BACK TO LEAGUE PLAY
RPI returns to conference action with a four-game series against Bard, beginning on Saturday in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY ... The Engineers and Raptors conclude the weekend with a doubleheader at Robison Field on Sunday (12pm).

ENGINEERS SWEPT BY VIOLETS
NYU outscored RPI, 35-5, over a three-game series last weekend, including wins of 16-2 and 15-1 in the final two contests after a narrow 4-2 win in the opener.

LEAGUE STRETCH 
Rensselaer will play eight road games over its next nine overall, including six on the road ... RPI plays a home-and-home with Bard this weekend, before heading to RIT for a critical four-game set against the defending Liberty League Champions on April 21 and 22.

SERIES HISTORY
The Engineers are 11-1 all-time against Bard since the Raptors joined the Liberty League in 2014 ... Bard's lone victory came on April 2, 2016, in Annandale-on-Hudson – an 11-6 triumph ... Rensselaer is 4-0 at home against the Raptors ... The two teams did not meet last season.

2016 VS. BARD
RPI took three of the four games during a Liberty League series against the Raptors two years ago ... All four games were played in Annandale-on-Hudson that year ... Jason Ramos paced RPI offensively, going 2 for 4 with three RBI in an 8-2 series-opening win, while Bard scored five first-inning runs to win game two, 11-6 ... Aaron Kalish went 6.0 innings for the win the first game of the second doubleheader (7-4), before Brendan McNerney hurled a 7.0-inning, three-hitter in the nightcap (4-0).