All that stands between Eastern and a 10-0 regular season record is Texas A&M.

The last game of the year for Eastern is a rematch of last year’s season finale where Eastern shut out Texas A & M 25-0.

Assistant coach Brittany Brown said that the team’s biggest goal has been going undefeated. The 2002 season was the last time Eastern went unbeaten, Brown’s freshman year.

Currently, Eastern holds a 14-game winning streak.

However, the downside of being the only Division I team in the country means that after the regular season ends, there are no playoffs.

“I’ve played for four years and it’s never been an issue.” Brown said. “It’s not available to us.”

Head coach Frank Graziano said he talked to the team in a preseason meeting to discuss how hard it would be to accomplish an undefeated season with only 18 players.

To field a full team, 15 players are on the field at once.

“I think it would be a little disappointing for us right now to go 9-1 as opposed to going 10-0,” Graziano said.

Graziano said he had a meeting with the seniors the other day and he could see the fire in their eyes.

“They’re not going out with a loss at the end,” Graziano said.

Freshman eight-man Stephanie Militello said she is excited about the game against Texas A&M because of what she heard about it last year.

“It was probably one of the most exciting games. It was real close,” Militello said.

Militello said she does not like that Eastern will not participate in postseason play.

“Its bad because we don’t get to have a title as a No. 1 in the nation,” Militello said. We don’t get that accomplishment of you know, NCAA D-I champs.”

Senior scrum half Stephanie Rasmusen said she is determined to finish the season on a winning note.

Rasmusen’s father passed away just before the game against Loyola (Chicago).

“I’m grateful that I made it through the whole season and can’t wait to see how everything ends,” Rasmusen said.

The ending of her career is not something Rasmusen has thought much about, especially with her recent loss.

“I really haven’t thought of it as my last game until now because he is the reason I’m still playing,” she said.

Rasmusen said she thought her career was finished last year after she tore her ACL in the first game against Wisconsin.

“I’m grateful that I was given the opportunity to have this sixth year,” she said. “I have gone into every game thinking it could be my last one.”