Regarding the whittling down process, one suggestion is to take lacrosse out of it for a minute. Does your daughter prefer:
- large (think 20,000+ undergrads, school is often a town unto itself, probably major football, etc)
- medium size ( maybe 6-10k undergrads), campuses often more self contained, probably not major football (w/ a couple exceptions)
- smaller size (maybe 1500- 4k undergrads), often liberal arts focused schools
also, how about location? is New England, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest preferred? can you knock any out?
how important are academics? perhaps a conference like the Patriot league where most schools are pretty strong academically is of interest ... if grades are good, you might be surprised at what schools a player can get in to if the coach wants them
what about history and competitiveness of the lacrosse program? is a recent D1 program of interest or not really?
just a few ideas, to help you whittle down from 120+ to a more reasonable target size
for my daughter (a 2021), academics were important and she wanted a medium sized school, so we were able to knock it down to a uiverse of about 25 potential schools pretty quickly
