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Sports Shorts for March 4: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

Tashman named NEWMAC Athlete of the Year for men’s basketball; men's tennis remains undefeated
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Overall and Conference Records (As of March 4)
Men's Basketball: 20-6 (10-2 NEWMAC)
Women's Basketball: 11-13 (7-11 NEWMAC)
Field Hockey: 17-3 (7-1 NEWMAC)
Football: 5-4 (4-3 NEFC)
Rifle: 9-2
Men's Fencing: 14-10
Women's Fencing: 15-12
Women's Lacrosse: 0-1
Men's Soccer: 13-5-2 (2-3-1 NEWMAC)
Women's Soccer: 14-4-3 (8-1 NEWMAC)
Squash: 5-15
Men's Swimming and Diving: 7-0
Women's Swimming and Diving: 6-2
Men's Tennis: 6-0
Women's Tennis: 10-1 (7-0 NEWMAC)
Men's Volleyball: 11-9
Women's Volleyball: 30-6 (7-2 NEWMAC)
Water Polo: 11-14 (2-4 CWPA)

National Rankings
#1 – Women's Cross Country
#1 – Men's Swimming and Diving
#7 – Women's Swimming and Diving
#5 – Water Polo
#11 – Women's Sailing
#13 – Men's Indoor Track & Field
#13 – Men's Volleyball
#t13 – Co-ed Sailing
#14 – Women's Indoor Track & Field
#15 – Women's Soccer
#18 – Field Hockey
#21 – Women's Tennis
#24 – Men's Basketball
ARV – Men's Cross Country

Men's Basketball
3/2 – MIT Knocked Out In First Round of NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament
2/26 – Tashman Named NEWMAC Athlete of the Year; Kates, Redfield Earn All-Conference Awards
2/26 – Men's Basketball Garners At-Large Bid to NCAA Tournament


Women's Lacrosse
3/2 – Comeback Bid Falls Short as Southern Maine Tops MIT, 15-11

Squash
2/24 – MIT Squash Falls to Washington University in St. Louis, 5-4, in Back-and-Forth Match

Women's Swimming & Diving
3/2 – MIT Women's Diving Competes at Regionals

Men's Tennis
3/2 – MIT Men's Tennis Continues Undefeated Streak With Win Against F&M
3/1 – Men's Tennis Defeats Vassar College, 8-0
2/21 – Men's Tennis Blanks Eastern Nazarene College

Men's Indoor Track & Field
3/2 – MIT Men's Track and Field Perform Well at Tufts
2/27 – MIT Men's Track and Field Return to National Rankings

Women's Indoor Track & Field
3/2 – Three Engineers Complete Last Chance Meet With Victories
3/1 – MIT Women's Track & Field in Fourth After First Day of ECACs
2/27 – MIT Women's Track and Field Moves Up in National Rankings

Men's Volleyball
2/27 – No. 13 MIT Falls to No. 1 Springfield in Five-Set Thriller
2/26 – Engineers Move Up in AVCA Coaches Poll
2/25 – MIT Battles Nationally-Ranked Teams at Baruch Invitational

General News
2/27 – NEWMAC Announces Winter Academic All-Conference Awards

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