HOME OPENER: After five straight games away from Troy to open the 2015 season, the 13th-ranked Engineers host SUNY Oneonta at East Campus Stadium on Wednesday night at 7pm.

PERFECT START: Rensselaer is out to a 5-0 start to the season, including four shutout victories ... It just the fifth time in school history that the RPI men's soccer team has won its first five contests, happening most recently in 2008 ... That team finished the season 13-6-1 and went 6-1 in the Liberty League, earning a bid into the NCAA Tournament ... Other teams to open 5-0 include the teams from 1943 (finished 5-0), 1951 (finished 7-0) and 1968 (finished 8-2-1) ... Only the 1951 team has opened a season with six consecutive victories.

RENSSELAER LEADERS: Junior Devon Baughen (3 goals, 3 assists) leads the Engineers with nine points ... He is followed by senior captain Matt Carberry (3 goals, 1 assist) with seven points ... Fellow skipper and senior Paul Lentine (2 goals, 2 assists) has six points ... Junior center back Andrew Gondek is average a team-best 88.8 minutes per contest.

IN GOAL: Sophomore Ryan Nealon has started all five games between the sticks and is 5-0 with a 0.20 goals against average and a .900 save percentage ... He has allowed just one goal – a penalty kick – and made nine saves, including a penalty stop.

SCOUTING ONEONTA: The Red Dragons have scored 10 goals and conceeded three ... They are led offensively by seniors Brian Bartichek and Jake Sutherland, who each have two goals and one assist for five points ... Junior Dillon Johnson is third with two goals for four points ... Senior captain Jared Van Brunt has started all five games and averages a team-high 81.2 minutes ... Senior Vincent Pellegrino (3-1-1) has a 0.64 goals against average and a .769 save percentage.

LAST YEAR'S MEETING: Jake Sutherland scored the game's only goal in the 61st minute to lift then third-ranked SUNY Oneonta to a 1-0 win home over 14th-ranked RPI ... The Red Dragons out-shot the Engineers 19-5, including 12-3 on goal ... Rob Dewald made 10 saves in a losing effort ... Nathaniel Gunderson recorded a team-best two shots (both on target).