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The winner of this year's first round matchup between RPI and St. John Fisher - the first-ever between the two programs - faces the winner of the game between Gettysburg College (18-1) and Rowan University (11-5) on Saturday at 2:30pm.

Shannon Maguire (Randolph, NJ / Randolph) is second on the team with 34 goals and third with 48 points. She also has a team-best 69 draw controls, 57 shots, 23 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers. Classmate(Randolph, NJ / Randolph) is second on the team with 34 goals and third with 48 points. She also has a team-best 69 draw controls, 57 shots, 23 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers.

TROY, N.Y. – The 2013 NCAA Tournament field for women's lacrosse has been set and for the first time in school history Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) will host a first round game. The Engineers, who are 14-3 and champions of the Liberty League, welcome Empire 8 Champion St. John Fisher (15-3) on Wednesday at 3pm at Renwyck Field. (The game was originally scheduled for 7pm but was moved up.) Both teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments.This is the second straight year and third time in school history RPI has qualified for the NCAA Tournament. The Engineers were defeated at Messiah College last season (18-8) and at Middlebury College in 1997 (26-5).Rensselaer, which is coached by Leslie DeLano, is currently ranked 18th in the nation. The Engineers average 14.06 goals per game, while allowing only 7.00 per contest, which is in the top 20 in Division III.Senior goalkeeper(Lakewood, NY/Phillips Exeter Academy) backstops RPI, having recorded a 14-3 record with a 7.22 goals against average and a .547 save percentage. The two-time Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year is among the national leaders in both save percentage and goals against average.Offensively, junior(Albany, NY / Colonie), who was named the Most Outstanding Player of last weekend's Liberty League Tournament, is first on the team with 57 points, including a single season record 25 assists. She also has 49 shots, 40 draw controls, 30 ground balls and nine caused turnovers.Senior midfielder(Gaithersburg, MD / Quince Orchard) is the team's leading goal scorer with a school single season record 45 markers. She is second on the team in points with 53 and paces Rensselaer with 10 free-position goals and 74 shots, including 62 on goal.Rensselaer won the Liberty League Tournament by defeating Vassar College in the semifinals, 12-5, and St. Lawrence University, 14-5, in the championship game. Both of those games were played in Troy.St. John Fisher has won seven straight games, including wins over Nazareth College, 12-9, and top-seeded Ithaca College, 11-8, in the Empire 8 Tournament.The NCAA Tournament features 32 teams, 21 of which captured automatic bids. The other 11 are at-large selections. The single elimination event, which is in its 29th year, concludes on Sunday, May 19, in Mustang Stadium, in Owing Mills, Maryland.