GAMEDAY: Following a pair of road games, the Engineers are back home for a non-league game against Stevens.
ALL-TIME VS. STEVENS: Rensselaer is 1-1 all-time against the Ducks.
LONG TIME: The Engineers and Ducks have not competed head-to-head since 2010.
TIGHT GAMES: Both meetings between RPI and Stevens have been decided by one goal ... The first meeting went to overtime.
OCT. 18, 2009: Marguerite Chavez recorded two goals and assisted on the overtime winner as No. 16 Stevens defeated Rensselaer 3-2 in Troy ... With the game tied at 1-1 in the second, RPI's Jessica Corrigan swatted in the go-ahead goal at the 60:03 mark ... With less than a minute to play in regulation Chavez picked up a rebound near the right post and pushed it in for the equalizer ... Just 2:53 into the extra frame, Chavez led a 2-on-0 break and Lauren Griggs got the game-winning tally ... Stevens goaltender Ellyn Griggs made three saves, while Briana Earle finished with five stops for RPI.
OCT. 30, 2010: Alissa Peterson snuck a shot inside the right post after an Engineers penalty corner and RPI went into halftime with a 1-0 lead ... The Engineers outshot Stevens 13-4 in the opening stanza and took four penalty corners compared to two for the Ducks ... RPI ended with a 17-11 advantage in shots but the Ducks had a 9-5 edge in corners ... Briana Earle earned the win with three saves ... Ellyn Griggs made 10 saves on the other end ... The game was the regular season finale for both teams.
RPI LAST TIME OUT: Freshman Bailey Selman scored three times and added an assist while fellow freshman Caroline Desautels added three goals to lead Nazareth to a 6-1 victory over Rensselaer on Saturday in Rochester ... Junior
Sydney Luke scored the lone goal for the Engineers in the third quarter off an assist from
Charisse Stakutis ...
Jen Richardson made nine saves for RPI, which had an 8-4 edge in penalty corners.
LEAGUE LEADER: Rensselaer freshman goalkeeper
Jen Richardson leads the Liberty League in saves with 75 stops through six games ... She is sixth in save percentage (.758).
SPREAD OUT: Rensselaer's four goals have been scored by four different players:
Charisse Stakutis,
Sydney Luke,
Katina Shiomos and
Lauren Roy ... Three players have one assist each: Stakutis,
Morgan Lee and
Brianna Duba.
DEFENSIVE SAVES: Three Engineers have one defensive save apiece:
Katina Shiomos,
Kaitlyn Stulen and
Claire Schmittinger.
STEVENS TO DATE: The Ducks lost their first game to No. 8 Vassar (3-0) before defeating Marywood (2-1) and William Paterson (3-2) ... After losses to Stockton (3-2) and No. 10 Montclair State (2-1 2OT), they beat Union 3-1 on Saturday and Ramapo 1-0 on Wednesday afternoon.
UPCOMING: Rensselaer plays at nationally-ranked Vassar next Saturday (1pm) in its first Liberty League contest ... It then has two more road games before playing at home again on October 8 vs. Utica (7pm) in a non-league contest ... Stevens hosts Drew on Wednesday at 7pm and then travels to King's College on Saturday for its first league game.
CAPTAIN: Senior
Charisse Stakutis is the captain of this year's Engineers ... The business and management major has played 43 career games, including 18 as a junior when she led the team with three game-winning goals.
THE SCHEDULE: The Engineers have eight home games in 2019 and 10 non-league contests.
