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GAMEDAY: Rensselaer (4-2) is back home for the second of its three straight games at Harkness Field, hosting Liberty League foe William Smith (5-1) ... The game between the Engineers and the Herons, the No. 11 team in Division III, is the conference opener for both teams.

HOT AT HOME: RPI is 3-0 at home this year, having defeated nationally-ranked Mount Holyoke (No. 20) and Montclair State (No. 7), along with Hamilton ... Rensselaer has won seven consecutive games at Harkness Field, dating back to last season ... The Engineers were 8-1 on their home turf in 2015 after going 2-5 the year before.

LAST TIME OUT: In its most recent game, Sunday afternoon, senior Claire Cecilio scored the only goal of the game just 1:28 into overtime to give RPI a victory over No. 7 Montclair State ... After a scoreless regulation, Rensselaer sophomore Mikaela DiBello  collected the ball on a re-start and ran down the right side while inside the circle ... She passed to Cecilio on her left and the captain swept the ball along the turf and into the goal for the victory ... RPI controlled much of the play in the second half, finishing with an 8-1 advantage in shots, totaling 11 for the game ... Montclair had four total shots in the game, two of them stopped by sophomore Rachel Kaufman and one by defender Mac Reininger ... Montclair's goalkeeper made four saves.

HONORED: The Liberty League weekly field hockey honorees included two RPI student-athletes with Mikaela DiBello earning Offensive Performer of the Week and Rachel Kaufman being named to the Weekly Honor Roll ... In two games, both victories, DiBello led the team with two goals and two assists, along with 11 shots, including eight on goal ... In a 5-1 win at Utica, the sophomore attack had two goals, an assist and seven shots, six on goal ... Four days later DiBello set up the game's only goal, which came 1:28 into overtime, as RPI defeated No. 7 Montclair State ... She also had four shots with two on goal ... Kaufman was recognized after going 2-0 with a 0.49 goals against average, allowing just one goal with six saves in 141.28 last week. She had four saves in 70 minutes at Utica before blanking the Red Hawks, making two saves in 71.28. 

THREE STRAIGHT: Engineers' sophomore goalkeeper Rachel Kaufman has been named to the Liberty League Weekly Honor Roll for three straight weeks.

AGAINST UTICA: Mikaela DiBello scored twice with an assist as the Engineers defeated Utica, 5-1, in Central New York ... The Pioneers jumped out to a quick start but RPI responded just four minutes later as DiBello tipped in a shot from Megan Jones, slipping it inside the far post to even the score ... The Engineers scored the go ahead goal in the 13th minute as DiBello ran down the right side and sent in a feed to Nessa Costa, who was waiting unmarked in front of the goal ... RPI pulled away in the second half as DiBello, Jones and Christina Hanos each found the back of the net to take a commanding 5-1 lead ... Rachel Kaufman had four saves.

LAST YEAR VS. WILLIAM SMITH: Fifth-ranked William Smith scored four unanswered goals as it defeated RPI 5-1 in the Liberty League opener for both teams (Sept. 26) ... Hannah Wood opened the game's scoring in the 14th minute and then tallied again three minutes later ... William Smith took a 3-0 lead when Alessandra Patrizio recorded a goal and early in the second half, Maura Moran added a goal of her own, converting on a penalty stroke ... Rensselaer got on the board in the 42nd minute when Angela Cascio scored after she collected a rebound and steered the ball into the back of the net ... Jessica Borbee scored in the 59th minute to give William Smith a 5-1 lead ... Biz Chirco made four saves for the win, while Kayla Bell made 11 saves in defeat.
 
WILLIAM SMITH TO DATE: The Herons, who are led by 29th-year head coach Sally Scatton, began the season with a 7-0 win over Morrisville State before dropping a 3-1 game at No. 4 Ursinus ... Consecutive victories over Geneseo (3-1), Oneonta (5-0), Nazareth (6-2) and Manhattanville (4-0) followed, though the win streak was snapped in the Herons' last game, a 4-3 double overtime loss to Lebanon Valley.