Andrew Gondek Helps RPI Soccer to Post-Season

2016 Nov 1

Andrew Gondek of Ballston Spa 12180 has helped the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) soccer team to a 8-6-4 record and a spot in the Liberty League Tournament.

Andrew, a Electrical Engineering major, and his teammates were 5-1-1 in the conference and are the third seed in the four-team field. RPI faces Vassar College, the second seed, on Wednesday at 2:30pm in Poughkeepsie.

The Brewers came away with a 3-2 win over the Engineers on October 8. In that game, Vassar scored two early goals and RPI was unable to come back, despite drawing to within one on two occasions. Devon Baughen and Brandon Pirog notched goals, while Austin Betterly recorded an assist.

RPI missed the playoffs in 2015, but made the conference tournament in the six of the previous seven seasons. Since 2008, the Engineers have reached the league's title game three times (2010, 2012 & 2014), winning at Vassar in 2012 on penalty kicks.

For individual season statistics for Andrew, please visit http://www.rpiathletics.com/cumestats.aspx?path=msoc&year=2016. To view his roster page profile, go to http://www.rpiathletics.com/roster.aspx?path=msoc&.

For photographs of Andrew, or for more information, please contact Perry Laskaris, assistant sports information director, at laskap2@rpi.edu or (518) 276-8417.

The winner of Wednesday's semifinal will advance to the Liberty League Championship Game on Saturday, with opponent, location and time TBD.

Founded in 1824, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is America's oldest technological research university. For nearly two centuries, the Institute has been a driving force behind breakthroughs in engineering and science in virtually every arena-from transportation and infrastructure to business, medicine, outer space, and cyberspace.

As it approaches its bicentennial anniversary, the Institute continues to define The New Polytechnic, a new paradigm for teaching, learning, and research that uses advanced technologies to enable fresh collaborations across disciplines, sectors, and regions, in order to answer the global challenges of our day.