BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Campbell continues its quest to qualify for the Atlantic Sun postseason tournament when it travels to the Sunshine State for a pivotal league match against Jacksonville in a 7 p.m. kick-off Thursday at the Ashley Sports Complex.

Jacksonville (10-4-2, 6-1-1 A-Sun) enters Thursday's match with a league-leading 19 points and have already clinched a berth in the conference tournament. Campbell (6-9-1, 3-5-0 A-Sun) owns nine points and currently trails East Tennessee State by one point for sixth place among schools eligible for tournament play.

The league's top six teams qualify for the postseason tournament.

Following the Jacksonville match, the Camels will do battle with North Florida on Saturday in its final regular-season Atlantic Sun match; Campbell will join the Big South conference next year.

"Jacksonville and North Florida will be a very difficult test for us as we seek to make the play-offs against a very formidable schedule," said head coach Todd Clark. "Our players are fantastic in maintaining a proper attitude and will undoubtedly play their hearts out again this weekend. We need to take as many points away from the trip as possible and then hope some other results fall our way."

Clark also pointed out that the season is not over yet.

"In a conference with the parity like the A-Sun has, anything can happen so we have to do our part to control what we can and then see where Lady Luck takes us from there," said Clark.

The Camels have won two of three away conference matches this year, featuring a weekend sweep of Belmont and Lipscomb in Nashville.

Ryann Torrero recorded the first two shutouts of her career against the Bruins and Lady Bisons and was named A-Sun defensive player of the week for her efforts. She joined teammates Olga Ekblom and Kaili Terry-who swept the awards on Sept. 7-and Jamie Panfil on the list of Camels to receive player of the week awards this season.

This feat marks the first time in school history that Campbell has had four different players win A-Sun weekly honors in the same season.

Ekblom has tallied a team-leading 12 points this year on a team-high five goals and two assists. Annabelle Gibney scored a pair of goals in Campbell's 2-0 shutout of Belmont and is CU's second-leading scorer (four goals, two assists).

Terry (2G, 5A) has also provided a spark for the Campbell attack despite her role as a central defender. Pirjo Leppikangas and Caitlin Schneider (2G, 1A) and Cissy Nitz (1G, 3A) have made key contributions as well.

Terry and Jeannie Borda have started all 16 games and lead CU with 1419 and 1408 minutes played out of a possible 1445.

Jacksonville comes into Thursday's match as the A-Sun's highest scoring team (31 goals) and is riding a four-game winning streak in which it has outscored opponents 13-1.

The Dolphins are unbeaten at home this year, posting a 5-0-2 record.

Junior keeper Alexa Rooney has recorded three-straight shutouts and has posted seven clean sheets this season, second-most in the Atlantic Sun.

Rooney also owns a league-leading .861 save percentage and is second in goals-against-average (0.92).

Liz Fink (6G, 7A) and Lisa Hensley (7G, 5A) are tied for second on the conference's scoring chart. Hensley's seven goals are just one behind North Florida's Lauren Hopfensperger's eight for the A-Sun lead, while Fink trails just Stetson's Katie Bitetto for the league lead in assists.

Hensley has also racked up four game-winning goals this year, tied for most in the conference.

Jacksonville was picked to finish fourth in this year's A-Sun coaches' preseason poll.

The Dolphins have dominated the all-time series with the Camels, posting a 10-3-2 mark in 15 matches between the two teams. CU and JU played to a scoreless draw last year in Buies Creek.

"JU boasts one of the best midfielders we'll see all year and they have some young forwards who are tearing up the conference but I have a lot of faith in our young ladies to do all we can to be there at the end," said Clark. "They have not let our staff down in conference play yet and I am certain this weekend will be no different."