Men's Soccer | 10/29/2019 1:55:00 PM
MIDWEEK MEETING
The No. 8/11 Engineers close our their regular season home schedule on Wednesday night, when they host Vassar College at East Campus Stadium ... Kick-off is scheduled for 7:30pm.
ENGINEERS DRAW AT CLARKSON
RPI battled their North Country-rival Golden Knights to a nil-nil draw on Saturday afternoon, with each team registering 12 shots ... Sophomore
Luke Brezak earned his third clean sheet of the season with two saves.
ALL-TIME VS. VASSAR
RPI is 18-13-7 against the Brewers all-time, dating back to their first ever meeting on October 17, 1984 – a 0-0 tie in Poughkeepsie ... The Engineers are 9-8-2 in conference play against Vassar and 8-7-4 in games played at home ... RPI ended a four-game winless streak in the series last season.
2018 VS. THE BREWERS
Danny Corridan and
Tommaso Valagussa netted second half goals to lead the Engineers to a 2-0 victory in Poughkeepsie ...
Luke Brezak made two saves for the shutout, while Will Marment had seven stops at the other end of the field.
ENGINEERS LEADERS
Freshman
Josh Gaudiano has set new school records in goals (15) and points (35), with five assists ... Classmate
Arik Duncan (4 goals, 3 assists) has 11 points in just 11 games, while senior
Austin Betterly (2 goals, 5 assists) and junior
Trevor Bisson (4 goals, 1 assist) have nine points apiece.
RPI GOALKEEPING
Sophomore
Luke Brezak (9-0-1) 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 25-4-4 at home dating back to the start of the 2016 season, including a 16-1-1 mark in 2018 and 2019 ... RPI has won 13 consecutive home matches dating back to September 29, 2018.
RECORDS FALLING
The Engineers nine home victories are the most in school history ... The current squad is one win away from the overall single season mark of 14, accomplished in 1996 and 2009.
SCOUTING VASSAR
The Brewers are led offensively by Henrick Olsson (3 goals), Hawkins Barratt Heitmann (2 goals, 2 assists) and Ryan Lane (3 goals), who all have six points ... Eamon Geraghty (2 goals, 1 assist) and Owen Fauth (2 goals, 1 assist) have five points apiece ... In goal, Will Marment (4-2-1) has a 0.65 goals against average and an .810 save percentage in seven starts, while Eric Wnorowski (4-2-0) has a 1.17 GAA and a .767 SV% in six starts.
