Florida Tech at St Leo women

When: Today, 5pm

Where: University Field, St Leo

This game is the first half of a Lions-Panthers doubleheader at St Leo today. The men from the two schools will kick off at 7:30pm.

The Lions (3-1-1) have had a long layoff since pounding non-conference Clearwater Christian College 13-0 on September 25th. St Leo is 1-1 in Sunshine State Conference play and their only loss of the season was to a good Rollins College team who was ranked number nine in Division II at the time.

Hannah Beard is the Lions' leading scorer after her hat trick in the match against Clearwater Christian. Beard has six goals on the season. Chrissy Darwell is the team's assist leader with four.

Tech (8-2-0) comes into the match ranked number sixteen in the country and is in second place in the conference. The Panthers have shutout their opponents six times this season and out scored them 30-8. In their last outing, they dropped just their second result of the year to the same Rollins College team that beat St Leo. Teresa Brantley leads the Panthers in scoring with five goals and three assists.

Last season, St Leo went down to Melbourne and came away with a 1-0 win. A victory today, would likely vault the Lions into the top 25 rankings, as they have been receiving votes the last few weeks, but have been hampered by their lack of matches played.