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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Capital blue players are prioritized before capital orange players in the recruiting game. While Capital has a strong track record of getting orange players committed, they get far less attention from the recruiting director especially while Blue players are still trying to find schools. If a blue and an orange player are vying for the same school, the blue player will be promoted ahead of the orange player.[/quote]

Unfortunately this was our very recent experience with Capital Orange and the recruiting director as well.  Basically if your DD is on Orange and has the grades, test scores and other ECs for a selective college you can forget about playing lacrosse in college if you're on the Orange team unless you and your daughter are okay with mediocre colleges that would never otherwise be on your radar just so she can play lacrosse. But hey, if you are okay with Butler or Cincinnati even if your daughter has the grades for Colgate or Williams, then Capital Orange may just be the team for you! [/quote]

Or she could have just gone to a prospect day at Colgate or Williams and impressed their coaching staff?

This post shows everything wrong with expectations on the recruiting process.

Too many girls and families are waiting for something to be handed to them instead of earning them.   The reality is that if you aren't one of the top 150 players in the country, you will need to go to your targeted schools and impress their coaches IN-PERSON MULTIPLE TIMES.

Doesn't matter what club team you play on or who your recruiting director is. It's just the reality of recruiting in lacrosse, and quite frankly most olympic sports.

Coaches will be coming to the games of both teams.  It's all about what the girls do with the opportunity.   Remember more than half of the Capital Blue team (and Heros Green and M&D Black) won't be going Ivies, or top-40 women's lacrosse schools.   Very limited spots at the top schools.

Also, it will get harder and harder every year as other states like Florida, Georgia, Colorado, Texas and California are all churning out dozens of girls good enough to play at these schools.   Five year ago, most players on Capital Blue would likely have a chance to play at a top-40 program.   That isn't even close to true now with all of the growth in other states.[/quote]

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