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Liz Brady '20

Women's Soccer Perry Laskaris, Athletics Communications Specialist

Women's Soccer Duels Ithaca Saturday

Engineers take on Bombers with postseason berth on the line (3:30pm)

Emily Kaplan
SUPER SATURDAY
Rensselaer closes out its regular season schedule on Saturday afternoon against Ithaca at East Campus Stadium (3:30pm) ... The Engineer can punch their ticket to the Liberty League Tournament with a victory or a Union tie/loss to Clarkson.

SERIES HISTORY
Ithaca has won all 10 games in the series, which dates back to September 16, 1989 – a 3-0 Bombers victory in Troy ... The Engineers did not score a goal in the first eight meetings, but have tallied in each of the last two (3-1 and 2-1 defeats in 2017 and 2018) ... Saturday will only be the fifth meeting since 1994 and the third since Ithaca joined the Liberty League.

OCTOBER 20, 2018
Gabriella Mihale scored with 11 seconds left to lift the Bombers to a 2-1 victory in Ithaca ... Alex Epifani opened the scoring in the 14th minute, before Emily Kaplan equalized for the Engineers in the 25th ... Ithaca outshot RPI, 15-11, in the game with Joey Lyons saving 10.

ENGINEERS TOP VASSAR LATE
Sophomore Whitney Wisnom netted the game's only goal with 50 seconds left in double-overtime to send the Engineers home with a 1-0 victory over the Brewers on Wednesday afternoon ... Senior Joey Lyons made nine saves for her fifth shutout. 

RENSSELAER LEADERS
Sophomore Whitney Wisnom (6 goals, 1 assist) leads the Engineers with 13 points in 15 games ... Senior Emily Kaplan (3 goals, 3 assists) has nine points, while classmate Meagan Lettko (3 goals) has six ... Senior midfielders Jacqui Richard (1 goal, 3 assists) and Alexis Castrellon (1 goal, 3 assists) have five points apiece.

BETWEEN THE STICKS
Senior Joey Lyons (5-6-2) has a 0.96 goals against average and an .812 save percentage in 13 starts ... Junior Kate Nadeau (2-0-0 has a 0.00 goals against average and a 1.000 save percentage on 12 shots in 194:03 minutes.

ITHACA FALLS AT NO. 22 RIT
Abbey Saia netted a pair of goals, including the eventual game-winner in the 56th minute to lead the Tigers to a 2-1 victory over Ithaca on Wednesday ... Delaney Rutan tallied for the Bombers.

BOMBERS LEADERS
Alex Epifani (5 goals, 6 assists) paces Ithaca with 16 points ... Delaney Rutan (5 goals, 2 assists) is right behind her with 12 points, while Megan O'Reilly rounds out the top three scorers with 10.

IN GOAL
Sara Jakobsze (9-6-1) has started all 16 games in goal for Ithaca and carries a 0.69 goals against average and an .836 save percentage into Saturday's contest.
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Players Mentioned

Alexis Castrellon

#10 Alexis Castrellon

M
5' 5"
Senior
Emily Kaplan

#23 Emily Kaplan

F
5' 8"
Senior
Meagan Lettko

#14 Meagan Lettko

D
5' 6"
Senior
Joey Lyons

#0 Joey Lyons

G
5' 6"
Senior
Jacqui Richard

#8 Jacqui Richard

M
5' 5"
Senior
Whitney Wisnom

#17 Whitney Wisnom

F
5' 8"
Sophomore
Kate Nadeau

#1 Kate Nadeau

G/M
5' 6"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Alexis Castrellon

#10 Alexis Castrellon

5' 5"
Senior
M
Emily Kaplan

#23 Emily Kaplan

5' 8"
Senior
F
Meagan Lettko

#14 Meagan Lettko

5' 6"
Senior
D
Joey Lyons

#0 Joey Lyons

5' 6"
Senior
G
Jacqui Richard

#8 Jacqui Richard

5' 5"
Senior
M
Whitney Wisnom

#17 Whitney Wisnom

5' 8"
Sophomore
F
Kate Nadeau

#1 Kate Nadeau

5' 6"
Junior
G/M