When the men's lacrosse team plays its first home match of the season at 2 p.m. Sunday at Jeffrey Field against Drexel, the Lions (2-2) are looking for a win. Plain and simple.

"Drexel is not a strong program and we are looking to win the game, most definitely," Paul Fisher said.

"Well, they're not in a league with Princeton and Carolina (the team's two defeats), they are more in a league with Ohio Wesleyan and VMI. Going into the game it's certainly a game that we should win; we will be favored," Coach Glenn Thiel said. "So that's a kind of a challenge for the team -- to get yourself ready to play a flawless type of game because coming up you've got to do that to beat the Towson's and Rutgers' -- those teams of the world."

Thiel said this game will be a good preparation for the Lions' away match against perennial power Towson State next Wednesday at 3 p.m. Fisher added the team will use the Drexel game to mentally prepare for Towson State.

"We need some confidence. I would like to have had this game earlier," Thiel said.

Drexel (1-1) defeated West Chester, 12-10, but lost to Vermont, 19-5. Senior John Colt leads the team with seven goals and two assists while Jeff Giza is the second leading scorer with five goals and two assists. Last year, in muddy conditions, Penn State defeated Drexel 16-9. Lion Jim Laverty notched three goals while Ted Peddy dished out three assists.

Starting at the attack position for the Lions against Drexel will be Peddy (who has a team-leading eight goals), Joel Brous and Michael Quinn.

Quinn is subbing for the injured Chris Lehman (six points). Also expecting to see time at attack will be Mike Rolewicz. At midfield, the starters will be Laverty (four goals and three assists), Greg Guarton, Scott Bailer plus Rob Strasberg will also see playing time on that line. The second midfield unit will be Chris Markus (six points), Fisher and Peter Makover (five goals and three assists).

Defensively, Paul Gilhool, Paul McKelvey and Mark Dardaris will start along with J.J. Pearl in goal. Thiel especially noted the play of McKelvey so far this season.

"I think we are running the field well. We are not scoring as well as I thought we would have at this time and we haven't been able to cash in on the transition game we work so hard on," Thiel said.

Thiel said the defense has proven a point of concern at this early juncture in the season.

"I suppose defensively, we have had some questions. I thought we would be a little more mistake free," he said.