FORT MYERS, Fla. – The FGCU women's soccer team (10-3, 3-0 Atlantic Sun) returns to the FGCU Soccer Complex for the remainder of the regular season beginning on Friday night with Northern Kentucky (4-5-3, 0-2-1 A-Sun) before welcoming Lipscomb (8-4-2, 2-0-1 A-Sun) on Sunday afternoon. On Friday night the Eagles will be hosting their annual "Pinkout" event in conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness Month with all proceeds going to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

KICK PINK
Pink "FGCU" t-shirts will be available for $10 and fans who donate $75 or more to women's soccer will be receive a free breast DITI exam.

NORTHERN KENTUCKY
NKU was 6-10-2 last season but have yet to score a goal against FGCU. The Eagles are 2-0 all-time against the Norse and have outscored them 8-0. The Norse are 4-5-3 this season, tied USC Upstate, 1-1, in its A-Sun opener and have since dropped back-to-back results to Jacksonville and North Florida. NKU can boast victories over Eastern Illinois, IUPUI, Robert Morris and Francis Marion.

LIPSCOMB
The Bisons were one of FGCU's two ties in A-Sun play last season, both of which came on the road. The Eagles have never lost to Lipscomb. The Bisons have collected eight wins to date and are 2-0-1 with wins over Kennesaw State and Jacksonville with a tie opposite UNF to begin A-Sun play. 2013 All-Conference selection Ellen Lundy paces the offense with four goals and one assist for a team best nine points while 11 others have contributed goals to the cause.

NATIONAL RANKS (As of Oct. 7)
1 - Game-Winning Goals – Tabby Tindell (7)
2 - Goals – Tabby Tindell (14)
2 – Goals Per Game – Tabby Tindell (1.077)
3 – Points – Tabby Tindell (32)
3 – Points Per Game – Tabby Tindell (2.46)
7 – Assists – Shannen Wacker (9)

Longest Home Winning Streaks vs. Conference Opponents
Dayton (A-10) – 30
*Boston University (Patriot League/America East) – 27
Marquette (Big East) – 26
*North Texas (C-USA/Sun Belt) – 26
*West Virginia (Big 12/Big East) – 23
FGCU (A-Sun) – 22
South Dakota State (Summit League) – 22
*Streak spans multiple conference affiliations

FGCU OPPONENTS RPI
5 – Texas A&M
13 – South Carolina
28 – La Salle
36 – Arizona
60 – FGCU
61 – USF
113 – Jacksonville
144 – Miami
180 – FIU
185 – Lipscomb
194 – Kennesaw State
204 – Wofford
254 – Murray State
260 – North Florida
278 – Stetson
286 – CSU Bakersfield
324 – USC Upstate

TABBY TINDELL
Tindell (Ocala, Fla./Trinity Catholic HS) has been named the A-Sun Player of the Week three times this season and for an A-Sun record six times in her career en route to breaking the FGCU career goals record in just her 29th career game three weeks ago.

With 29 goals and eight assists (66 points) in her career Tindell now ranks third on the all-time points list behind only Lindsay Haw (68 points) and Wacker (71 points) after becoming the fourth individual to reach the 50-point plateau with two goals opposite Wofford and the third to reach 60 points with a pair of goals opposite UNF. She is also now the FGCU all-time leader with 11 game-winning goals.

With 14 goals already this season, Tindell is just one score shy of matching her own single-season record of 15 and has already matched her debut season total of four helpers. She leads the A-Sun with those 14 goals and has a comfortable lead with 32 points. The next closest individuals are Wacker and Speckmaier with (17 pts). The first non-FGCU player on the A-Sun points list is Macy Hamblin of Northern Kentucky (12 pts).

There has been no sophomore slump for Tindell who put together one of, if not the greatest individual seasons in program history in just her first year suiting up for the Green and Blue. She established single-season program records in points (34), goals (15), goals per game (0.75), shots (71), shots per game (3.55), shots on goal (44) and shots on goal per game (2.20) and is well on her way to challenging those marks again.

