SIX IN FOUR: Rensselaer will conclude a run of six games in four days on Friday, when it hosts Skidmore College in the Liberty League opener for both schools ... First pitch is schedule for 3pm.

ENGINEERS SPLIT WITH PLATTSBURGH: Kristina Weltzin went all eight innings to lead the Rensselaer to a doubleheader split with Plattsburgh State, on Wednesday ... The Engineers won game one, 2-1, while the Cardinals came back to win game two, 3-2 ... Both contests went eight innings ... In game one, Weltzin allowed just one run on two hits in 8.0 innings, striking out eigtht and walking one ... Plattsburgh freshman Taylor Smith took the loss, surrendering one unearned run on two hits in 2.1 innings ... Junior Taylor Ten Eyck provided the heroics in the bottom of the eighth inning, hitting a walk-off single up the middle ... Plattsburgh took an early lead in game two, but a two-run homer by Ten Eyck put the hosts on top, 2-1, in fourth ... The Cardinals rallied to tie the game in the top of the seventh and were able to win it in the eighth, scratching across a  run on a double by Jackie Decker.

FOLLOW THE ACTION: Live statistics for today's game can be followed at www.sidearmstats.com/rpi/softball.

EARLY LEADERS: Entering the week, senior centerfielder Kathleen Baker is batting a team-best .421 (8 for 19) with five runs scored and two runs batted in ... Sophomore Courtney McArthur is second at .412 (7 for 17) with two doubles, a run and two RBI ... Junior Morgan Ten Eyck rounds out the top three hitters with a .385 (10 for 26) average, recording four doubles, a home run, four runs and six RBI.

RENSSELAER FROM THE CIRCLE: Entering the week, senior captain and righthanded pitcher Kristina Weltzin is 3-1 with a 4.20 earned run average in four appearances (all starts) ... She has surrendered 16 runs (14 earned) on 18 hits in 23.1 innings ... Opponents are batting .202 off of her ... Sophomore Stephanie Caudle is 2-1 with a 0.81 ERA in five appearances (3 starts) ... She has given up five runs (3 earned) on 11 hits in 26.0 innings ... Her 41 strikeouts lead the club.

CLOSING IN ON THE SCHOOL RECORD: With Kristina Weltzin's win on Thursday – the 57th of her collegiate career – she is now one shy of the school record, which is held by Larina Suker '00.

CENTURY MARK: Senior Kristina Weltzin became the first pitcher in school history to appear in 100 games, when she started game one against SUNY New Paltz last Wednesday.

LIBERTY LEAGUE HONORS: The Liberty League handed out its weekly award winners for the week of March 30 and freshman Devan Puhl has been named the Rookie of the Week ... She hit .333 (2 for 6), with a run and two runs batted in, as the Engineers went 2-0 last week ... In RPI's 13-5 win over SUNY New Paltz, she went 2 for 3, with a walk, a run and two RBI.