BACK TO LEAGUE PLAY: Rensselaer hosts fourth-ranked Quinnipiac and Princeton on Friday and Saturday, as the team returns to ECAC Hockey play ... Puck drop is scheduled for 7pm against the Bobcats and 4pm against the Tigers.

ENGINEERS VISIT MERCYHURST: The Engineers came away with a loss and a tie in their series at Mercyhurst last weekend ... Sophomore Shayna Tomlinson scored the lone RPI tally in a 3-1 defeat on Saturday, before junior Katie Rooney and senior Mari Mankey each scored in a 2-2 draw on Sunday ... Freshman netminder Lovisa Selander had 36 saves, including five in overtime, to help Rensselaer to a road tie.

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 senior Mari Mankey, who has four goals and nine assists for 13 points ... Classmate Alexa Gruschow (9 goals, 3 assists) has 12 points, while junior Katie Rooney (5 goals, 2 assists) and sophomore Shayna Tomlinson (2 goals, 5 assists) have seven points apiece.

IN GOAL: Freshman Lovisa Selander is 4-9-2 with a 2.27 goals against average and a .927 save percentage, while senior Sara Till is 1-1 with a 3.26 goals against average and an .882 save percentage.

SPECIAL TEAMS: The Engineers come into the weekend at 7.8% (6 for 77) on the power play and 84.0% (42 for 50) on the penalty kill.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Four of senior Jenn Godin's six assists have come on the power play ... Classmate Mari Mankey has a team-high two game-winning goals, including the deciding tally against then-No. 4 Clarkson on November 7 ... Senior Alexa Gruschow has a shooting percentage of 16.1%, which is good for 15th in ECAC Hockey ... Freshman Josefine Hansen (38) and sophomore Amanda Kimmerle (36) rank second and fourth, respectively, in blocked shots.

FOR THE BOBCATS: Sophomore Taylar Cianfarano leads Quinnipiac with 18 goals and 14 assists for 32 points in 19 games ... Freshman Melissa Samoskevich (10 goals, 11 assists) and junior Emma Woods (5 goals, 16 assists) have 21 points apiece.

QU GOALTENDING: Junior Sydney Rossman (16-1-3) has a 0.99 goals against average and a .944 save percentage as the starter in all 20 games for the Bobcats.

2014-15 VS. QUINNIPIAC: The Bobcats swept the season series last year, winning 6-1 in Hamden, Conn., and 1-0 at the Houston Field House ... Erica Uden Johansson had a goal and two assists and Nicole Connery added two goals in Quinnipiac's home victory ... RPI's Kelly O'Brien then made 33 saves in Troy, as Taylar Cianfarano netted the only goal.