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PREVIEW! Four Programs in Post-Season

Like last weekend, men's basketball and men's hockey are in the playoffs, competing in the NCAA Sweet 16 and ECAC Hockey Second Round, respectively. Joining them in the post-season are elite members of the track & field teams, who compete in the NCAA Championship in North Carolina on Friday and Saturday. Additionally, baseball is home, the tennis teams conclude in Florida and men's lacrosse hits the road on Sunday. 

Pranav Varanasi
Pranav Varanasi

MEN'S TENNIS (3-2; 1-0 Liberty League) vs. Emerson (2-7; 0-0 NEWMAC)
Friday at TBA
Orlando, Fla. | USTA National Campus
NOTE: First meeting between Engineers and Lions
NOTE: RPI may also resume ongoing match with Case Western Reserve, in which they trail 2-1

Krisia Flores Gonzalez
Krisia Flores Gonzalez

WOMEN'S TENNIS (5-6; 1-1 Liberty League) vs. Otterbein (8-2; 0-0 OAC)
Friday at 8am
Orlando, Fla. | Oak Street Tennis Park
NOTE: Rensselaer's first meeting with Cardinals
NOTE: RPI's ninth straight match away from Troy

WOMEN'S TENNIS (5-6; 1-1 Liberty League) vs. Wheaton (Ill.) (11-4; 6-2 CCIW)
Friday at 3pm
Orlando, Fla. | USTA National Campus Courts T3-8
NOTE: Rensselaer's first meeting with Thunder
NOTE: Final match of five in Florida

Joey Saia
Joey Saia

BASEBALL (4-1; 0-0 Liberty League) vs. Middlebury (0-0; 0-0 NESCAC)
Friday at 1:15pm (DH)
Robison Field at Karl Steffen Ballpark | Troy, N.Y.
NOTE: Games recently added to schedule
NOTE: Engineers have won four straight contests

Olu Olaniran
Olu Olaniran

MEN'S BASKETBALL (23-5; 15-3 Liberty League) vs. No. 13 WPI (26-2; 13-1 NEWMAC)
Friday at 4:30pm | NCAA Tournament Sweet 16
Randolph-Macon College | Ashland, Va.
NOTE: Rensselaer is one win from tying school record for victories in season
NOTE: Second NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance for RPI (1995-96)

Men's DMR at Tufts 2022
Distance Medley Relay team

MEN'S TRACK & FIELD at NCAA Championship Meet
Friday at 4:55pm & 6:10pm
Saturday at 4:45pm
JDL Fast Track | Winston Salem, N.C.
NOTE: Friday features John Reed in 5000 (4:55pm) and DMR (6:10pm)
NOTE: Matt Lecky runs 3000 on Saturday (4:45pm)

Linden Marshall
Linden Marshall

MEN'S HOCKEY (17-21-3; 10-12-0 ECAC Hockey) at Harvard (17-9-3; 14-6-3 ECAC Hockey)
Friday at 7pm | ECAC Hockey Playoffs Second Round
Saturday at 7pm | ECAC Hockey Playoffs Second Round
Sunday at 4pm (if necessary) | ECAC Hockey Playoffs Second Round
Bright Hockey Center | Cambridge, Mass.
NOTE: Engineers advanced to second round with two wins over Dartmouth
NOTE: Teams split two regular season meetings with both teams winning on road

Jacy Scharlow
Jacy Scharlow

WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD at NCAA Championship Meet 
Saturday at 2pm & 4:30pm
JDL Fast Track | Winston Salem, N.C.
NOTE: Jacy Scharlow in high jump at 2pm; Morgan Lee in 3000 at 4:30pm
NOTE: Third indoor championship for Jacy Scharlow

Trey Berry
Trey Berry

MEN'S LACROSSE (5-0; 0-0 Liberty League) at Middlebury (0-1; 0-1 NESCAC)
Sunday at 3pm
Youngman Field at Alumni Stadium | Middlebury, Vt.
NOTE: Rensselaer in midst of five straight games away from ECAV Stadium
NOTE: Panthers won most recent meeting 13-9 in 2011

UPCOMING

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