St Leo women at Palm Beach Atlantic University

When: Tonight, 7pm

Where: Magic Jack Field, West Palm Beach

The Lions (3-2-1) will try to forget their recent struggles in conference play, where they have dropped two of their first three contests, and focus on the non-conference Sailfish (4-3-0). Palm Beach Atlantic is not in the Sunshine Conference, but rather members of the National Christian College Athletic Association.

The Sailfish will hardly be pushovers. They are coming off a pair of 3-1 wins and the NCCAA recognized Sailfish junior, Angie Kuhn, as their most recent National Player of the Week. Kuhn leads the school in scoring with four goals and three assists.

Palm Beach Atlantic's roster is littered with Bay area natives. Freshman goalkeeper Kayla Webb of Riverview started the first five matches of the season and after some tough outings gave way to senior Ashley Morrell. Freshman forward Alivia McDaniel from Clearwater High School has nine shots this season in part time duty, while fellow freshman forward Ally Raissi of Indian Rocks Christian High School has one goal in limited action. Other Bay area Sailfish include Alex Regin (Brandon), Angelica Torres (Odessa), and Jenny Hendriksen (New Port Richey).

The Lions are allowing more than a goal and a half per game, so if they can tighten up their defense, then the likes of leading scorer Hannah Beard could lead them to victory.

Following tonight's match, St Leo returns home to face conference rival Lynn University on Friday.