Before Saturday's game against St. John's, the Penn State men's lacrosse team was told by its coaches and captains not to overlook a team winless in the ECAC.

Unfortunately for the Red Storm, the No. 14 Nittany Lions (6-3, 4-1 ECAC) treated them as any other opponent in the tough conference.

The Lions went on to win 13-3 in Queens, N.Y., in a game in which Penn State had no problem finding the net.

Penn State men's lacrosse assistant coach Guy Van Arsdale was pleased with the way his team handled the game.

"We approached the game well," Van Arsdale said. "We were very disciplined and it was a good team effort. We made the extra pass when we needed to."

It only took a minute for the Lions to take a lead Saturday afternoon as junior Pat Heim scored unassisted.

Seven-and-a-half minutes later, the Lions added another goal, as Nate Whitaker scored the first of his four goals in the game.

When the Lions went into halftime with a 6-3 lead, Van Arsdale knew right away that his team was not taking the Red Storm lightly.

"We don't consider any team to be easy," Van Arsdale said. "In college lacrosse any team can just jump out to get you."

St. John's had been on the brink of gaining its first ECAC win in a 4-3 loss at Rutgers a few weeks ago and also in a 6-5 loss against Loyola last month.

But it was the stellar play from the Lions at both ends of the field that kept the Red Storm winless.

Going into the third quarter with a 6-3 lead, the Lions shut down St. John's in the second half as they went on to score five goals in the third quarter and two in the fourth while allowing no goals to their opponent.

Freshman Drew Adams once again impressed his teammates and opponents as he continued his dominance over the last four games.

Adams has only given up 18 total goals in the last four games and has been a main contributor to the Lions' four game winning streak.

"We were just so strong on both sides of the ball," Van Arsdale said. "We played our game."

Van Arsdale said the real star of the game was senior Greg Gurenlian, who dominated on the faceoffs.

By winning the majority of the game's faceoffs, Gurenlian gave his team more scoring opportunities, leading to more goals.

"Gurenlian was just so dominant all game," Van Arsdale said. "I don't think he lost two or three faceoffs all game."

Gurenlian also contributed two assists which, along with junior Brian Boyle's four assists and two goals, helped to defeat the Red Storm.

With the game in hand, Penn State men's lacrosse coach Glenn Thiel gave Adams a deserved break and put in freshman goaltender Greg Boyle for some action.

"We had a big lead," Van Arsdale said. "Boyle has done a great job in practice all year and deserved some minutes in a game."

The Lions now head back home for a night game on Wednesday at Jeffrey Field in another ECAC matchup against Rutgers.

Van Arsdale hopes that he sees what he saw on Saturday in the win.

"We were good all around," Van Arsdale said. "We were just one solid team."