Today just might be the day.

Once again, the No. 10 Penn State women's lacrosse team (7-6, 4-0 American Lacrosse Conference) will be looking for its second consecutive win of the season, something they have yet to accomplish.

This afternoon's tilt against No. 5 Georgetown (10-3) at 4, at North Kehoe field will either push the Nittany Lions over the hump, or for the seventh time this season drop them back to the .500 mark. The Lions are coming off arguably their best performance of the season on Saturday, when they defeated Northwestern on the road, 12-7, thanks in large part to a 9-0 first half.

"That gave us a lot of confidence, we played pretty well against Northwestern," tri-captain Katie Jeschke said.

For this young team, the entire season has been about confidence. One day they are full of it, and the next it is out the window. Saturday's win seems to have restored confidence, but that can be an ugly word.

"We have had confidence all year," tri-captain Colleen O'Hara said. "We know that we're a good team and we need to play the full 60 minutes against Georgetown."

The Hoyas come into today's contest riding high following Saturday's overtime win over conference rival Notre Dame. In that game, senior attacker Wick Stanwick scored a Big East record nine goals to lead her team to victory.

The Lions had their leading goal scorer, O'Hara, go scoreless against the Wildcats. This allowed other players to get involved offensively, which was a good sign, but O'Hara is going to have to show up for Lions to pull off the upset. The Lions are confident that today can be the day, not only to upset Georgetown, but also to put an end to their win-loss streak.

"We feel that Georgetown is the team we can beat to break that streak," Jeschke said.

"This is definitely a year we can beat them."

The Lions hope this year is different. The last two seasons, the Hoyas have humiliated the Lions, 23-11 and 18-9.

"The past two years have been brutal loses," Jeschke said. "They were never close games."

The Lions are going to have to do more than just play a close game, if they are going to keep their NCAA tournament hopes alive. A win today can go a long way towards helping their cause.

"We have our destiny in our hands," Penn State women's lacrosse coach Suzanne Isidor said.

The Lions can help solidify an NCAA birth and finally put a stop to their win one lose one streak today, but they have had this opportunity before.