JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The FGCU women's soccer team (6-3) begins the defense of its four-consecutive Atlantic Sun titles when it visits North Florida (1-8) on Friday evening before heading north to square off with La Salle (4-3-2) in Philadelphia, Pa. on Sunday afternoon. The matches will be the first of four-in-a-row for the Eagles on the road before they return home for five-straight to conclude the regular season.

LAST TIME OUT
It took sophomore Tabby Tindell just 5:02 to score two goals opposite CSU Bakersfield (1-8-1) on Sunday afternoon to become the FGCU all-time goals leader with 25 in just her 29th game in the Green and Blue. Tindell picked up her fifth game-winning goal, has now scored multiple goals in a game four times this season, becomes the first Atlantic Sun individual to reach double-digit scores and closes her memorable weekend at home with four goals and one assist.

NORTH FLORIDA
FGCU downed the Ospreys 3-0 at the FGCU Soccer Complex last season and hold a 5-1-1 all-time series lead. So far this season UNF has posted a 1-8 record with the lone victory coming in the form of a 2-1 result opposite The Citadel. Kayla Aritt and Kayla Gray each have two goals for UNF on the season. Aritt notched a game-winner at The Citadel. Megan Dorsey, the reigning A-Sun Defensive Player of the Week, has played every minute in goal for UNF, has totaled over 822 minutes this year and is second on the Ospreys career victories list with 14.

LA SALLE
La Salle was 15-5-3 last season and 5-2-1 in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Explorers won their second-consecutive A-10 title on penalty kicks over Dayton, advancing to the NCAA Tournament where they fell to Georgetown, 2-0. It will be FGCU's first meeting with La Salle. The Explorers are 4-3-2 this season with victories over Northeastern, Pittsburgh and James Madison. They fell, 4-1, at No. 21 West Virginia last Friday night and defeated former A-10 foe Temple, 3-2 in overtime, on Sunday. La Salle received votes in the latest NSCAA National poll and is the top team in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Poll. Kelsey Haycook leads the Explorers with six goals and 15 points.
 
TABBY
In the wake of her record breaking performance last weekend, sophomore Tabby Tindell was named the A-Sun Player of the Week for the third time this season and for an A-Sun record sixth time in her career as announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon.

With 25 goals and seven assists (57 points) in her career Tindell now ranks in a tie for third on the all-time points list with Amber McCall and behind only Shannen Wacker (64 points) and Lindsay Haw (68 points) after becoming the fourth individual to reach the 50-point plateau with two goals opposite Wofford. She is also tied with Wacker for second-most all-time with nine game-winning goals list with nine – one short of the program record of 10 currently held by Haw.

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.

NATIONAL RANKS
T1 - Game-Winning Goals – Tabby Tindell (5)
T2 – Goals Per Game – Tabby Tindell (1.111)
3 – Points Per Game – Tabby Tindell (2.56)
5 – Points – Tabby Tindell (23)
T5 - Goals – Tabby Tindell (10)
T15 – Assists – Shannen Wacker (6)

TOUGH SCHEDULE
The Eagles finished 2013 with the No. 67 RPI in the nation and the 2014 schedule has featured seven teams that finished ranked inside the top 83, three of which were ranked 15th or better. Those seven team include Arizona (83), Miami (73), La Salle (63), USF (53), Texas A&M (15), South Carolina (14) and UCF (13). FGCU is No. 51 in the first RPI report of the season while opponents South Carolina (5) and Texas A&M (6) each rank inside the top 10. USF checks in at No. 38 while Arizona and La Salle are 40 and 50, respectively. The closest A-Sun foe to FGCU is Jacksonville who checks in at No. 115.

NEXT UP
The Eagles will continue A-Sun play at USC Upstate on Oct. 3. FGCU took down the Spartans at home last season on senior day by a score of 7-0. Upstate would fail to reach the A-Sun Tournament after posting a 1-7-1 mark in A-Sun play and a 4-11-3 record overall. So far this season Upstate is 2-7 with victories over South Carolina State and VMI. Kenzie Major has accounted for all five Spartan goals this season with four coming in the 4-0 victory over South Carolina State.

From there FGCU heads to Kennesaw State on Oct. 5. The Eagles battled KSU to a scoreless tie on the road last season and the Owls finished 2014 with a 9-9-1 overall record and a 5-3-1 mark in the A-Sun. This season KSU is off to a 3-6-1 start with wins over South Alabama, Austin Peay and Samford. Maggie Gaughn has paced the offense with five goals which are second only to Tindell in the A-Sun standings while Marit Sandtroeen has added a pair.

#WINGSUP
Fans are encouraged to download the brand-new Wings Up mobile app in conjunction with SuperFanU prior to arriving at Sunday's match. 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.