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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone count for the fact that maybe, just maybe, not all of these girls want to play at a high D1 level. Maybe they want to be students, enjoy becoming adults and - god forbid - not play? Maybe it is a choice? So exciting that the Cap ‘23 girls are doing so well. Kudos to them! I hope the pressure of them isn’t forcing them to be all about competitive D1.[/quote]

Hello. We are not talking only high level D1 level.  We are talking any D1 level, as well as D3.  Maybe 2-3 of the Capital 22s at the beginning of their recruiting cycle in September 2020 decided they did not want to play any level college lax.  [/quote]

As a Capital parent I can tell you most, if not all, of the girls want to play in college. As far as Capital players go - Many specifically want D1, and top academic D1s at that (ie Ivies, Stanford, Duke, Hopkins, NW, ND, UVA, Michigan, Vanderbilt, etc…) and aren’t concerned about $$.  A smaller group specifically want a D3 like a NESCAC or similar, and the smallest group don't care about academics and just want to play wherever they can get recruited and maybe get some $$. Any girl who puts in the time and work that it takes to be on a top club team like Capital is doing it because she wants to play college lax. Those who decide they don’t, usually quit before they get to their junior year.  
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This may be true in a typical three year cycle on Capital but it definitely was not true for many of the 22s, thanks to Covid.  Basically their most important year for recruiting consisted of: an entire year of no D1 and very few D3 college coaches coming to tournaments, no clinics and no visits to campus.  Then there is the problem of less spots on college rosters.  And add in dealing with canceled tournaments or the inability of a 22 team to attend a tournament due to a teammate's exposure to Covid, resulting in fewer opportunities for game film just when a player most needs it. Combine this with Capital leadership initially being totally unprepared for all of this, including how competitive it would be to even get a decent D3 offer.  Fortunately, many 22s are happy with their recruiting results despite all of this.  Unfortunately, there is also a good chunk of 22s who either settled for what was out there or gave up their D1 dreams and held out hope through the end of the summer that they would get an offer from a good D3 but didn't.  And those girls in the latter two categories are still excellent players - Orange 22 came in second out of 30+ teams at the Mid Atlantic in July.  Signed, Another Capital Parent.[/quote]

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