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Sports Shorts for May 12: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

Men’s and Women’s Lightweight Varsity 8’s win Dad Vail Regatta; Men’s and Women’s Tennis compete in NCAA tournament
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Overall and Conference Records (as of May 12)
Baseball: 24-13 (12-5 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: 9-8 (4-2 NEWMAC)
Women’s Lacrosse: 12-6 (4-3 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: 10-21 (7-11 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: 14-6 (6-0 NEWMAC)
Women’s Tennis: 17-5 (8-0 NEWMAC)
Men’s Volleyball: 24-7 (8-3 UVC)
Women’s Volleyball: 22-11 (7-3 NEWMAC)
Water Polo: 13-17 (8-7 CWPA North)

National Rankings
#4 – Women’s Indoor Track and Field
#6 – Men’s Volleyball
#6 – Men’s Swimming and Diving
#7 – Men’s Lightweight Crew
#7 – Women’s Lightweight Crew
#8 – Women’s Swimming and Diving
#8 – Women’s Cross Country
#8 – Water Polo
#10 – Men’s Indoor Track and Field
#11 – Women’s Sailing
#13 – Men’s Cross Country
#13 – Women’s Tennis
#14 – Co-ed Sailing
#14 – Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
#15 – Men’s Outdoor Track and Field

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