CRITICAL SERIES: Rensselaer hosts Vassar College for two games big Liberty League games on Saturday at Robison Field ... The Engineers then travel to Poughkeepsie for two against the Brewers on Sunday (12pm) ... RPI is looking to move into the top four in the conference and trails Vassar by a single game in the standings, heading into the weekend.

ENGINEERS FALL IN MID-WEEK CONTESTS: RPI was defeated in a pair of non-league games during the week, falling at Williams, 4-0, and at home to Western New England, 4-1 ... The lone Engineers run came on Weston Hawkins' first collegiate homer, on Thursday against the Golden Bears.

FOLLOW THE ACTION: Live statistics for RPI home games can be followed at www.sidearmstats.com/rpi/baseball ... Select games can be heard live on 91.5 FM, WRPI or online at www.wrpi.org/listen.

BREWERS UPDATE: Vassar has won six games in a row, including four in Liberty League play ... The Brewers swept a four-game series at home against RIT, last Saturday and Sunday ... Their remaining conference schedule after this weekend will be a home-and-home four-game set with Union on May 7 and 8.

2015 VS. VASSAR: The Engineers took 3 of 4 games against the Brewers, winning 8-2 and 18-0 at home, before splitting the road doubleheader (4-3 L, 8-1 W) ... Greg Echeverria threw a 9.0-inning five-hitter in the second game of the series.