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Live Love Lax didn’t disappoint.

Perennially considered one of the premier girls’ recruiting events in the country, Live Love Lax was the place to be last weekend to see many of the top 2028 teams and players in the country. It was the first time that I have been out to cover a girls’ club event for One Percent, and I couldn’t have been more impressed with the talent. I loved that the event grouped teams by perceived strength instead of emphasizing winning a tournament. It allowed for some incredibly high-end matchups with dozens of future Division I commitments in front of what felt like hundreds of college coaches.

Without further ado, here’s a breakdown of 10 of the top 2028s that stood out to me at Live Love Lax. They are grouped in alphabetical order by last name.

Paige Bamburowski ’28, midfield, Lambert (Ga.) / Eagle Stix

You don’t often see 5-11 girls who can run the way that Bamburowski does. She had a couple of clears that stood out for how she was pulling away from the ride with her long stride. That Eagle Stix team is loaded with high-level athletes, and she’s one of the very good ones. She had a great combination of defensive plays including a smart double team and a user pick to go the other way on the ride. Bamburowski has also already cleared the 100-career goal mark for Lambert, which further highlights her versatility.

Eleanor Beard ’28, midfield, Severn (Md.) / Hero’s Green

Fast. Very fast. Give Beard the ball and get out of the way. Beard first popped for her work on the draw circle, where she’s able to track down ground balls in a hurry. She also had a particularly impressive goal where she snatched up a ground ball, ran the length of the field and snapped home a high-to-high finish. Already a two-time All-IAAM selection, Beard seems like the ideal high-end ACC type of athlete in the midfield.

Luca Diehl ’28, midfield, West Forsyth (Ga.) / Eagle Stix

Diehl might be at the very top of the list of most athletic players in the class. Everything looks so easy for Diehl, whether she’s scoring goals, initiating off the dodge or running the field. Coming off an 82-goal, 100-point All-America season for state champion West Forsyth, Diehl is someone to whom everybody pays attention when she has the ball. It doesn’t take long to notice her rare athleticism and it feels like she’ll have every school in the country calling on 9.1.

Emmery Gentile ’28, attack/midfield, St. John’s (D.C.) / Capital Blue

Gentile stood out for her goal-scoring ability and how comfortable she is playing in traffic in front of the cage. She had an impressive goal early against the Yellowjackets where she had a terrific catch-and-finish right in front of the cage. Gentile showed that she’s more than just an off-ball finisher, though, when she did an excellent job of dipping her angle and keeping her body low on an 8-meter and finishing it off.

Morgan Krinsky ’28, goalie, Northport (N.Y.) / Long Island Yellowjackets Bert/Maget

You name it, Krinsky stopped it for the Yellowjackets. 8-meters, high, low, cross-crease, etc. It didn’t matter, she was denying the shooter. Krinsky made a ludicrous 1v1 save against Capital to highlight her half. She also had a great save where she got square to the shooter, came up with the ground ball and casually sidearmed a clear into a tight window for an impressive clear. The next day, she was again equal to the task against STEPS, making a bunch of big saves, including another impressive high 1v1 stop. She’s not very tall, but she’s able to cut down angles well to negate her lack of height.

Jennavieve Lineman ’28, midfield/draw, Connetquot (N.Y.) / Long Island Yellowjackets Bert/Maget

I feel like I had a different positive note for every aspect of the game for Lineman. You notice 10 flying around all over the field, whether it’s her outstanding work in the draw circle, roaring past opponents in the open field, dodging hard or playing good defense. She already has more than 290 career draw controls for Connetquot, and you can see why pretty quickly when you watch a couple of draws. Lineman was terrific at tracking down the ball and her first step quickness gives her an edge on most of her opponents.

Emmy Leonard ’28, attack/draw, Fairview (Colo.) / Concept

My goodness. Leonard might have had the single best one-game performance I saw on the day with how she lit it up against an admittedly short-staffed Philly Blast team. Regardless, Leonard was awesome, scoring at least three goals in a variety of different ways. The whole Concept team seems to play very freely and creatively, which makes them even more fun to watch. Leonard converted on a BTB pass from Fairview teammate Alexandra Kang, showing off a terrific handle in traffic for her first one. She got inside for her second one, then broke out the flamethrower on an 8-meter that the Blast goalie had no chance on.

Delaney McCrone ’28, midfield, Ridgewood (N.J.) / STEPS

McCrone looks like she’s out of a cannon. Another tall (5-11) outstanding athlete whose athleticism jumps off the page, she got off to a relatively slow start in the first game of the day before turning it on in the second. McCrone routinely got to her shooting spots and made it look really easy, too. Her best play came against NXT when she was got to the middle and split a double like the defenders weren’t even there before snapping home a shot. McCrone scored 49 times to go with 16 assists and 117 draw controls this spring for a Ridgewood team that won the Group 4 state championship.

Maddie Moran ’28, midfield, Maryvale (Md.) / Hero’s Green

There’s a lot of hype surrounding Moran, especially after she helped Maryvale win back-to-back IAAM championships. It didn’t take long to figure out why. She glides on the field and seems just as comfortable dodging to her right or left. Her shooting stroke was off in an early-morning win, but her ability to consistently get to her spots really stood out. She’s hard for defenders to contain 1v1 and has the confidence and athleticism to be a problem every time she gets the ball. My favorite Moran play of the day actually came on the other end of the field. She guarded a girl out to the parking lot and smoothly took the ball away, grabbed the ground ball and went upfield in one motion.

Addison Quinn ’28, attack/draw, Kent Place (N.J.) / STEPS

If Emmy Leonard wasn’t my favorite player to watch on the day, Quinn sure was. The 6-foot lefty immediately stands out, and then you factor in her work on the draw circle, vision and ability to get to spots as a lefty and righty and it’s pretty much an impossible matchup. It seems like she gets every single draw control, usually without letting the ball touch the ground. Then, she switches stick and pops down to lefty attack and goes to work in quarterbacking the offense. Quinn is able to keep her head up and see above the defense and she does such a great job of finding open cutters. I had her down for a goal and three assists in the first game Sunday. She then added nearly a half-dozen draw controls and a few more points against NXT.

Honorable Mention

Keigan Audlin ’28, goalie, Bryn Mawr (Md.) / FCA Maryland
Josie Craytor ’28, midfield, Fairview (Colo.) / Concept
Carly Eikenberg ’28, midfield, Notre Dame Prep (Md.) / Skywalkers
Giada Giordano ’28, midfield/defense, Archmere (Del.) / NXT Black
Sophia Pratt ’28, attack, Agnes Irwin (Pa.) / Philly Blast