Men's Soccer | 10/17/2019 1:21:00 PM
FAMILY WEEKEND
The No. 9/14 Engineers host a pair of crucial Liberty League games this weekend at East Campus Stadium, beginning on Friday afternoon against Hobart College (4pm) ... RPI closes out the week against RIT on Saturday (2pm).
ENGINEERS DRAW AT SKIDMORE
Senior
Dylan Confair scored the equalizing goal in the 88th minute to keep the Engineers unbeaten in Liberty League play (3-0-1) with a 1-1 draw at Skidmore on Saturday ... Freshman
Josh Gaudiano extended his points streak to eight games the assist on the marker.
ALL-TIME VS. HOBARTÂ
The Engineers and Statemen meet for the 57th time in Friday, with RPI leading the all-time series by a narrow 26-24-6 margin ... Conference games have been split evenly at 24-24-6 ... Road teams have the edge with Hobart going 15-12-3 in Troy and RPI leading 14-9-3 in Geneva.
RECENTLY
Rensselaer owns a 6-2-2 mark over the last 10 meetings, dating back to 2009 ... Hobart's last victory came at East Campus Stadium on October 14, 2017 – a 1-0 win ... It is just one of RPI's four home defeats in its last 31 games at ECAV.
2018 VS. THE STATESMEN
Trevor Bisson and
Billy Chissoe each netted goals, while
Luke Brezak made six saves for the clean sheet as the Engineers won at Hobart, 2-0, on October 13, 2018.
ENGINEERS LEADERS
Freshman
Josh Gaudiano has a team-best 28 points on 12 goals and four assists ... Classmate
Arik Duncan (4 goals, 2 assists) has 10 points in just 10 games, while sophomore
Paul Silva (3 goals, 2 assists) has eight points.Â
RPI GOALKEEPING
Sophomore
Luke Brezak (7-0-1) has a 0.76 goals against average and an .829 save percentage, while senior captain
Matt LaBranche (4-1-0) has a 0.93 goals against average and an .808 save percentage.
FORTRESS ECAV
The Engineers are now 23-4-4 at home dating back to the start of the 2016 season, including a 14-1-1 mark in 2018 and 2019 ... RPI has won 11 consecutive home matches dating back to September 29, 2018.
SCOUTING HOBART
The 9-3-1 Statesmen are paced offensively by Nate Cary, who has three goals and two assists for eight points ... Pete Critchlow (2 goals, 3 assists) and Kyle Mangold (3 goals, 1 assist) have seven points apiece ... In goal, Brian Salazar (9-3-1) has started all 13 games, compiling a 0.61 goals against average and an .889 save percentage with five clean sheets.
