"We'll have to play 50 minutes against Temple," Kleinfelder said.

"Temple's tough, but we know what we have to do," Groome said. "We've played them before."

The Owls defeated Harvard 13-8 over spring vacation in Philadelhia.

Temple's lacrosse team would not be the first top-seeded Owl team to lose in an NCAA Tournament this season. Duke upset Temple and its star Mark Macon in the March NCAA Basketball Tournament in March with great defense from Blue Devil forward Billy King. Harvard will need such an effort from Dermody, Maggie Vaughan, Julia French, and the other defensive stalwarts.

In tomorrow's other semifinal, Lafayette plays Penn State, an easy winner over Northwestern Wednesday. The winners meet next Saturday for the national championship. A Harvard victory tomorrow followed by one next Saturday would give the Crimson its first national title since the 1904 men's golf team.

Laxmen

The Harvard men's lacrosse closes out its regular season at tomorrow at Ohiri Field against Dartmouth. If Harvard defeats Dartmouth, it stands a good chance to nab a bid in the NCAA tournament.

Bids for the 12-team tournament go out Monday, and if Harvard (10-3 overall, 3-2 Ivy) does garner a bid, it is likely to be an away game.

Harvard's only other NCAA tourney entry was the 1980 team, which lost in the opening round to John Hopkins, 16-12.