HOME OPENER: Rensselaer welcomes Vassar College to Robison Field for its 2015 home opener on Friday ... First pitch for the doubleheader is scheduled for 1pm.

ENGINEERS OPEN LEAGUE PLAY IN FLORIDA: The Engineers played eight Liberty League games on its Florida Trip last week, as well as three non-league contests ... RPI went 6-2 in conference play, sweeping Skidmore on March 21 and 22, before split a four-game set with Union ... Senior second baseman Tim LeSuer hit a team-best .586 (17 for 29) in the eight league games ... He recorded a double, a triple, 15 runs scored and nine runs batted in ... Classmate Jared Jensen hit .500 (13 for 26), with three doubles, a triple, a home run, 13 runs and nine RBI ... He was also 0-1 with a 2.70 earned run average in two starts, striking out six in 10.0 innings ... Junior lefty Greg Echeverria was 2-0 with a 1.00 ERA in two starts (both complete games), including a shutout ... He struck out 17, while walking just one, in 18.0 innings.

FOLLOW THE ACTION: Live statistics all Rensselaer home games – can be followed at www.sidearmstats.com/rpi/baseball.

ON THE AIR: Select home games can be heard live on 91.5 FM, WRPI or online at www.wrpi.org/listen.

RENSSELAER BATTING LEADERS: Senior Tim LeSuer is hitting a team-high .440 (22 for 50), with three doubles, a triple, 19 runs and 12 runs batted in ... He has a .540 slugging percentage and a .576 on-base percentage and is one of the 28 players in the nation that has yet to strike out ... Sophomore Jason Ramos is batting .421 (8 for 19), with a double, four runs and five RBI ... Junior Nick Annunziata is at .395 (15 for 38), with two doubles, a triple, seven runs and nine RBI, while senior Nick Palmiero is hitting .378 (17 for 45), with a team-best six doubles, a triple, a home run, 16 runs and 15 RBI.

PITCHING LEADERS: Senior Sean Conroy is 1-1 with a 1.88 earned run average in five starts ... He has 20 strikeouts in 24.0 innings, including one complete game ... Junior Greg Echeverria is 2-1 with a 2.88 ERA in four appearances (3 starts) ... He has 25 Ks and just four walks in 25.0 innings ... Junior Stephen Schiavone is 1-0 in six relief apperances, compiling a 4.09 ERA in 11.0 innings.

PACING THE BREWERS: Junior Dakota Sagnelli is batting .538 (7 for 13), with a double, a run and five runs batted in ... Freshman Bobby Kinne is second at .500 (10 for 20), with a double, five runs and two RBI ... Junior Nick Johnson rounds out the top three hitters at .391 (9 for 23), with four doubles, three runs and four RBI ... The Brewers have used 10 different pitchers, including sophomore Adam Erkis, who is 0-2 with a 6.30 ERA in a team-high 10.0 innings.

2013 VS. VASSAR: The Engineers and Brewers did not play last season, but in 2013, RPI took three of four in the season series ... After sweeping Vassar in Poughkeepsie, Rensselaer had to settle for a split in the return trip to Troy.

WEEKLY HONORS: The Liberty League has announced its weekly award winners from baseball and Sean Conroy was named Pitcher of the Week, while Tim LeSuer was recognized on the Honor Roll ... Conroy was also named the ECAC Division III Upstate Pitcher of the Week.