Team Records:
Eastern: 10-4-2 overall/ Conference: 5-1-1 (1
st in LEC)
Rhode Island College: 9-6-0 overall / Conference: 4-3-0 (4
th in LEC)
Playoff Implications: With a win or a tie, the Warriors will claim their first regular season title since 2017, and earn a first-round playoff bye for the first time since 2018. Eastern has won the LEC regular season outright four times, most recently in 2016. The Warriors have also been LEC regular season co-champion five times, most recently in 2018. The last time the Warriors won the LEC tournament as the No. 1 seed was in 2005 (thereafter winning it twice as the No. 2 seed)
Series History:
- 31st meeting in series history, dating back to 1995
- Eastern leads all time series 23-5-2
- Eastern is 12-2 all time at home against RIC
- Last meeting: 2024 (0-0 tie at Rhode Island College); first tie in the series since 2001 and only scoreless tie in series history
- Last Eastern home win: 2021 (3-1); 9th of 10 straight home wins against RIC
- Last Eastern win: 2022 (2-0 at Rhode Island College)
- Last Eastern loss: 2023 (2-1 at Eastern); first home loss to RIC since 2000 (2-1 OT)
- Longest Eastern win streak: 8 games (2014-2022)
Notes and Notables:
- If the Warriors win, it will be their first six-win LEC regular season since 2018, and the 12th time overall since the LEC expanded to a six- game regular-season schedule in 1995.
- Eastern has never lost two straight home matches against RIC
- In overall matches, the Warriors rank second in the LEC in team save percentage (.837), fewest goals allowed per game (1.06), goals scored per game (1.813), and assists (27)
- In conference matches, the Warriors lead the LEC in fewest goals allowed per game (0.86) and team save percentage (.887); RIC is tied for second in the former category and is second in the latter. The Warriors are also ranked first in corner kicks (43).
