For most teams, a 15-6 win in an exhibition game would be a time of celebration and give the squad a positive outlook for the season ahead.

The No. 11 Penn State men's lacrosse team, however, did not see the win as something to brag about, but as a 60-minute struggle that leaves the team a lot of work to do before the 2006 season opener at Notre Dame in two weeks.

As soon as the Nittany Lions defeated Lehigh on Saturday in Holuba Hall, Penn State men's lacrosse coach Glenn Thiel huddled his team up and quickly told it what he felt was wrong in the win.

"We were very sloppy and unemotional," Thiel said. "We won easily, but that was not what we worried about coming in."

Thiel said the practices during the week were "disjointed" and that players were not effective enough to run up and down the field with exceptional timing.

The Lions' timing to start the game seemed to be on as they took a 1-0 lead six seconds into the game.

Freshman attacker Rob Forster netted the goal to give his team a quick lead that would last the entire game.

Forster totaled six points in the game with three goals and three assists.

"I got the opportunity once Max [VanArsdale] went down, and he's a real good player," Forster said. "I realized I had to step up because we're getting a little low on the attack."

The freshman's play was one of the few positives Thiel saw during the win, as he hoped that what was worked on in practice would show in the game.

"That's kind of what we wanted this scrimmage to be about, us doing those things," Thiel said. "We obviously showed that we are not very good at it, we need time at it, and we need practice at it."

The game saw eight different players score goals with senior John Eremus scoring three straight goals in the first quarter.

The Lions led 6-1 after the first, but the Mountain Hawks scored five of the next six goals to cut the lead to two.

But Thiel was not worried about his team and the lead at that point.

"It was only a scrimmage," Thiel said. "If we were playing in the first round of the NCAAs, then it would be a problem."

Thiel blames the fact that they did not have the ball as much in the quarter and described the team's play in the second quarter as "atrocious" and like a "junior-high team."

The Lions seemed unfazed by the close score and recorded the next seven goals to put Lehigh away.

Junior Matt Radecic added two of his three goals in the fourth quarter to close out the win.

After the win, the Lions now have to wait two weeks for the season to officially begin, and Thiel will be working his team hard.

"We've got to get more guys out here," Thiel said. "We've got to lock the training room so we can get more guys out here to practice so we can get more accomplished."