When the No. 18 Penn State women's lacrosse team blew a five-goal lead and lost 12-11 in overtime last weekend to William & Mary, there were several things coach Suzanne Isidor could have done.

She could have told the team to forget about the loss, which she described simply as "bad lacrosse," and focus on this weekend's game against Princeton.

But Isidor chose the opposite method and sat down the Nittany Lions on Monday to watch film of what exactly went wrong against the Tribe.

And what did Isidor and the team notice?

"Our possessions on the attack have to be better," she said.

Several times last weekend, the Lions turned the ball over late in the game, giving William & Mary scoring opportunities, which they capitalized on.

Just how much the Lions (1-4) improved this week in practice will be seen when the team takes on No. 1 Princeton (4-0) tomorrow at 1 p.m. at Jeffrey Field. The two-time defending national champion Tigers come into Happy Valley having won 13 games in a row dating back to last season.

They have already posted impressive wins against Virginia and Duke this season.

"Princeton is definitely a team that we want to imitate," Isidor said.

"I think that we are close to them in talent but they take care of the little things.

This is the time to prove we belong on the field with the best team in the country."

As if facing the top team in the country wasn't enough, Penn State will be without defender Lauren Bryan, who injured her left knee last weekend.

Bryan will miss the rest of the season, and Kate Townsend will step into the starting lineup and attempt to fill the void.

Several other players are questionable for Penn State as Jamie Donahue left last weekend's game with a sprained ankle and co-captain Katie Jeschke hasn't seen action since the team's opening loss to Vanderbilt.