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GAMEDAY: For the final time in the 2016 season, the Engineers (8-7) host a contest at Harkness Field as they welcome SUNY New Paltz (9-6) for a non-league contest.

HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE: Rensselaer has been strong at home, winning five games on its home turf, while all three losses have come to ranked teams ... Two of its victories were against nationally-ranked opponents.

SATURDAY FINALE: RPI concludes its schedule with a non-league game at Oneonta on Saturday (1pm).

THANK YOU SENIORS: Rensselaer has three seniors in Colleen Morris (top left), Colleen Fowler (top center) and Claire Cecilo ... All three are midfielders who have played four years for the Engineers ... They are each captains of this year's squad.

2016 SENIORS: Entering the season, Claire Cecilio played 17 games - all as a starter - in each of her first three years, tallying three goals and two assists ... Colleen Fowler had three goals and two assists for eight points - all career-highs - last year and came into the 2016 campaign with six goals and two assists for 14 points ... In 12 games in 2015, College Morris had a goal on seven shots (5 on goal) following earning an assist with four shots in 17 games as a sophomore.

DOUBLE DIGITS: With wins in its final two games, RPI will have 10 victories, marking the first time since 2001-02 the Engineers have had back-to-back seasons of double digit victories ... Rensselaer had 11 wins (11-6) last season.

SCHOOL RECORD: The RPI record for field hockey wins in a single season is 13, which took place in both 2001 (13-5) and 2002 (13-7) ... Rensselaer has had two seasons of 11 wins (2011, 2015) since then.

LAST TIME OUT: Junior Nicole Clancy scored the game's only goal with nine minutes remaining in regulation and the Engineers defeated Vassar, 1-0, on Renwyck Field ... Clancy's marker came at 66:55 when she picked up the ball off a deflection and tallied her first of the season and third of her career ... The play started with a pass from outside the circle intended for junior Megan Jones, who was right in front the goal ... She deflected it across the goal to Clancy, who broke the scoreless tie ... Sophomore Kayla Bell earned the win in goal by making five saves in her third start of the season ... Paige Amico had three stops on the other end ... The shots were even in the game with both teams taking seven - and both with four in the first half ... Rensselaer had a 6-3 edge in penalty corners, including five in the second half.

GOALS: Rensselaer has scored 32 goals this year, averaging 2.13 per game, while surrendering 24 on the season, which is 1.60 per contest ... New Paltz averages 3.27 goals per game (49 in 15 games) and allows 1.93 (29).

AMONG LEAGUE LEADERS: Mikaela DiBello is fifth in the conference in a number of categories, including shots (65), shots per game (4.33) and assists (6) ... She is sixth in points (22), points per game (1.47) and assists per game (.400) ... Junior Megan Jones is tied with DiBello in assists and assists per game.

KAUFMAN LISTED: Sophomore goalie Rachel Kaufman is third in the Liberty League in shutouts per game (0.83) and saves per game (5.42) ... She is fourth in goals against average (1.83) and save percentage (.747).

DEFENSIVE SAVES: RPI has six student-athletes who have made defensive saves, led by Mac Reininger, who has six and ranks among the leaders in the Liberty League ... Lauren Hiltz has two and Taylor Clink, Mekayla Wakeman, Kate Batzinger and Casey Collette each have one.

COMMON OPPONENTS: RPI and New Paltz have played eight of the same teams earning three and two wins, respectively.

LAST YEAR VS. NEW PALTZ: Celia D'Agostino and Mekayla Wakeman scored goals under four minutes apart and RPI came-from-behind to defeat New Paltz, 2-1 ... During the 61st minute, D'Agostino scored off a penalty corner feed from Hana Murphy ... Just 4:14 later, RPI received the go-ahead goal from Wakeman, who scored from the top of the circle off another corner, this one inserted by midfielder Casey Collette ... Goalkeeper Rachel Kaufman turned aside five shots in the victory for Rensselaer, which received defensive saves from Kate Batzinger and Mac Reininger ... Dani Ackerman scored the homestanding Hawks' lone goal and became the program's leader in career points ... Goalkeeper Alayna Wageman made 13 saves in defeat ... RPI controlled the tempo for most of the game, finishing with a 25-12 edge in shots and a 15-7 cushion in penalty corners.

NEW PALTZ OF LATE: After winning four of its first five games, the Hawks are 5-5 in their last 10 ... Four of those games, all losses, have been to nationally-ranked foes ... New Paltz, which has dropped three of its last four games, was beaten by Cortland on Saturday, 2-1.