Robert Morris Colonials at RPI Engineers

TROY, N.Y. (Interstat) — Robert Morris travels to RPI on Saturday for a women’s NCAA Division I hockey game at Houston Field House. The Colonials are the visiting team, and the Engineers are the home team. Robert Morris enters with a 2-3 record. RPI enters at 1-5.

Robert Morris will look to build on the teams’ most recent meeting, a 2-1 Colonials win at RPI. In that game, Maggie Hatch earned the win in net with 15 saves on 16 shots. Jessica MacKinnon contributed two assists, and Alaina Giampietro recorded a goal and an assist with four shots. Hatch is a player to watch for Robert Morris. She has earned both Robert Morris wins this season. She made 48 saves on 52 shots in a loss at Penn State and 35 saves on 40 shots in another loss at Penn State earlier this season. She also stopped 13 of 16 shots in a win over Post and six of eight shots in an overtime loss to Post. Hatch has 117 saves on 132 shots over her last five appearances.

Georgia Bailey is a player to watch for RPI. The center scored in the Engineers’ most recent game against Robert Morris. Bailey finished that game with two shots and two penalty minutes. She recorded an assist in an overtime win against Northeastern, scored at Minnesota State, and added an assist at Mercyhurst. Bailey has two goals and two assists in her last four games. Megan Meola had four shots in the most recent meeting with Robert Morris, while Kami O’Brien recorded an assist.

The Colonials opened the season with an 8-3 home win over Post before an overtime loss to Post. Robert Morris then dropped two games at Penn State, 5-3 and 4-1, before winning at RPI. RPI opened with losses at Mercyhurst, 3-1 and 3-0, then lost twice at Minnesota State, 4-1 and 5-3. The Engineers beat Northeastern 2-1 in overtime and then fell to Robert Morris 2-1.

Houston Field House in Troy, N.Y., will host the Saturday matchup. RPI is 1-1 at home, while Robert Morris is 1-2 on the road. Robert Morris will return home to face Syracuse for two games next weekend. RPI will host Maine for two games next weekend.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of RPI 2, Robert Morris 1. Interstat’s ELO system projects Robert Morris with a 53.9 percent probability to win.