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GAME DAY
• Rensselaer (3-2) hosts Connecticut College (0-3) in a non-conference game at East Campus Stadium. Rensselaer is currently receiving votes in the USILA Division III Coaches' Poll.

LAST TIME OUT
•  Breanainn McNeally and Matthew Gilman both scored two goals and recorded two assists to RPI to a 12-4 win over Oneonta in non-conference men's lacrosse action last Saturday. RPI outshot Oneonta, 38-27, and won 13-of-20 faceoffs in the game. Both teams picked up 26 groundballs in the game. The Engineers were 3-for-7 on the extra man, while holding the Red Dragons to 0-for-5 with the man advantage. David Gibbs recorded 14 saves in goal for Rensselaer in the win.

THE ENGINEERS
• After two wins last week, sophomore Breanainn McNeally and freshman Matthew Gilman were named the Liberty League Offensive Player and Rookie of the Week, respectively. It was both player's second honors of the season, as they both earned the same awards after the first week of play. David Gibbs, who was the first Defensive Performer of the Week this season, earned a spot on the weekly honor roll.

• McNeally leads all players with 14 goals to go along with four assists. He has scored at least two games in each of the first five games of the season, recording a season-best, and tying a career-best with five goals against Wesleyan. Patrick Finn and Matthew Gilman are tied for second on the team with seven goals each. Finn leads all players with seven assists. 

•    Sophomore David Gibbs has played all but five minutes in the net for the Engineers. He has recorded double digit save totals in three-of-five games so far, and is second in the league with 11.60 saves per game.

•    The 2015 Engineers have picked up where the 2014 team left off, allowing just one goal while on the man-down.  in 16 attempts. Last season, RPI had a 90% conversion rate in man-down situations, which was the best in the entire nation and also the highest percentage in school history. The Engineers, who participated in the Liberty League Semifinals, converted 36 of 40 opportunities.

THE CAMELS
•    Connecticut College is 0-3 on the season, losing to Roger Williams (9-8), Endicott (12-6), and Middlebury (13-9). 

•    In the last outing versus Middlebury, sophomore Ross Thompson scored three goals and doled out a pair of assists en route to a five point day. Senior Briggs Barton and sophomore John Cunningham both had two goals and an assist in the close contest. 

•    Ross Thompson leads the Camels with six goals and five assists for 11 total points. Briggs Barton and Tucker Mscisz are tied with five goals each.

•    Goalkeeper Bobby Bleistein has played every minute for Connecticut College this season, posting an 11.33 goals against average and making 47 saves.