GAMEDAY (Feb. 13, 2019): The Engineers look to bounce back from a Saturday afternoon loss when they face Union in a Liberty League game ... RPI is 11-11 overall record and 6-9 in the league, while the Dutchwomen are 14-7 and 7-6.
MAKE-UP GAME: Rensselaer and Union were originally scheduled to play on January 19, but that game was moved to January 22 due to inclement weather ... The January 22 game could not happen due to class conflicts so it was moved to February 12 ... The February 12 game was postponed due to a snow storm.
SECOND OF TWO: The Engineers and Dutchwomen met on February 1 with RPI prevailing, 59-48 ...
LaKissa Martin scored 21 points with 14 rebounds and
Ines Ortea also had a double-double to led Rensselaer ... Martin made 9 of 13 shots from the field and had six offensive rebounds among her 14 to lead all players ... Ortea registered 13 points and 12 boards, along with three assists and three steals ... Union was led by Amber Raisner's 18 points and a double-double of 12 points and 11 rebounds from Sophie Borg.
ALL-TIME AGAINST UNION: The Engineers are 54-30 against the Dutchwomen, including 25-11 in Troy ... There have been 47 conference contests with Rensselaer leading 26-21.
LAST 10: RPI is 3-7 in its last 10 games with Union with each coming in league play ... One win came in Troy.
LAST SEASON: The teams split the two meetings last year with both squads winning on the other team's home court.
JANUARY 20, 2018:
Sam Krumbhaar led all scorers with 15 points and RPI held Union to only 27.3% shooting in a 47-37 win ... Rensselaer led 14-11 after the first quarter and then scored eight of the 10 points of the second quarter for a 22-13 edge at halftime ... The Engineers doubled up Union in the third, 10-5, and then held off the Dutchwomen for the 10-point victory ... Krumbhaar made 5 of 14 shots, while
Elizabeth Eckhardt had eight points and eight rebounds ...
Ines Ortea scored nine points with six rebounds for RPI ... Nicole Conley led the home team with 11 points.
FEBRUARY 2, 2018: Union tallied 14 of the 18 points scored in overtime, including the first eight, and the Dutchwomen defeated RPI 50-40 ... Deadlocked at 36-36 after regulation - thanks in part to a three-pointer by RPI's
Elizabeth Eckhardt with 14 seconds to play - the Dutchwomen got a basket from Nicole Conley and six straight free throws for a 44-36 advantage with under a minute to play ... Jenni Barra had 18 points, seven rebounds and two steals in 44 minutes ... Nicole Conley had a double-double of 15 points and 14 rebounds. - all defensive - with four blocked shots and two steals ... Eckhardt was Rensselaer's leading scorer with 13 points, along with four rebounds, while
Sam Krumbhaar scored 11 points with three rebounds.
RECORDS & HISTORY: A variety of historic Rensselaer women's basketball information are at rpiathletics.com, including all-time year-by-year results, all-time rosters, coaches records, team photos and more. ... Click on 'Records & History' under 'Fan Central' on the main page menu bar.