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Sports Shorts for May 20: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

Zhang named regional Arthur Ashe Award winner; Hank Smith honored by NFF
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Overall and Conference Records (As of May 20)
Baseball: 27-13 (13-5 NEWMAC)
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: 14-6
Men's Fencing: 14-10
Women's Fencing: 15-12
Men's Lacrosse: 5-10 (3-3 Pilgrim League)
Women's Lacrosse: 6-11 (2-4 NEWMAC)
Men's Soccer: 13-5-2 (2-3-1 NEWMAC)
Women's Soccer: 14-4-3 (8-1 NEWMAC)
Softball: 19-14 (7-7 NEWMAC)
Squash: 5-15
Men's Swimming and Diving: 7-0
Women's Swimming and Diving: 6-2
Men's Tennis: 18-3 (5-0 NEWMAC)
Women's Tennis: 17-5 (7-0 NEWMAC)
Men's Volleyball: 24-12
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 Lightweight Rowing
#8 – Men's Lightweight Rowing
#7 – Women's Swimming and Diving
#5 – Water Polo
#12 – Co-ed Sailing
#14 – Men's Volleyball
#14 – Women's Indoor Track & Field
#15 – Women's Soccer
#18 – Field Hockey
#22 – Women's Tennis
#24 – Men's Basketball
#25 – Men's Outdoor Track & Field
#29 – Men's Tennis
ARV – Baseball
ARV – Men's Cross Country
ARV – Men's Fencing
ARV – Women's Sailing

General News
5/17 – MIT Closes Successful Year at 27th Annual Celebration of Student-Athlete Excellence; Hank Smith Honored by NFF

Baseball
5/16 – MIT Eliminated from NCAA Tournament by Daniel Webster
5/15 – MIT Baseball Falls to Western New England in Game One of NCAAs

Women's Openweight Crew
5/17 – MIT Openweight Crew Finishes Fourth at Patriot League Championships

Men's Tennis
5/14 – Edwin Zhang Selected as Arthur Ashe Award Winner

Men's Outdoor Track & Field
5/17 – MIT Men's Track & Field Moves up to Place 5th at ECACs
5/16 – Four Engineers Compete in First Day of ECACs
5/15 – MIT Men's Outdoor Track & Field Nationally Ranked

Women's Outdoor Track & Field
5/17 – Engineers Finish Tied for Fourth at ECACs
5/16 – MIT Women's Track and Field Sits in 1st After Day 1 of ECACs

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