It is one thing to dominate a team, but this is getting out of hand.

Heading into tonight's game at 7, at Marine Corps Memorial Stadium the No. 17 Penn State (5-4, 0-3 ECAC) men's lacrosse team has a 1-36 all time mark against conference foe No. 15 Navy (5-4, 2-1 ECAC).

"That is one of those random things," Navy head coach Richie Meade said.

"The past has nothing to do with (tonight)."

If there was ever a time for the Nittany Lions to turn this series around and get their first conference victory, this weekend is it.

"Our guys are excited about the way we bounce back," assistant coach Lars Tiffany said. "Our confidence has increased."

Confidence comes from two straight wins against Delaware and Hobart.

"The difference was that we made the plays late in the game," Tiffany said.

Plays the Midshipmen did not make in last weekend's 6-5 loss to No. 6 Maryland or the previous week against No. 5 Georgetown.

All four of their losses have come against top nine teams.

"Maryland took a lot out of us physically," Meade said. "It was difficult not to win."

In order to regain the winning touch and get back into the division title hunt the Midshipmen must slow the game down and utilize their hustle on every play.

"We have to match their work ethic, their scrappiness, hustle and energy," Tiffany said. "Kids from Navy, no matter if it is ping pong, will work hard by nature."

The hardworking style has led to an offense, which is well spread out with their two leading goal scorers Eddie McKimmon and Dave Pittard, with 25 points apiece.

Compared to the Lions who have one dominant threat, last week's (and second time this season's) conference player on the week, Will Driscoll, and his conference leading 35 goals.

"(Will) has stepped up big for us," Tiffany said.

"He is simply amazing."

Being the only Lions big threat means other guys are going to have to step up sometimes, which the team has worked on in practice.

"(Tuesday) we played a defensive scenario to just shut-off Will," Tiffany said.

"I was taunting the offense saying, 'You can not score without him.' "

The offense has been boiled down into a simple philosophy:

"When we think about our offense, we think about where we put Will," Tiffany said.

Thinking about Driscoll is something the Midshipmen must do this weekend, if they are to keep hopes of a division title alive.

The Lions are just trying to play spoiler.