue can compete with the top players on any of these other teams. It is absurd for someone to imply that top players on the 7th ranked team in the country cannot play at the top 10 lacrosse schools in the country. Not all the players on CapBlue could, but there are 10 to 11 players who can! If you look at other clubs' rosters, it pans out about the same, mixing in some Ivies. This year just happened to be a particularly strong Ivy League year for CapBlue 2026.

You people are insane. Colleges recruit individual athletes, not teams. It is not the coaches' rating system, but it kinda is from some feedback and can serve as a proxy at least. Capital has all of 2 girls that are ranked as the top 70 players as of now in the country, as 5 or 4 stars. The top teams will be targeting a lot of these girls, every year. They will also have their own lists, and certainly from a recruiting class of 7-9 at least some will come from outside those 70 even for the top teams.

But in no way, shape or form will 10 players from any team anywhere with a total of two 5/4 stars be getting firm offers from the very best teams in the country. Not for Capital, not for xyz team that beat so-and-so @ the Elite Awesome Mid Atlantic Festival. No one.

Other (higher) ranked club teams have more (or many more) 5 and 4 stars, and they will have many more players playing for top teams, and even top 10 teams, where talent is already falling off. It's not any kind of coincidence.

[Anonymous]

Capital Blue has done well. Only 2 field payers still on the hunt and 1 goalie.

I would suspect you will see Capital Orange finding the targets very soon now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would you have been happier or content if the Capital Blue roster was more like the number one team yellow jackets manning in the earlier post? No, Then you would've said wow none of these kids can get into Ivy League schools are high academics wow they only have one Harvard

You've got it backwards. Multiple Cap parents would be on here saying 15 of them already got in to Harvard, but they wanted to chase a National Championship instead. They've all deferred acceptance and have been guaranteed their graduate choice of Harvard Med or Harvard Law.

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Here are the commitments so far for the number one and number two ranked teams in the class of 2026.

Yellow Jacket Manning #1 Ranked 2026
1 Rutgers
1 UVA
1 Quinnipiac
1 Vanderbilt
1 Vanderbilt
1 Florida State
1 Florida State
1 Florida State
1 Florida State
1 Georgtown
1 Maryland
1 UNC
1 JHU
1 BC
1 BC
1 Florida
1 Harvard


LI Top Guns Black 2026 #2 Rank
1 Navy
1 Michigan
1 Fairfield
1 Arizona State
1 Drexel
1 UVA
1 Dartmouth
1 Stanford
1 UMass
1 Princeton
1 Duke
1 Yale
1 Northwestern
1 Northwestern
1 BC
1 High Point

You missed a Navy commit on Top Guns. She was one of the first commits of the 26 class and the first from Top Guns.

Definitely do not want to miss any service Academy recruits. Those are really special commits and extraordinary option for some of these players. It's a shame capital blue doesn't have any.

At least three Cap B players received navy or army offers on July 1 or shortly thereafter. All three have taken their time to evaluate their 9/1 options rather than racing to be the first one to commit.

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Anonymous wrote:It really all goes back to what we have been saying from the beginning different choices for different families.

some people can't believe anyone would pass up a top ranked lax program for a low ranked ivy

some people can't believe anyone would pass up a D1 program for a high academic D3

some people want to go to the program that can get them the lowest cost

everyone has different priorities - the issue is truly that it is very difficult to be in someone else's shoes

congrats to everyone and yet again for those of us 26 parents that are still looking for the right fit - "comparison is the thief of joy"

Literally no one has said any of those things. What has been said is that some/many players, who are not 5 or even 4 stars, are choosing great academics even though the very top lacrosse schools are beating down all their doors. They can't just take the win that girls are getting into good schools.

I think you are referring to one post that someone made that although poorly worded may have been kinda true… meaning maybe those top programs did have interest in them but they chose to go Ivy instead. I have not seen this point being made repeatedly though. Just once that can recall.

That poster literally said the top 10 players on the team could've gone to BC, NW and UNC if they wanted to. Which is where this discussion emanated from. Since, we've heard players going to Dartmouth would be shunning BC, etc., and now you saying the OP's take is kinda true. It's not.

This has been going on for a month, not just today. First it was a couple girls, now it's 10. Make the madness stop.

The 2 highest rated players are going to Denver and Fla State. That tracks. And they are not Ivies. And it's not a coincidence.

If you want less pushback from the peanut gallery, it would largely just take not claiming the lightning rod squad is the best at everything.

These girls (and, their families) each want what is best for their own situations given available options. For some, that is leveraging an Ivy admit. For others, it is playing at a blue chip program. Still others want to be somewhere that they expect significant field time and/or the opportunity to be at the vanguard of a new program. All of these are legitimate goals. Stop second guessing a bunch of teenagers.

Haven't once 2nd guessed the players in this discussion. You don't read good.

You're not the only other person participating in the discussion.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These lists prove that grades matter and the Capital connections/brand work!!

Or maybe just grades and private school matter?

a very small percentage of families can even afford ivies. They don't give any merit money or athletic money. Private school matters in the sense that they have been paying private school tuition for years and can afford to keep on doing it. $62,000 a year with no aide is a stretch for most.

