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GAMEDAY: The Engineers host Ithaca in a Liberty League contest at Harkness Field.

SENIOR DAY: Rensselaer honors its four seniors: Taylor Clink, Casey Collette, Mikaela DiBello, Jena Dolinar and Rachel Kaufman.

TAYLOR CLINK: Second-year captain ... Four-year starter ... Has 11 goals and eight assist for 30 points in 59 career games ... Ten defensive saves ... All-Liberty League three times ... NFHCA All-Region twice ... Biomedical Engineering major.

CASEY COLLETTE: Captain ... Four goals and one assist for nine points in 54 career games ... Two defensive saves ... Liberty League All-Academic three times ... NFHCA Academic Squad three times ... Chemical Engineering major ... Dean's Honor List.

MIKAELA DIBELLO: Four-year starter ... Has 30 goals and 14 assists for 74 points in 63 career games ... All-Liberty League twice ... NFHCA All-Region twice ... Liberty League All-Academic three times ... NFHCA Scholar of Distinction three times ... Chemistry major ... Dean's Honor List.

JENA DOLINAR: Has two goals and three assists for seven points in 63 career games ... Liberty League All-Academic three times ... NFHCA Academic Squad three times ...
Mechanical Engineering and Design, Innovation, and Society dual major ... Dean's Honor List.

RACHEL KAUFMAN: Four-year starter ... Has 23 career wins, 388 saves and five shutouts ... ECAC Academic Honor Roll once ... Biology major.

ALL-TIME AGAINST ITHACA: Rensselaer is 2-0 against the Bombers with its wins coming last year (2-1 OT in Ithaca) and 2001 (4-3 in Ithaca).

NYS PLAYOFFS: RPI's win over Ithaca 17 seasons ago was a New York State Tournament post-season game.

COMMON OPPONENTS: Both RPI and Ithaca have played Montclair State, Utica, Union and Vassar ... Rensselaer defeated the Pioneers, while the Bombers also beat Utica as well as Union.

LAST SEASON: Olivia Jackson scored 9:38 into overtime to lift the RPI over the Bombers ... Jackson notched her game-winner when she redirected a point shot from Mekayla Wakeman through the goalkeeper's legs off a penalty corner ...  Taylor Clink also picked up an assist as she injected the ball ... Kayla Bell finished with 15 saves, including 11 in the first half ... Mac Reininger had two defensive saves and Lauren Hiltz had one ... Ithaca's Savanna Lenker stopped all six shots she faced before leaving the game due to injury.

RPI ON FRIDAY: Senior Casey Collette scored with 1:10 left in regulation, but Union tallied in overtime and defeated Rensselaer, 4-3 ... Mikaela DiBello had the other two goals for the Engineers, who got 14 saves from Rachel Kaufman.

ITHACA ON FRIDAY: The Bombers entered play on Friday a perfect 5-0 at home in 2018; however, they were not able to keep the run of success going, falling 1-0 to nationally-ranked Vassar ... Savanna Lenker suffered the loss, making 12 saves.

PURPLE PROGRAMS: The programs will be on purple paper to signify support in spreading awareness and preventing intimate partner violence. #RPIDVAM

RECORDS & HISTORY: A variety of historic RPI field hockey info is available at rpiathletics.com, including all-time year-by-year results, all-time rosters, coaches records, team photos and more ... Click on 'Records & History' under the 'Fan Central' option on the main page menu bar.