Twice this season Tindell has been named the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Week which recognizes the top performances of players nationwide. Individuals from national powers, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Arizona State, Wisconsin, Duke, UCLA, Florida, Penn State, Boston College, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Kansas and Georgia are all represented on the list alongside Tindell. Check out the full Team of the Week here.

MEL ARNOLD
For the first time in her career Melissa Arnold (Sicklerville, N.J./Timber Creek Regional HS) was named the Atlantic Sun Defensive Player of the Week as announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon. The senior assisted two FGCU goals over the weekend including the game-winner at Kennesaw State on Sunday afternoon.

Arnold has collected three assists this season and scored her lone goal on a penalty kick in the Eagles' 4-0 victory over Murray State in September. The N.J. native collected a career-best eight assists in 2013 to lead both the Eagles and the Atlantic Sun and has handed out 16 helpers throughout her career which rank fourth in FGCU history. She has appeared in 74 games in her career which are just four short of the program record of 78 set by Danielle Faller in 2012. Only Shannen Wacker (Parker, Colo./Ponderosa HS) has appeared in more games (75) among active players. Arnold has ranks fifth all-time with 5783 minutes played in her career.

LATELY
Since dropping a 2-0 result to No. 16 South Carolina on Sept. 14 on a neutral field, the Eagles have outscored their opponents 17-3 with four shutouts in six games, including an 8-1 advantage against A-Sun competition. FGCU is 6-2 on the road this season and 4-0 at home. The record for most wins in a single-season is 14 set in back-to-back seasons by the NCAA Tournament bound 2011 and '12 Eagles.

NEXT UP
In a rematch of the 2013 A-Sun Championship game, Jacksonville returns to the FGCU Soccer Complex as the defending A-Sun Tournament Champions on Oct. 18. The Eagles peppered JU with 30 shots in the A-Sun title game but came away with a scoreless tie before falling in penalty kicks. The Dolphins are the only A-Sun program that FGCU does not have a winning record against (2-2-5). This season the Dolphins are 8-5-1 and 2-1 in A-Sun play with their lone loss coming in the form of a 1-0 result at Lipscomb.

Palm Beach Atlantic (2-5-1) stops in on Oct. 22 before FGCU concludes the regular season by welcoming Stetson on Oct. 25. Holding a 6-1 advantage in the all-time series, FGCU has not lost to the Hatters since 2007 and defeated SU last season on the road 4-0. The Hatters are 3-9-1 in 2014 with a 1-2 record in A-Sun play.

JIM BLANKENSHIP
A veteran of over two decades in collegiate coaching, head coach Jim Blankenship, who was named the 2012 and 2013 A-Sun Coach of the Year, has built FGCU women's soccer into a yearly contender in the Atlantic Sun Conference and a rising program in the South Region in just eight seasons. Blankenship started the program in 2007 and has since guided the Eagles to seven eight double-digit win seasons, culminating with Atlantic Sun Regular Season Championships in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. In 2011 and 2012 he also led the Eagles to back-to-back A-Sun tournament championships and became the first team in the history of the university to make it to the NCAA Tournament. Blankenship has guided FGCU to a 95-35-17 overall record over the first eight seasons of the program's existence, including a 51-9-9 mark in the A-Sun.

#WINGSUP
Fans are encouraged to download the brand-new Wings Up mobile app in conjunction with SuperFanU. The fully-customized loyalty-rewards platform allows fans to check in at each of FGCU's sporting events to earn points throughout the school year toward exclusive prizes that can't be offered anywhere else.

FOLLOW ALONG
For constant, news, photos, videos and updates you can follow the women's soccer team on Twitter @FGCU_WSoccer, on Instagram @FGCU_WSoccer or on Facebook: Facebook.com/FGCUWSoccer. You can also find FGCU athletics on YouTube by visiting YouTube.com/FGCUEagles.

TICKETS
Single-game tickets for FGCU Women's Soccer are available at a cost of $6 for adults and $3 for groups of ten (10) or more. Season tickets are also available. For more ticket information and additional deals, visit FGCUathletics.com/tickets, call or visit the ticket office at 239-590-7145.