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ONEONTA, N.Y. - Senior Rachel Kaufman stopped 11 shots and three different Engineers scored goals as the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) field hockey team defeated Oneonta, 3-1, on Friday night. The game was originally scheduled for Saturday afternoon, but was moved up due to expected inclement weather.

Senior Taylor Clink scored RPI's first goal on a penalty stroke, sophomore Olivia Jackson deflected a Mikaela DiBello pass into the goal and Charisse Stakutis scored for the second straight contest to give the visitors a 3-0 lead. Kaufman made it stand up, allowing just one marker with under three minutes to play in regulation.

Rensselaer (6-11), which plays at Vassar in the Liberty League Tournament on Wednesday, opened the scoring in the 20th minute when Clink converted a penalty stroke after a foul was called on the Oneonta (10-8) goalie inside the circle.
 
The Engineers added a second goal five minutes later on Jackson's deflection that went up and over the shoulder of goalie Carly Olsen. DiBello carried the ball into the circle and took a shot from almost on the end line that was deflected upward by Jackson who was being closely guarded by an Oneonta defender.
 
Oneonta (10-8) out shot Rensselaer 6-3 in the opening half while earning six penalty corners. Four of Oneonta's six shots were on cage, but were stopped by Kaufman.
 
The Engineers put the game out of reach in the 64th minute on a rebound goal by Stakutis. The original play was started on a penalty corner after a shot by Jena Dolinar was saved by Olsen. Stakutis was positioned mid-circle to the left and fired a shot to the back of the goal before Olsen could reset herself.
 
The Red Dragons did not go quietly, pressuring the RPI defense in the final five minutes of the contest and the pressure paid off in the 68th minute off a penalty corner. Sophomore Grace Bilow inserted the ball to classmate Colleen Geyer, who then settled the pass before blasting a shot by Kaufman.
 
Oneonta finished the game outshooting RPI 17-6 including 12 shots on goal. Olsen made a pair of saves for the Red Dragons.