Talk to the bubbly University of Otago medical student and it is hard to imagine the Pulse is anchored at the bottom of the ANZ Championship table.
The New Zealand Under-21 representative remains upbeat and determined that a first win is just around the corner.
Since the competition's inception last year, the Pulse has gone close without managing to win any matches.
The Pulse plays the Steel in Wellington on Saturday and Lees is confident her team is capable of inflicting an upset.
"In every game we are just hoping to get that win and I think we can definitely do it in this game.
We learned a few lessons in the first round and are ready to take them on."
The Magic did not do the Pulse any favours by dispatching the Steel 48-39 in Invercargill on Monday night.
The Steel's season now hangs in the balance.
Depending on other results, the southerners will need to win five of their remaining six round-robin games to make the semifinals.
It is a tall order, considering the Steel has to play two matches across the Tasman, and no New Zealand franchise has won on Australian soil.
A loss to the Pulse would, in all likelihood, snuff out its play-off prospects.
"The win won't come easy, and we realise that.
No team wants to be the first to lose against us," Lees said.
Surprisingly, despite the mounting losses, Lees said the team still believed it could compete and would eventually get that elusive win.
"We know we can compete and we know we can push teams.
But we still have to work out what it is in that last quarter which pushes us ahead of them [the opposition].
"Perhaps it is experience [that lets us down]."
Lees (20) is following in the footsteps of Lesley Rumball, who also managed to squeeze in a medical degree between playing for the Rebels, Sting and the Silver Ferns.
Commuting from Dunedin to Wellington makes for some long days and an even longer week.
She starts her week in Dunedin before flying to Wellington for training on Wednesday night.
She returns Thursday morning and, depending on when the Pulse plays, returns to Wellington on either Friday morning or afternoon.
"It sounds busy and it is.
But it is do-able and I'm enjoying it, so that is the main thing."
With little time to spare, she uses the down time at the airport and on the flights to catch up on her reading.
The university has been flexible and "are really supportive".
"I'm able to change my tutorial times around so I don't miss many classes.
"So with that sorted, I just have to cram all my classes in while I'm here and then I just forget about that and focus on netball."
Late last year Lees was named in the extended Canterbury Tactix squad but as she was unlikely to make the final 12 she jumped at the opportunity to play for the Pulse.
Lees is unsure whether she will play for Otago at the national championships in Invercargill later this year.
With playing for the Pulse and representing New Zealand at the world youth championships in Rarotonga in August, Lees may need the time to catch up her studies.
