The Harvard women's lacrosse team will face Ivy League foe Princeton in the semifinals of the NCAA tournament this Saturday in West Chester, Pa.

Princeton (14-2) edged Virginia, 6-5, Saturday in a first-round contest in Princeton, N.J., to advance to the Final Four. Harvard (13-0), the number-two seed, received a first-round bye. The Crimson, the only undefeated team in the country, will be coming off an 18-day layoff when it faces the Tigers.

In other first-round action, fifth-seeded Temple (14-3) took advantage of its home turf to blast higher-seeded Lafayette, 11-5, Saturday in Philadelphia and earn the opportunity to face top-seeded Penn State in the semis. The Nittany Lions also received a first-round bye.

Harvard defeated Princeton, 6-2, on March 25 and edged Temple, 5-4, two weeks ago. The Crimson has never faced Penn State, whose only loss came to the Tigers.

"We know that we played [Princeton] and did really well against them," said junior Char Joslin, who took the trip to Princeton along with Co-Captain Katie McAnaney and Maggie Vaughn to watch Saturday's game. "But it also would have been good to play a new team [Virginia.] We didn't really care either way."