"We proved there that all of the hard work and conditioning we've done paid off," Primm said. "It was two teams coming off hard losses, and we were able to take control near the end."

In order to have even a shot against the Tigers, the Crimson will have to control the ball from the very beginning. Princeton features an incredibly deep and balanced scoring attack. Among the threats is freshman Ryan Boyle, the reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Week. Boyle leads the team with 16 assists and 27 points overall, and poured in six assists in a game against Brown a week ago. The assist total was the highest for a Princeton attacker in eight years.

Junior attackman B.J. Prager enters the game with a remarkable 27-game goal streak. Senior Matt Striebal is also among the league's scoring leaders.

With that kind of depth, the key to stopping Princeton is making sure none of the Tiger attackers get the opportunity to score at all.

"We need to possess the ball really well," Primm said. "They have so many weapons that we can't afford to make any careless errors. If we do, they'll take advantage."

The Crimson has as much of a chance as anyone at stopping a scoring attack that routinely puts double-digits up on the board. As of last week, the Crimson was second in the country in goals allowed per game with a 6.00 average.

This number came despite a general inability to win face-offs. On Wednesday night, Harvard showed signs of turning that trend around, taking 11 of 14 out of the restart against the Bears.