Aubriana Fumagali, 13, of Boca Raton was supposed to have been a ballerina and a beauty queen, at least according to her mom.

Marcy Fumagali, who danced throughout her childhood and won the Miss Pennsylvania USA beauty pageant in 1976, tried very hard to get Aubriana to follow in her footsteps.

"I had her in beauty pageants when she was very little," Marcy Fumagali said. "She looked so cute in all these foo-foo' outfits."

But Aubriana gravitated toward grittier pursuits.

"My mom was wrong," Aubriana said. "I do what I like to do. I saw boys in my neighborhood playing hockey, and I wanted to do that, too."

Aubriana started playing roller hockey at Boca's Sugar Sand Park when she was 6, and three years ago she added ice hockey to her schedule.

"Ice hockey is better. It's more exciting," Aubriana said. "The puck doesn't move as fast in roller hockey. For me, roller hockey is training for ice hockey."

Though Aubriana is only in the seventh grade at Boca's St. Joan of Arc School, she already has her future planned.

She wants to get a college hockey scholarship to Mercyhurst College (in Erie, Pa. - near where her mom grew up) and then go on to play hockey for the U.S. Olympic team.

"When she started skating, I put her in these pink Barbie skates," Marcy Fumagali recalled. "I was still thinking she was my little girl. But playing hockey has been a great opportunity for her. It's done a lot for her confidence. And she's real good at it."

"Aubriana plays ice hockey with women who are a little older than her and roller hockey with boys her age, and she keeps up with all of them," said her dad, Oscar Fumagali. "I do hope one day she can get a scholarship for hockey to a major university."

Aubriana has been learning from a player who has already had a scholarship career at a major university: Jennie Setaro of Hollywood.

Setaro, who played for Division I Northeastern University in Boston in the late 1990s, now plays recreational hockey along with Aubriana in the Girls Night Out Hockey League at Glacier Ice and Snow Arena in Lighthouse Point.

"I like to go head-to-head with Jennie because she teaches me a lot of moves," Aubriana said.

"Aubriana will have to fight twice as hard to make it from this area, where there's not much hockey," Setaro said. "But she's still young and learning the game."

Though Setaro is probably the most talented player in the league, she doesn't abuse her advantages. In fact, the major league rule is for the players to be sensitive to the skill levels of those around them. Beginners, ages 10 and up, are welcomed and encouraged.

"Women need to know that the league is supportive and not scary," said league director Wendy Ings of Hollywood. "It's a great way to meet people and get exercise. "Our league is really about skill development, not competition. We have games and clinics every other week."

As for other players, Karen Ota of Fort Lauderdale likes the single-mindedness of chasing the puck and the diversity of women in the league. Renata Schneider of Hallandale likes the intensity of the sport and the tricks to create breakaways. And Michelle Hopkins of Fort Lauderdale enjoyed finally learning how to shoot.

The spring-summer season of the Girls Night Out Hockey League will run on Monday nights from May 1 to Aug. 28. The first night will be an evaluation session. There are no cuts. Everyone gets to play.

Anyone interested in playing can call Ings during the day at (305) 444-0004 or e-mail her at wendyings@hotmail.com. For information, see league.hockeygroup.org.