It's like what Yogi Berra once said: "It ain't over till it's over." The Harvard field hockey team is hanging on to those words for dear life.

Just four days after one of their most devastating losses ever, the Crimson (9-5, 3-2 Ivy) must quickly regroup and focus on this afternoon's matchup against the Providence Friars (6-11), a must-win game if their suddenly-slim title hopes are to remain a reality.

They'll have to shake out the cobwebs first.

"I think we're kind of still trying to pick ourselves up from the weekend," said senior tri-captain and goalkeeper Anya Cowan.

In beating Harvard 3-2, Princeton (7-5, 4-1 Ivy) broke a four-game losing streak on Saturday, winning on a shot from Melanie Meerschwam past a diving Cowan nine minutes into overtime.

The Crimson held a commanding 2-1 lead heading into the final minutes of regular time, and it appeared that Destiny herself was on the field wearing a Harvard uniform. But a late Princeton goal took the game into overtime--and gave Tigers the opening they needed to snuff out Harvard's dreams of glory. And most of its title dreams, too.

"It's tough to still talk about it now," junior forward Kate Nagle said yesterday. "It was there. We played our hearts out. We left it all out on the field."

After the loss, Harvard is tied for third place in the Ivy League alongside Cornell and Dartmouth and any playoff hopes are beyond its control.