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GAMEDAY: Rensselaer plays its second straight home game and third consecutive league contest with William Smith visiting Harkness Field.

STANDINGS: RPI and William Smith are in a four-way tie for third place in the Liberty League standings ... Both teams are 2-3 and three games behind co-leaders Rochester and Vassar.

AS HIGH AS THIRD: The Engineers have two more conference games and can finish as high as third place ... The top four teams earn post-season berths.

THREE MORE: RPI has three more games following its tilt with William Smith, including two non-league affairs ... Rensselaer's final home game is Wednesday at 6pm against Castleton ... The regular season finale is at Oneonta on October 27 (1pm).

TOUGH SCHEDULE: Sunday's game at No. 6 Rochester is the fifth time the Engineers will have faced a nationally-ranked opponent.

ALL-TIME VS. WILLIAM SMITH: RPI has faced the Herons 29 times with four victories ... Rensselaer's wins came in 2002 (twice), 2008 and 2010 ... Three have come in Troy ... The road win was an ECAC Tournament First Round contest in 2002.

LAST SEASON: William Smith scored the first four goals of the game and Hannah Wood finished with a hat trick as the nationally-ranked Herons defeated Rensselaer, 6-3, in a Liberty League contest ... RPI broke up the shutout in the 43rd minute on Jena Dolinar's shot from the left slot ... Olivia Jackson and Megan Jones tallied for the Engineers in the final two minutes of play.

IN GOAL: Herons senior goalie Emily King stopped both shots she faced in 41 minutes of work in last year's game with RPI ... Alexandra DeVito played the final 29 minutes in the cage and also made two saves ... Rachel Kaufman went the distance in goal for Rensselaer, making seven saves.

RPI LAST TIME OUT: Junior Charisse Stakutis scored on a rebound of her own shot in overtime and senior Rachel Kaufman stopped all seven shots she faced to lead the Engineers to a 1-0 victory over Ithaca on Sunday ... Savanna Lenker Lenker stopped one second half shot and five overall, including the one in overtime for the Bombers.

ANOTHER OVERTIME: Three of Rensselaer's last four games have gone beyond regulation ... The Engineers lost in double overtime at Skidmore (2-1) and in the first overtime, at Union (4-3).

IN THE CAGE: Senior Rachel Kaufman has played 815:08 of 937:30 minutes in goal this season, including each minute of the last nine contests.

HERONS LAST TIME OUT: Sophomore Sophie Craig unleashed a shot from just inside the striking circle in the right slot that deflected off the goalkeeper's blocker and into the goal, giving William Smith a 2-1 overtime victory over Skidmore on Sunday ... Senior Fallon Adair also scored for the Herons, who got nine saves from sophomore Alexandra DeVito.

COMMON OPPONENTS: Rensselaer and William Smith have five common opponents in Union, Hamilton, Ithaca, St. Lawrence and Skidmore ... The Engineers defeated Ithaca and St. Lawrence ... The Herons beat Union and Skidmore.

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.