NON-LEAGUE DOUBLEHEADERS: Rensselaer hosts Williams College and Ithaca College in a pair of twin bills on Tuesday and Wednesday ... The Engineers welcome Williams to Doris Robison Field for a 3:30 start, while the match-up with the Bombers begins at 2:30pm.
ENGINEERS SPLIT WESTERN TRIP: RPI swept a doubleheader at RIT on Saturday, winning by scores of 4-2 and 12-1 in five innings ... The Engineers needed a late comeback in game one, scoring twice in the fifth to erase a 2-0 deficit ... RPI then scored two more in the seventh and senior
Kristina Weltzin was able to shut the door in the bottom of the inning to pick up the victory ... In game two,
Morgan Ten Eyck got the Engineers off to a hot start, launching a three-run home run in the top of the first ... Rensselaer went on to score in every inning, including four runs in the top of the third ... Ten Eyck and freshman
Christine White both went 2 for 3 with three runs batted in apiece ... Sophomore righthander
Stephanie Caudle went all 5.0 innings for her sixth win of the year ... The Engineers dropped two games to first place Rochester on Sunday, falling 4-0 and 4-2 ... RPI was held to just four hits in the opener ... In the nightcap, Caudle went the distance from the circle, while also going 3 for 3 at the plate, with a double, a run and an RBI.
RENSSELAER LEADERS: Sophomore
Stephanie Caudle is batting a team-best .381 (16 for 42) with seven doubles, a home run, five runs scored and nine runs batted in ... Junior
Taylor Ten Eyck is second at .359 (23 for 64) with four doubles, two homers, 10 runs and 14 RBI ... Freshman
Devan Puhl rounds out the top three hitters at .341 (14 for 41) with a double, a triple, five runs and six RBI.
RENSSELAER FROM THE CIRCLE: Senior captain and righthanded pitcher
Kristina Weltzin is 7-3 with a 2.60 earned run average in 10 appearances (all starts) ... She has surrendered 33 runs (25 earned) on 41 hits in 67.1 innings ... Opponents are batting .169 off of her ... Sophomore
Stephanie Caudle is 6-3 with a 1.50 ERA in 11 appearances (8 starts) ... She has given up 17 runs (13 earned) on 43 hits in 60.2 innings ... Her 78 strikeouts lead the club and she allows a .195 opponent average.
PACING THE EPHS: Senior captain Mo Frank is batting a team-best .516 (33 for 64) with a double, two triples, 19 runs and seven runs batted in ... Freshman Margo Beck is second at .412 (14 for 34) with four doubles, three home runs, six runs and 16 RBI ... Sophomore Alison Michalik rounds out the top three hitters at .395 (30 for 76) with three doubles, a triple, a home run, 19 runs and 15 RBI ... From the circle, sophomore Brooke Bovier is 7-3 with a 1.96 earned run average in 64.1 innings ... She has 40 strikeouts and 30 walks ... Senior Emma Harrington is 7-2 with a 3.70 ERA in 53.0 innings ... She has struck out 31 compared to 13 walks.
SINGLE-GAME STRIKEOUT RECORD: Sophomore
Stephanie Caudle recorded a school record 18 strikeouts in RPI's 5-1 win over SUNY New Paltz on March 25 ... She topped Michelle Street '09, who had 17 in a game in 2007.
WELTZIN BREAKS SCHOOL WINS RECORD: With her win on Saturday – the 59th of her collegiate career –
Kristina Weltzin is now the school's all-time wins leader, passing Larina Suker '00 ... Weltzin also owns a number of other school records, including appearances (106) and innings (555.1) ... She is 33 strikeouts shy of Suker's career mark of 509.
RPI TV ON SUNDAY: RPI's Liberty League doubleheader against St. Lawrence on Sunday (12pm), will be aired live on RPI TV ... The live video stream can be found online at www.rpitv.org.
