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After opening ECAC Hockey play with a home-and-home series sweep against RPI, Union climbed two spots to No. 7 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll and up to No. 8 in the USCHO.com Poll. Union received a first place vote in each poll for the fourth consecutive week.

Over the last 3 unofficial weekends of summer, Brian Cady guided us through a local "College Football Tour," learning everything you need to know to get you ready for the 2012 College Football season in the Capital Region. Every Saturday during "Cady's Corner" from 10-11am, Brian was joined by a head coach from one of the area college programs - UAlbany, RPI and Union. Read Mor

As the RPI football team sat idle this past weekend, the College Football season got underway across the country, including a pair of games here in the Capital Region. The final results from both games were on different ends of the spectrum, as Union suffered a tough 17-14 loss to Salve Regina, while UAlbany opened their final season at University Field with a 41-20 victory over Colgate.

As the Engineers approach the 2012 season in just over three weeks, new interim head coach Bob Bodor has had a lot of work to do, both on and off the field. Among those off-field tasks was determining his coaching staff on the offensive side of the ball, and Coach Bodor has made his final decisions.

The Washington Capitals have announced that former Rensselaer standout Adam Oates '85 has been chosen to serve as the head coach of the National Hockey League franchise. He joins the Capitals organization after serving as an assistant with the New Jersey Devils for the past two seasons.

Director of Athletics Jim Knowlton today announced the appointment of Bob Bodor as acting head football coach at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Bodor has been RPI’s defensive coordinator and is a 24-year veteran football coach, including six as head coach at Colorado College.

No. 7/7 Union men’s ice hockey (20-7-7), the No. 1 seed in the ECAC Hockey Tournament will take on Route 7 rival Rensselaer (12-22-3), the No. 10 seed, in a quarterfinal series set to begin with Game 1 at Messa Rink on Friday night at 7:00 p.m.

Tim Landis has resigned from his position as head football coach at RPI.

ECAC Hockey has announced its weekly award winners in men’s hockey and two RPI student-athletes have been recognized.

The Liberty League has named RPI student-athlete Mike Hermann the Offensive Performer of the Week after lifting the Engineers to a 28-24 come-from-behind victory over Rochester last weekend.

The Union men's ice hockey team will open the 2011-12 season with its highest ever preseason ranking. The Dutchmen were ranked No. 11 in both the preseason USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Polls.

Today was the second week of "Cady's Corner," a 1-hour show covering all of the major headlines and games in College Football. Brian Cady will host the show every Saturday morning from 10-11am during the season, breaking down local and national teams every week.