After playing its first four games on the road against some stiff competition, the Binghamton women’s lacrosse team finally holds its home opener tonight against St. Francis (Pa.).

Both teams come into tonight’s matchup having lost their previous games, but nonetheless sport very different records. The Bearcats have lost four straight to open the season, while St. Francis has played just one game against Iona last week, where it was blown out 19-4.

The matchup continues the tough schedule that the Bearcats will face this season, and is BU’s lone home game sandwiched between seven road games. The Bearcats are hungry for victory and fans should expect their first home game to be competitive.

Danielle Edwards leads the team in points and goals with 10 and eight, respectively. Heather Grose ranks second in both categories. The Bearcats have been accurate when it counts, as 81.2 percent of their shots have been on goal and 54 percent of those shots have gone in, but they struggle to create opportunities. Binghamton has been outshot 161-69 in shot attempts over those first four games. The Bearcats have, however, made considerably more saves than their opponents, 45-26.

St. Francis was picked to finish last in the nine-team Northeast Conference.

The team is coached by first-year head coach Steph Marcon, a native of Elbridge, N.Y. Senior Liz McCague, the program’s all-time leader in lacrosse, leads the young Red Flash team, and sophomore Jenna Jester registered two goals in the losing effort against Iona.

The game has a new start time of 7:30 p.m. at the Binghamton Alumni Stadium. For directions, visit www.bubearcats.com.