My daughter is a freshman playing softball only 42 miles away. She came home for only 1 football game during the fall. She has lots of new friends. She has been busy with conditioning, fund raisers, and now the season has started. Your daughter will be so busy, especially as a pitcher, she will find it hard to get home very often. I've asked mine more than once if she wanted to come home, even for an overnight visit and she said no, she was afraid she would miss something at school.