Despite a 5-10 record, Penn State women's lacrosse coach Suzanne Isidor can't think of much she would have done differently this season.

"I've been thinking about it a lot," she said. "The team did all the right things in preparation and had so much skill and potential. Next year, it will help if we can get some wins early."

With two games remaining this season, the first of which will take place tomorrow at 1 p.m. when Penn State takes on No. 9 Johns Hopkins at Jeffrey Field, Isidor hopes she can send her seniors off on a high note.

It has been a season of frustration for Penn State as slow starts, nagging injuries and mental lapses have eliminated the Nittany Lions from postseason contention. Isidor said things haven't become much easier since she became the Lions' coach four years ago. All season, she has called this year's team her best ever, and sticks to that claim despite the Lions' record being the worst of any of her four Penn State squads.

"It's been disappointing," she said. "They've still been the best team in terms of coachability and chemistry."

Isidor also said she was proud of this year's senior leaders who will close out their Penn State careers with two more games. This group of players was not recruited by Isidor but will be the first group to play four years under her.

For Katie Jeschke, Jamie Donahue, Jackie Sherman, Katie Hartman, Janique Craig and Stephanie Curnoles, tomorrow will be the last time they play at home as Nittany Lions. Jeschke said it will definitely be emotional, but she's had no regrets in her four years at Penn State.

"It's really sad with graduation and everything ending at once," she said. "This year's gone by so fast and been difficult with so many ups and downs. We definitely want to go out on a good note."

Jeschke said that if she could advise next year's class on how to improve, she would tell them to stay extra focused at the ends of games when it's easy to make mistakes because of fatigue. If they heed Jeschke's advice, next year's team could turn things around quickly, as it will return the team's four leading scorers and goalie standout Lee Tortorelli.

Lori Havrilla and Kristen Burke currently lead the team with 31 and 26 goals respectively. Both players scored three apiece in Penn State's biggest win of the season, a 10-7 upset of No. 3 Georgetown last week. Because of their improvement throughout the season, the Lions' future looks bright despite their current record.

"They've really stepped up their scoring and have been the two we've counted on to get big goals," Isidor said. "Hopkins will be keying on them, but they're hard to defend and give us a nice one-two punch."

With just two games remaining and no hopes for the playoffs, the future is pretty much all the team can look forward to.