The defense is making waves around the Big Ten, with junior back Sara Cahill being named Big Ten defensive player of the week -- the same honor bestowed upon Akstin the previous week.
"The defense has pretty much played steady," Morett said. "I think Molly [Schriver] and Sara have done really great jobs of setting the tone for our defense.
"Sara Cahill getting defensive player of the week for the Big Ten is a great honor for Sara, but I think it speaks highly of the entire defense as well."
Morett also cited the impressive play of freshman sweeper Mallory Weisen.
Seemingly missing in action throughout the first five games of the season was the offense, which is now making up for lost time by subjecting opposing goalkeepers to a barrage of shots.
During Friday night's rain-soaked 6-0 victory over Lafayette, the Lions fired a season-high 36 shots. To put that shot total into perspective, Morett's team failed to muster that many shots on goal in the first three games combined.
With all cylinders now firing, the Lions hope to keep the momentum going when they play the Orange today -- Penn State's last tune up before it begins Big Ten play at Ohio State this weekend.
Syracuse (3-4) returns nine starters from last season, but has never beaten Penn State in 22 prior meetings. The Lions won last year's game 4-1.
The impressive track record against the Orange aside, Morett is hoping the Lions do not find themselves looking ahead to Ohio State instead of concentrating on Syracuse.
"Syracuse is a really tough place to play," Morett said. "While we've won there, it's definitely a battle."
Coming from off the bench late in Sunday's 1-0 victory at St. Joseph's, co-captain Karin Grap notched the game's only goal, her third of the season.
Grap had been relegated to the bench for two and a half games due to what Morett described as a failure of the senior forward to play up to her potential.
After making the best of her limited playing time on Sunday, Grap's status for today's game is still uncertain.
Regardless of who is starting, Morett stressed that the Lions need to set the tone of the match early.
"We need to try to control the game from the start," Morett said.
A win today would only bolster the team's confidence as it moves into the second half of its season.
But Morett knows that today's business must be tended to before the quickly improving Lions can look ahead on the schedule.
"We just need to make sure that we take care of one game at a time," Morett said. "We've always made that one of our goals for the season -- one day at a time, one game at a time."
