Women's Ice Hockey | 1/24/2020 10:38:00 AM

RIVALRY WEEKEND 
The Engineers renew their rivalry with Union College this weekend, beginning on Friday night in Schenectady (6pm) ... Saturday is the Third Annual Mayor's Cup at the Times Union Center, with RPI and the Dutchwomen dropping the puck at 3pm.

BROWN BLANKS ENGINEERS
The Bears scored goals in the first and second periods, before holding on for a 2-0 victory over RPI on January 18 at the Houston Field House ... RPI outshot Brown, 35-25, on the day, but could not sneak a puck past goaltender Calla Isaac, who made 19 saves in the second period alone.

ENGINEERS LEADERS
Seniors Blake Orosz (4 goals, 2 assists) and Sabrina Repaci (1 goal, 4 assists) pace the team with six and five points, respectively ... Juniors Lauren Severson (1 goal, 3 assists) and Morgan Ondrick (2 goals, 1 assist) have four and three points, respectively.

BETWEEN THE PIPES
Freshman Ena Nystrøm (0-16-1) has started a team-high 17 games for the Engineers, posting a 3.36 goals against average and a .920 save percentage ... Classmate Amanda Rampado (0-7-0) has a 3.04 goals against average and a .921 save percentage in six starts, while senior Jenn Gregg (0-1-0) has a 4.00 goals against average and a .902 save percentage.

ALL-TIME VS. UNION
RPI leads the all-time series with the Dutchwomen, 34-4-5 ... The Engineers won the inaugural meeting, 6-1, on February 6, 1996, in Schenectady ... Union has just two wins since 2004, but snapped a 25-game winless streak on January 26, 2018, winning 2-1 at Messa Rink.

SCOUTING THE DUTCHWOMEN
Freshman Leah Herrfort paces Union with four goals and seven assists for 11 points ... Four others have nine points, including seniors Katelynn Russ (6 goals, 3 assists) and Rachel de Perio (4 goals, 5 assists), junior Megan Ryan (5 goals, 4 assists) and sophomore Grace Heiting (3 goals, 6 assists).

IN GOAL
Freshman Bella McKee (3-14-5) has a 3.02 goals against average and a .912 save percentage in 24 games (22 starts), stopping 707 of the 775 shots she has faced.

IN 2018-19
RPI swept the season series last year, winning 4-1 at home, before edging the Dutchwomen, 2-1, in the Mayor's Cup ... Blake Orosz netted a hat trick with an assist in the home victory, before Lovisa Selander made 29 saves to claim the second straight cup victory.

AT THE MAYOR'S CUP
The Engineers have triumphed in both previous Mayor's Cup games by matching scores of 2-1 ... Blake Orosz had the game-winning goal in both games.