If you make under $200,000 there's incredible financial aid need based scholarshipw at all the Ivies. If less than $65,0000 full ride need based scholarship.

How many people making under $200K can afford club lacrosse?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:what I am curious about what percentage of players commit to a school that might have been beyond reach without lacrosse and then struggle to keep up academically. I imagine that it has to happen.

As you're talking about lacrosse, very few. Lacrosse has the highest graduation rates among athletes, they are generally above the student population and they are better the higher the academic school.

It happens, and by struggle that could mean a bunch of things including having to work extra hard, tutors or worse. But by and large the results are very good.

Exactly. Girls lacrosse isn't SEC football. Ivies, Duke/Vandy/Stanford, etc. are not admitting kids who need remedial math or reading. Thing about those schools is that every credible applicant is capable of doing the work. A large number of applicants who would not be credible without athletics are still more than capable of doing the work. Schools with 7% admit rates are like a lottery. Being a recruited athlete guarantees a winning ticket but those tickets are not being given out to kids who are incapable of succeeding scholastically (because a player who is ineligible is of no use to a coach).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:what I am curious about what percentage of players commit to a school that might have been beyond reach without lacrosse and then struggle to keep up academically. I imagine that it has to happen.

As you're talking about lacrosse, very few. Lacrosse has the highest graduation rates among athletes, they are generally above the student population and they are better the higher the academic school.

It happens, and by struggle that could mean a bunch of things including having to work extra hard, tutors or worse. But by and large the results are very good.

The Ivies usually do a soft pre-read of the transcript & any test scores on the recruit before they have them come for an official visit. Coaches can look at the transcript to see how rigorous the courseload and have staff to check transcript as it relates to the Academic Index. Coaches may contact a club coach or recruiting director prior to 9/1 to ask for transcripts as well. Also, the player uploads the transcript to their Sports Recruit account for the coaches to see.

[Anonymous]

I believe all high academics do the pre-read not just Ivies I meant to add.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These lists prove that grades matter and the Capital connections/brand work!!

Or maybe just grades and private school matter?

a very small percentage of families can even afford ivies. They don't give any merit money or athletic money. Private school matters in the sense that they have been paying private school tuition for years and can afford to keep on doing it. $62,000 a year with no aide is a stretch for most.

If you make under $200,000 there's incredible financial aid need based scholarshipw at all the Ivies. If less than $65,0000 full ride need based scholarship.

How many people making under $200K can afford club lacrosse?

Most lax clubs and some private high schools offer need-based scholarship.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It really all goes back to what we have been saying from the beginning different choices for different families.

some people can't believe anyone would pass up a top ranked lax program for a low ranked ivy

some people can't believe anyone would pass up a D1 program for a high academic D3

some people want to go to the program that can get them the lowest cost

everyone has different priorities - the issue is truly that it is very difficult to be in someone else's shoes

congrats to everyone and yet again for those of us 26 parents that are still looking for the right fit - "comparison is the thief of joy"

Literally no one has said any of those things. What has been said is that some/many players, who are not 5 or even 4 stars, are choosing great academics even though the very top lacrosse schools are beating down all their doors. They can't just take the win that girls are getting into good schools.

I think you are referring to one post that someone made that although poorly worded may have been kinda true… meaning maybe those top programs did have interest in them but they chose to go Ivy instead. I have not seen this point being made repeatedly though. Just once that can recall.

That poster literally said the top 10 players on the team could've gone to BC, NW and UNC if they wanted to. Which is where this discussion emanated from. Since, we've heard players going to Dartmouth would be shunning BC, etc., and now you saying the OP's take is kinda true. It's not.

This has been going on for a month, not just today. First it was a couple girls, now it's 10. Make the madness stop.

The 2 highest rated players are going to Denver and Fla State. That tracks. And they are not Ivies. And it's not a coincidence.

If you want less pushback from the peanut gallery, it would largely just take not claiming the lightning rod squad is the best at everything.

These girls (and, their families) each want what is best for their own situations given available options. For some, that is leveraging an Ivy admit. For others, it is playing at a blue chip program. Still others want to be somewhere that they expect significant field time and/or the opportunity to be at the vanguard of a new program. All of these are legitimate goals. Stop second guessing a bunch of teenagers.

Haven't once 2nd guessed the players in this discussion. You don't read good.

You're not the only other person participating in the discussion.

Thanks, Mrs. Helper. My turn: try quoting whoever you're talking to or about instead of me if you don't want a reply.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These lists prove that grades matter and the Capital connections/brand work!!

Or maybe just grades and private school matter?

a very small percentage of families can even afford ivies. They don't give any merit money or athletic money. Private school matters in the sense that they have been paying private school tuition for years and can afford to keep on doing it. $62,000 a year with no aide is a stretch for most.

If you make under $200,000 there's incredible financial aid need based scholarshipw at all the Ivies. If less than $65,0000 full ride need based scholarship.

How many people making under $200K can afford club lacrosse?

My kid loved horses and the sport of horseback riding, but that's out of my budget so I found something else that worked in my budget and for my family/kid = lacrosse. Plus, all her friends were doing it and it was a win/win.