ALUMNI WEEKEND: The Engineers host 10th-ranked Colgate and Cornell for Alumnae Weekend, this Friday (7pm) and Saturday (4pm), respectively.
ENGINEERS LAST WEEK: RPI topped Brown, 6-2 on Friday, before falling to Yale, 2-1 on Tuesday ... Junior
Katie Rooney had a four-point game (2 goals, 2 assists) to help the Engineers their win over the Bears ... Classmate
Laura Horwood and senior
Mari Mankey had two assists each ... RPI's match-up with the Bulldogs was moved from Saturday to Tuesday due to weather and Yale built a 2-0 lead before holding on for the win ... RPI freshman goaltender
Lovisa Selander made 33 saves in a losing effort.
FOLLOW THE ACTION: Live statistics for RPI home games can be followed at www.sidearmstats.com/rpi/whockey.
ON RPI TV: Home women's hockey games can be seen live, for free, on RPI TV or online at www.rpitv.org.
RPI SCORING LEADERS: The Engineers are led offensively by seniors
Mari Mankey (4 goals, 12 assists) and
Alexa Gruschow (11 goals, 5 assists), who have 16 points apiece ... Junior
Katie Rooney (9 goals, 5 assists) has 14 points, while classmate
Laura Horwood (4 goals, 7 assists) has 11.
IN GOAL: Freshman
Lovisa Selander is 7-11-4 with a 1.98 goals against average and a .937 save percentage, while senior
Sara Till is 1-1 with a 3.17 goals against average and an .882 save percentage.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Engineers come into the weekend at 9.4% (9 for 96) on the power play and 84.8% (56 for 66) on the penalty kill.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Senior
Alexa Gruschow has a team-high four power play goals ... Gruschow, classmate
Mari Mankey and junior
Katie Rooney all have two game-winning tallies ... Senior
Lauren Wash has won a team-best 54.7% of her face-offs ... Sophomore
Amanda Kimmerle and freshman
Josefine Hansen lead the Engineers with 50 blocked shots apiece.
FOR THE RAIDERS: Freshman Bailey Larson (10 goals, 16 assists) has a team-high 26 points ... She also has a club-best +18 rating ... Sophomore Breanne Wilson-Bennett (10 goals, 10 assists) and freshman Shae Labbe (10 goals, 10 assists) have 20 points each, while sophomore Lauren Widlfang (4 goals, 15 assists) has 19.
COLGATE GOALTENDING: Freshman Julia Vandyk (9-1-3) has a 2.03 goals against average and a .921 save percentage as the starter in 13 of the team's 26 games ... Senior Ashlynne Rando (5-4-4) has also started 13 games, carrying a 2.45 goals against average and a .910 save percentage.
2014-15 SEASON SERIES: RPI and Colgate split the season series last year with both teams winning at home ... The Raiders earned a 4-2 victory in Hamilton, N.Y., on January 30 ... The Engineers came back to earn a 5-3 win on Senior Day, thanks to three assists from
Kathryn Schilter and multi-point games from
Ali Svoboda (1 goal, 1 assist),
Shayna Tomlinson (1 goal, 1 assist) and
Whitney Renn (2 assists).