Two years ago she broke the sophomore scoring record with 26 goals. Last year she broke the junior scoring record with 31 goals. This season she may be on her way to capturing the Penn State all-time leading scorer title.

But field hockey co-captain Chris McGinley has other things on her mind.

"I'm not thinking about that at all," she said."My only concern is to win a national championship."

Currently leading the Lady Lions in career goals with 80, McGinley needs just 11 more to break the record set by Candy Finn, now Candy Rocha, during the 1978-81 seasons.

However, something else that McGinley is sure to be concerned about is her partially torn calf muscle that has kept her from playing against both Syracuse and Michigan. In fact, she has not played a full game yet this season. But even the most intense pain can't destroy McGinley's determination to contribute to the team.

Although she is only able to play between 30 and 45 minutes per game, she has scored in all but four of the games she has played. She has been Big Ten's field hockey player of the week twice in a row, WRSC radio's September athlete of the month, and one of the September winners of the Rider Mazda/WMAJ player of the month. Being the all-time leading scorer at Penn State would finish a long list of personal achievements.

As a critic, McGinley is tough -- especially on herself. Until she is able to play as well as she knows she can, she won't be satisfied with her individual honors.

"They don't really mean anything to me. I don't like them actually," she said. "They embarass me because I'm not satisfied with myself and my game. If I was proud of myself and achieving everything I wanted to achieve, maybe I could look at it differently."

Coach Char Morett understands her frustration with her inability to perform up to her own standards.

"I think it's tough because she puts too much pressure on herself to score," she said. "I think she just needs to relax and go out and put the ball on the cage and put it on hard."

McGinley will only have a few more opportunities to break the record as the season winds down for the Lady Lions. They travel to Northwestern to take on the Lady Wildcats and the Lady Wolverines of Michigan next weekend. In addition, it is very likely that the Lady Lions will see some playoff action. That gives her two regular season games and possibly three playoff games to do it.

As the season approaches its end, Morett is concerned more about McGinley's health.

"I don't really worry much about (the record)," she said. "I just worry about her playing time and how it will effect her leg. She's a player that we want on the field."

Earlier this season, Rocha had the opportunity to watch McGinley score the only goal in the Lady Lions' 1-0 defeat of Iowa.

Rocha commented that she saw a little of herself in McGinley.

"I find that it's nothing you can coach for. It's like an extra desire," she said. "You're more determined than anyone else to get the ball. You're driven. I guess that's the way I felt when I played."