TROY, N.Y. – Three players recorded multiple points for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) field hockey team, which defeated Castleton University, 5-0, on Saturday night at Harkness Field. With the win, the Engineers improve to 5-3, while the Spartans drop to 3-6.

Junior Megan Jones (Stevensville, MD/Kent Island) got the Engineers on the board in a hurry, tallying just 1:15 into the game.  Taking a feel from sophomore Taylor Clink (Binghamton, NY/Whitney Point) in the middle of the arc, she wrapped a shot off the back of the cage for a 1-0 lead.

Just over 12 minutes later Jones stuck home her second of the game and fourth of the season from close range. Sophomore Cristina Tellez (Essex Junction, VT/Essex) picked up the helper on Rensselaer's second goal.

Clink then added a penalty stroke at 16:24 of the first half, before Tellez tapped in a loose ball at the right post for a 4-0 lead at 24:44.

RPI held 19-3 advantage in shots at halftime, including 12-2 on goal. The Engineers also earned two corners to none for the Spartans.

Sophomore Michaela DiBello (Mahopac, NY/Mahopac) had a chance to add the RPI lead early in the second half, but Castleton goalkeeper Leah Holland (Bennington, VT/Mt. Anthony) came out to cut down the angle and make a kick save.

Castleton senior Haley Spittle (Duxbury, VT/Harwood) turned in the visitors' best opportunity of the game at 50:19, when she collected a corner by junior Emily Lowell (Brandon, VT/Otter Valley) and lifted a high shot towards the net. RPI sophomore goalie Rachel Kaufman (Morristown, NJ/Morristown) was able to get her stick on it and keep it out.

Rensselaer capitalized on a penalty corner at 54:30 to make it 5-0. Senior captain Claire Cecilio (San Jose, CA/Archbishop Mitty) buried a rebound off of a shot by junior Mac Reininger (Orlando, FL/Colorado Academy) for her second of the season.

Spittle had another chance to find the scoresheet off of a penalty corner at 65:37, but she was denied on a shot from straight away, by RPI sophomore goaltender Kayla Bell (Winchester, MA/Winchester), who came on for the final eight minutes.

Jones finished with two goals, while Clink and Tellez had a goal and an assist apiece. Kaufman (5-2) had five saves and Bell recorded one. Holland notched 10 saves at the other end of the field, while junior Mariah Linnett (Greenwich, NY/Greenwich) had a game-high two defensive saves.

Both teams wore yellow laces in support of the charity Go4TheGoal!, an organization that works to help cure pediatric cancer. For more information, visit www.go4thegoal.org.

The Engineers return Liberty League play on Saturday, when they travel to Canton, N.Y. to take on St. Lawrence (1pm). Castleton visits Husson on Saturday (1pm).