I did look at the roster of the Dowling team we played, and it was really low, only 3 freshmen and 1 sophomore and all the rest, only 17 total, were juniors and seniors. I think they knew they would close and didn’t recruit for the last two years, and probably didn’t have money for scholarships.
These articles are for anyone concerned about the future of the American Liberal Arts College.
Are We Losing Our Liberal Arts Colleges?
Breneman, David W.
AAHE Bulletin, v43 n2 p3-6 Oct 1990
http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED339260
Where Are They Now? Revisiting Breneman’s Study of Liberal Arts Colleges
By: Vicki L. Baker, Roger G. Baldwin and Sumedha Makker (2012)
http://www.aacu.org/publications-research/periodicals/where-are-they-now-revisiting-brenemans-study-liberal-arts