PLAYOFF PUSH: Rensselaer concludes the home portion of its 2015-16 schedule this weekend, when it hosts Harvard and Dartmouth on Friday (7pm) and Saturday (4pm), respectively ... The Engineers are currently in 8th place in the ECAC Hockey standings, which is the final spot that qualifies for the conference tournament ... Cornell is three points behind and Dartmouth is four points back, with four games to play.
A CLOSER LOOK: The Engineers can finish as high as sixth and as low as 10th ... RPI's remaining games are against Harvard (currently 5th), Dartmouth (10th), Quinnipiac (1st) and Princeton (3rd) ... Cornell, which is three points behind RPI needs to clear the Engineers to pass them, as RPI holds the season series tie-breaker ... Rensselaer's tie-breaker with Dartmouth is TBD with the two teams playing on Saturday ... The Big Green won the previous meeting this year, 4-0.
ENGINEERS LAST WEEK: RPI fell at fifth-ranked Clarkson (9-1) last Friday, before bouncing back with a tie at St. Lawrence (1-1) ... Senior
Alexa Gruschow had a goal and an assist on the weekend, while freshman
Lovisa Selander made a career-high 48 saves in the draw with the Saints.
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
Alexa Gruschow (12 goals, 8 assists), who has 20 points ... Classmate
Mari Mankey (5 goals, 12 assists) and junior
Katie Rooney (11 goals, 6 assists) have 17 points apiece ... Junior
Laura Horwood (6 goals, 7 assists) has 13 points.
IN GOAL: Freshman
Lovisa Selander is 8-13-5 with a 2.12 goals against average and a .933 save percentage, while senior
Sara Till is 1-1 with a 3.01 goals against average and an .886 save percentage.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Engineers come into the weekend at 8.8% (10 for 113) on the power play and 81.2% (65 for 80) on the penalty kill.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Entering the weekend, senior
Alexa Gruschow has a team-high four power play goals ... Junior
Katie Rooney has a team-best three game-winning tallies ... Senior
Lauren Wash has won a team-best 54.2% of her face-offs ... Sophomore
Amanda Kimmerle and freshman
Josefine Hansen lead the Engineers with 57 and 54 blocked shots, respectively ... They are also third and fourth in ECAC Hockey.
SCOUTING THE CRIMSON: Harvard is 3-1-1 in its last five games ... Senior Miye D'Oench has 13 points and 18 assists for a team-best 31 points ... Junior Sydney Daniels (13 goals, 8 assists) is second with 21 points, while sophomore Karly Heffernan (7 goals, 12 assists) has 19.
HARVARD GOALTENDING: Senior Emerance Maschmeyer (10-9-0) has a 1.85 goals against average and a .941 save percentage as the starter in 19 of the team's 25 games ... Junior Brianna Laing is 3-0-1 with a 2.26 goals against average and a .921 save percentage.
