GAMEDAY: The Engineers play on Harkness Field for the first time since September 21 with Utica College serving as the opposition for a non-league contest.

ALL-TIME VS. UTICA: Rensselaer is 10-8 all-time against the Pioneers with nine of those meetings coming in Troy ... RPI is 6-3 at home against Utica.

LAST FIVE: RPI has won four of the last five head-to-head contests with the Pioneers, including two at Harkness Field.

MOST RECENT 10: RPI has the edge over Utica in the last 10 games, winning six ... Five of those contests were played in Troy with the Engineers winning four of them.

STREAKS: Utica won three straight contests from 2012-14, but Rensselaer has won four straight since.

ALL-TIME:
Oct. 2, 2018: RPI 2, at Utica 1
Sep. 13, 2017: at RPI 6, Utica 2
Sep. 14, 2016: RPI 5, at Utica 1
Sep. 12, 2015: at RPI 3, Utica 1
Oct. 25, 2014: at Utica 3, RPI 0
Oct. 9, 2013: Utica 2, at RPI 0
Oct. 3, 2012: at Utica 6, RPI 2
Oct. 19, 2011: at RPI 3, Utica 2
Oct. 15, 2010: at Utica 3, RPI 2
Oct. 14, 2009: at RPI 2, Utica 0
Oct. 15, 2008: at Utica 3, RPI 2
Oct. 10, 2007: Utica 3, at RPI 1
Oct. 11, 2006: RPI 3, at Utica 2
Oct. 12, 2005: at RPI 2, Utica 1
Oct. 13, 2004: at Utica 2, RPI 0
Sep. 21, 2003: Utica 2, at RPI 0
Oct. 16, 2002: RPI 1, at Utica 0
Oct. 10, 2001: at RPI 3, Utica 0

ONE-GOAL GAMES: Seven of the head-to-head games with Utica have been decided by one goal ... RPI is 5-2 in those contests.

LAST SEASON: RPI scored two goals in the final 2:17 to rally for a 2-1 victory in Central New York … With just :47 left in regulation, Charisse Stakutis caged the game-winner after collecting a rebound and beating Utica goalie Megan Chamberlain ... The Pioneers took the lead at 37:04 on a Rylee Meelan goal ... Thirty minutes later, Mikaela DiBello tallied for the Engineers with an assist to Stakutis ... Rachel Kaufman earned the win with four saves, helped by a pair of defensive saves ... Chamberlain stopped eight shots.

RPI LAST TIME OUT: Ithaca's Brianna Lennon scored the game-winning goal in overtime to help the Bombers to a 4-3 victory over RPI on Saturday ... Lennon tallied 1:10 into the extra period from the left side of the arc with the Bombers up a player due to a yellow card ... Ithaca tied the game at 3-3 with 2:58 left in regulation ... Mikayla Berman, Charisse Stakutis and Jessie House scored for RPI, which got five saves from freshman Jen Richardson ... Savanna Lenker stopped four shots for the Bombers.

LEAGUE LEADER: Rensselaer freshman goalkeeper Jen Richardson leads the Liberty League in saves with 107 and saves per game with 10.70.

COMMON OPPONENTS: Rensselaer and Utica have two common opponents to date ... RPI lost to New Paltz 5-1, while the Pioneers were defeated 4-1 ... Utica fell to Ithaca 2-1 and Rensselaer dropped a 4-3 decision in overtime.

UTICA ON SATURDAY: Junior Sabrina Whitehouse had a hand in all four goals (1 goal, 3 assists) as Utica downed visiting Sage 4-0 in Empire 8 play ... After a scoreless first half, the Pioneers exploded for three goals in just under 10 minutes to take a 3-0 lead ... Utica did not allow a shot on goal while forcing the Sage goalkeeper to make 14 saves.

UPCOMING: RPI returns to league action on Saturday against Union.