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GAMEDAY: The Engineers finish their four-game home stand with a Liberty League matchup against St. Lawrence on Reunion & Homecoming Weekend.
ALL-TIME AGAINST SAINTS: Rensselaer is 8-23 in 31 all-time meetings with St. Lawrence ... RPI is 8-15 at home.
LAST 10: Both RPI and SLU have won five of the last 10 head-to-head contests.
MORE RECENTLY: The Engineers have won three of the last four games and five of the last seven with St. Lawrence ... Rensselaer won last year's meeting, 3-2.
TIGHT GAMES: Five of the last seven meetings between Rensselaer and St. Lawrence have been 1-goal contests ... RPI is 4-1 in those games.
Oct. 13, 2017: RPI 3, St. Lawrence 2
Oct. 1, 2016: St. Lawrence 4, RPI 3
Oct. 3, 2015: RPI 3, St. Lawrence 0
Oct. 4, 2014: RPI 2, St. Lawrence 1
Oct. 5, 2013: St. Lawrence 2, RPI 0
Oct. 13, 2012: RPI 4, St. Lawrence 3
Oct. 15, 2011: RPI 2, St. Lawrence 1
REUNION & HOMECOMING: The matchups in 2015 and 2013 were also played on Rensselaer's Reunion & Homecoming Weekend.
OCTOBER 13, 2017:
Megan Jones and
Mikaela DiBello had a goal and an assist each and
Nessa Costa scored the tie-breaking goal to help RPI to a 3-2 victory ... DiBello set up the game-winner, finding Costa with a cross from the right side of the field, and Costa redirected the pass inside the left post in the 63rd minute ... Molly Wood and Melissa Grosshans had goals for St. Lawrence ... RPI outshot the Saints 21-12 and had a 10-6 edge on penalty corners... Sophie Cardenali made eight saves for the home team ...
Rachel Kaufman made seven stops in victory.
TO DATE THIS SEASON: Rensselaer is looking for its first victory, while St. Lawrence has won three of its first seven contests.
COMMON OPPONENTS: Both RPI and SLU have played New Paltz this season ... The Engineers dropped a 3-2 decision on September 12 in Troy ... The Saints lost to the Hawks, 6-3, on September 2 in Oneonta.
LAST TIME OUT: Rensselaer's most recent game was last Saturday against No. 16 Vassar ... The Brewers scored in the last second of the first half and three times in the second for a 4-0 win ...
Rachel Kaufman made 11 saves in the loss ... Liz Rotolo stopped four shots for Vassar.
SLU LAST WEEK: The Saints were in Saratoga Springs last Saturday and McShane Sneath's goal 31 seconds into the second half helped St. Lawrence edge Skidmore, 2-1 ... Sydney Giacin finished with 10 saves in the win, including six in the second half ... Elizabeth Coughlin stopped five shots for Skidmore.
UPCOMING: After playing two of its first eight games at home, the Engineers travel for their next two contests ... Rensselaer plays at Utica on Tuesday (7pm) and at Skidmore on Saturday (noon) ... RPI returns to Harkness Field on October 9 against top-ranked Middlebury (6:30pm).
CAPTAINS: RPI has a pair of senior captains in
Taylor Clink and
Casey Collette ... Clink, a back, was a captain as a junior, while this is the first season in that role for Collette, a midfielder.
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.