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Sports Shorts for Nov. 8: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

Field hockey, women's soccer capture conference titles in dramatic fashion

Overall and Conference Records (As of November 7)
Field Hockey: 17-3 (6-2 NEWMAC)
Football: 2-7 (1-7 NEFC)
Men’s Soccer: 9-8 (2-4 NEWMAC)
Women’s Soccer: 14-3-3 (6-1-2 NEWMAC)
Men's Tennis: 1-2 (0-0 NEWMAC)
Women's Tennis: 7-3 (6-1 NEWMAC)
Women’s Volleyball: 23-11 (6-3 NEWMAC)
Men’s Water Polo: 10-15 (4-4 CWPA)

National Rankings
#5 – Women’s Cross Country
#7 – Men's Water Polo
#17 – Men’s Cross Country
#14 – Sailing-Co-Ed
#22 – Women's Tennis

Regional Rankings
#1 – Field Hockey
#5 – Men’s Cross Country
#3 – Women's Cross Country
#6 – Women’s Soccer

Men’s Crew
11/5 – MIT Crew Competes at Dartmouth

Women’s Crew
10/23 – Openweight Eight has Best Finish ever at Head of the Charles Regatta
10/18 – Tech Crews Prep for Head of the Charles Regatta

Men’s Cross Country
11/3 – Taylor Sweeps NEWMAC Coach of the Year Honors

Women’s Cross Country
11/3 – Taylor Sweeps NEWMAC Coach of the Year Honors
Men’s Fencing
11/6 – Men’s Fencing Opens Season at The Big One

Women’s Fencing
11/6 – Three Top 10 Finishes Highlight Women's Fencing Outing

Field Hockey
11/6 – MIT Set to Host NCAA Field Hockey Tournament Opening Round Game Wednesday
10/29 – McShane, Teruya Lift MIT to Dramatic, 2-1 Win over Mount Holyoke in NEWMAC Championship
11/5 – MIT Advances to Third-Straight NEWMAC Title Game with 8-2 win over Springfield

Football
11/5 – Endicott Holds Off MIT in Second Half to Prevail, 36-24

Rifle
11/5 – MIT Rifle Downs Massachusetts Maritime

Sailing
10/31 – Co-ed Sailing Qualifies for Atlantic Coast Championship

Men’s Soccer
11/5 – No. 1 Babson Holds Off No. 5 MIT, 2-1, To Advance To NEWMAC Championship Game
11/4 – Fronk and Hammond Voted to Capital One Academic All-District Team
11/3 – Tech Tops WPI, Advances to NEWMAC Semifinals

Women’s Soccer
11/6 – Women’s Soccer Wins NEWMAC Championship in Penalty Kicks
11/5 – Engineers Defeat Wheaton in NEWMAC Tournament Overtime Thriller
11/4 – Women’s Soccer Places Three on Capital One Academic All-District Team
11/1 – MIT Downs Wellesley, 1-0, To Advance In NEWMAC Tournament

Men’s Swimming & Diving
11/5 – Swimming Dominates at New England Invitational

Women’s Swimming & Diving
11/5 – Swimming Dominates at New England Invitational

Women’s Volleyball
11/5 – Springfield Sweeps Women's Volleyball in NEWMAC Semifinal
11/1 – MIT Defeats WPI, 3-1, in NEWMAC Quarterfinal

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