Just advice from a parent that had 2 daughters go through recruiting the last few years. We as parents always at least slightly over estimate our kids ability, it 's what us parent do. This may be obvious to many, but may help a few. The Monsters, YJ, Grizzlies, M&D, Skywalkers, Steps, 180, etc clubs account for the most of the top 10 schools recruits. If you are not a top player at a top club, then you have to be honest about how few spot are open at the top 15 schools. The top clubs in the Northeast also send a ton of girls to the top academics and the right high school is a factor with these schools.
If your daughter is not a top 1-2 player on a decent club, then academics really have to drive your targets, not that academics isn't the most important factor for most. If lacrosse can get your daughter into a great school, you have won the recruiting game!
It's no fun sitting the bench 4 years at college, go to a school you feel you are at least in the top half of the recruiting class. Lacrosse has a few hundred teams, but the sport's growth has created tremendous competition at the collegiate level. The girls that play at the top 40 programs are great athletes with superior skills that play a different type of lacrosse that is easy to pick out. If you have to say my daughter may not be a great athlete, but she can do.....then be honest with your expecations as a parent. Your daughter probably knows what level of competition she can compete with.
