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Sports shorts for April 14: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

Women’s Sailing ranked third in the nation; Men’s Lacrosse wins two at home

Overall and conference records (as of April 14)
Baseball: 13-8 (10-3 NEWMAC)
Men’s Basketball: 20-9 (8-6 NEWMAC)
Women’s Basketball: 12-14 (9-11 NEWMAC)
Men’s Fencing: 16-12
Women’s Fencing: 9-22
Field Hockey: 14-5 (6-2 NEWMAC)
Football: 6-3 (4-3 NEFC)
Men’s Lacrosse: 6-6 (1-1 NEWMAC)
Women’s Lacrosse: 9-5 (2-3 NEWMAC)
Rifle: 27-9
Men’s Soccer: 13-5-2 (6-0-1 NEWMAC)
Women’s Soccer: 13-2-6 (8-1-1 NEWMAC)
Softball: 7-15 (4-8 NEWMAC)
Squash: 9-6
Men’s Swimming and Diving: 7-1 (3-0 NEWMAC)
Women’s Swimming and Diving: 8-1 (4-0 NEWMAC)
Men’s Tennis: 9-4 (4-0 NEWMAC)
Women’s Tennis: 13-3 (8-0 NEWMAC)
Men’s Volleyball: 24-6 (8-3 UVC)
Women’s Volleyball: 22-11 (7-3 NEWMAC)
Water Polo: 13-17 (8-7 CWPA North)

National rankings
#3 – Women’s Sailing
#4 – Women’s Indoor Track and Field
#5 – Men’s Volleyball
#6 – Men’s Swimming and Diving
#8 – Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
#8 – Women’s Swimming and Diving
#8 – Women’s Cross Country
#8 – Water Polo
#10 – Men’s Indoor Track and Field
#11 – Men’s Outdoor Track and Field
#13 – Co-ed Sailing
#13 – Men’s Cross Country
#13 – Women’s Tennis

For the complete Sports Shorts, visit the MIT Athletics roundup.

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