The 12th-ranked Hobart soccer team will be back in action on Saturday, Oct. 31, when it heads to Troy, New York, to take on the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The regular season finale is set to begin at 4 p.m. at the Engineer's East Campus Athletic Village Stadium.
 
The Statesmen are 10-2-3 overall this season, including a 3-2-3 mark in conference play. Hobart is coming off a 1-1 draw with Union last Saturday. Junior Brady Leitner scored the equalizer with 42 seconds remaining in regulation.
 
RPI is 6-6-4 with a 3-2-3 mark in conference play. The Engineers are looking to bounce back from a 2-0 loss to Vassar on Wednesday.
 
Fans who can't make the trip to Troy can follow all the action with video and live stats courtesy of RPI athletics.
 
PLAYOFF PICTURE

• The Statesmen and Engineers enter the weekend tied for third in the conference standings with 12 points each, one behind second-place Vassar.
• For both teams, the math is simple: a win and a Vassar loss or tie against Clarkson and the Hobart RPI winner is the second seed and get a first-round bye.
• Hobart-RPI draw and a Vassar loss would create a three-way tie for the No. 2 seed. In that scenario, Vassar would be the No. 2 seed, Hobart the No. 3 seed and RPI the No. 4 seed.

 
ABOUT THE STATESMEN

• Leitner leads Hobart with eight goals and 16 points. He is third in the conference in goals and tied for fourth in points.
• Fellow junior Griffin Coutts has a team-high nine assists. Senior Quinn Phillips is right behind him with six assists.  
• Junior Jake Hans has played the majority of the minutes in goal for the Statesmen. He is 9-2-3 with an .821 save percentage and a 1.02 GAA.

 
ABOUT THE ENGINEERS

• Christopher McKinney and Justin Woodbine share the team lead with eight points each. Woodbine has a team-high four goals and McKinney has three goals and two assists.
• Joshua Jarden has a team-leading four helpers on the year.
• Noah Churchill has played the majority of the minutes in goal. He is 6-6-4 with a 0.82 GAA and a .783 save percentage.

 
SERIES HISTORY

• Saturday will be the 64th meeting between the Statesmen and the Engineers.
• RPI leads the series 29-28-6, but the series is split 15-15-3 in Troy. 
• Last year, the Statesmen won 6-2 in Geneva. Phillips led the way for the Statesmen, recording four points on a goal and two assists.