Not being an [lacrosse], but let's not try and dress things up that aren't. There is a no shame in D3, I am a former D3 athlete.
But this is how it works unless things have changed a lot.
"Hello Coach I have decided to go to Faber College."
"Hey Suzy that is great!"
"I am sending in my application this weekend."
(If you are lucky.) "I can get your application fee waved for you."
"That is great that should save my parents a few dollars."
"I will call the admissions office and see what I can do. I can't promise much but I do have a little pull."
"That would be great! My SAT was a little lower than I had hoped."
"Well Suzy l will try and keep tabs on your application and do the best I can do. Make sure your parents get all their financial aid paper work in."
"Ok I will! I hope I get in."
"Me to. Look forward to you playing with us!"
The coach can say there will be no "try-out" but there is nothing holding the coach to the players spot on the team. I see this D3 "Signing Day" thing a lot.
A D3 Committing in anything less than a player's senior year is nothing more than a "Hey coach I would LIKE to play for you when I graduate HS." The coach was little power to promise anything.
Again not trying to be an [lacrosse], but I think the D3 commitment stuff is bad/mis information to people.
Even if D1/D2 do not offer much to most girls, a COMMITMENT is still a real thing in d1 d2. In D3 it is not.
