After defeating its first Ivy League opponent of the season, the Harvard men's lacrosse team is set to take on its toughest.

The Crimson (6-3, 1-2 Ivy) will head south to New Jersey to visit Princeton on Saturday. The Tigers (7-1, 3-0) are currently the top-ranked team in the country, having regained the No. 1 spot in the US Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association last week for the first time since late March.

A Harvard win this weekend would be, put mildly, improbable. Princeton has won 34 straight league contests and has outscored its three Ivy opponents this year by a combined score of 47-14. The Tigers are one of the only two teams undefeated in the league. The other, No. 12 Cornell, destroyed the Crimson last Saturday, 16-3.

What's more, Princeton has never lost an Ivy League game in the Class of 1952 Stadium. The Tigers are 16-0 all-time in its home field.

Oh yes, and the Crimson have lost ten straight games to the perennial power.

All in all, the Princeton game presents the Crimson with a daunting challenge, but sophomore attacker Matt Primm feels that the team is as ready as it has ever been.

"We feel that we're a more consistent team now," Primm said. "We have a goood system, and the guys are starting to understand the rules better at this stage."

The team's win Wednesday night against Brown proved, at the very least, that the Crimson now has what it takes to pull out close games. Harvard was deadlocked with Brown 4-4 two nights ago before shutting out the Bears in the final quarter for a 7-4 win.