BACK TO LEAGUE PLAY: Rensselaer continues its season-long nine-game homestand on Friday and Saturday, when it hosts Brown and Yale at the Houston Field House ... Puck drop is scheduled for 7pm on Friday and 4pm on Saturday.
FOLLOW THE ACTION: Live statistics for this weekend's game – and all Rensselaer home games – can be followed at http://www.sidearmstats.com/rpi/whockey.
WATCH ON RPI TV: This weekend's action can be seen live on RPI TV, or online at www.rpitv.org.
ON THE AIR AND ONLINE: Select games throughout the season can be heard live on 91.5 FM, WRPI or online at www.wrpi.org/listen.
ENGINEERS SPLIT WITH RIT: RPI picked up its second win of the season last Friday in a 4-1 win over RIT, before falling to the Tigers, 3-0, the following afternoon ... After surrendering the opening goal, the Engineers ran off four straight top RIT in the series opener ... Senior captain
Ali Svoboda notched a goal an assist in the win, while classmate
Kathryn Schilter, sophomore
Laura Horwood and freshman
Whitney Renn all recorded two assists ... Senior netminder
Kelly O'Brien stopped 26 of the 27 shots she faced to improve to 2-5 ... The following day, RIT scored a goal in each period to earn the shutout win ... Jetta Rackleff was forced to make 20 saves for the visitors, while O'Brien stopped 25 in the loss.
RENSSELAER LEADERS: Sophomore
Laura Horwood (3 goals, 5 assists) and senior
Kathryn Schilter (1 goal, 7 assists) are tied for the team lead with eight points ... Junior
Alexa Gruschow (3 goals, 4 assists) and senior captain
Ali Svoboda (3 goals, 4 assists) are tied for third on the squad with seven points, while fellow senior and captain
Taylor Mahoney (2 goals, 4 assists) has six.
BETWEEN THE PIPES: Senior
Brianna Piper (0-5-2) has a 3.08 goals against average and a .893 save percentage in seven starts, while classmate
Kelly O'Brien (2-6-0) has a 3.25 goals against average and an .904 save percentage in eight starts.
PACING THE BEARS: Senior Kaitlyn Keon (7 goals, 4 assists) leads Brown with 11 points ... She is followed by classmate Sarah Robson (3 goals, 7 assists) with 10 points, while freshman Sam Donovan (6 goals, 1 assist) and senior Janice Yang (1 goal, 6 assists) have seven ... Sophomore Monica Elvin (4-4-0) has a 2.79 goals against average and a .916 save percentage.
FOR YALE: Junior Jamie Haddad (5 goals, 6 assists) paces the Bulldogs with 11 points ... Taylor Marchin (1 goal, 9 assists) has 10 points, while senior Stephanie Mock (6 goals, 3 assists), freshman Courtney Pensavelle (5 goals, 4 assists) and sophomore Phoebe Staenz (2 goals, 7 assists) all have nine ... Senior netminder Jaimie Leonoff (3-5-1) has a 2.84 goals against average and a .913 save percentage.
RENSSELAER AT HOME: The Engineers are 2-4-1 at home this season after going 4-8-2 last season and 5-10-3 in 2012-13.
IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS: Three ECAC Hockey schools are ranked in the top 10 nationally, including fourth-ranked Quinnipiac, fifth-ranked Clarkson and seventh-ranked Harvard.
