Winthrop is a Div I soccer school, with nice facilities and solid academics. Their sales pitch should be to top SC players- you can come here, start immediately and play 4 years. That would be something that the bigger Div I schools, for most, will not offer. For those players used to starting and playing full games, the pitch would be attractive when compared to fighting for playing time against 9-11 top recruits at the larger D Is. Would it work in all cases, no. Would it work for some, probably. I'm not sure, on the women's side, what their sales pitch entails since I have not spoken to anyone who has been recruited by them. That, in itself, is a problem
