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Sports Shorts for Feb. 17, 2015: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

Eleven MIT Cross Country student-athletes earn national All-Academic honors; Fencing competes in Beanpot Tournament.

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MIT Men's Cross Country All-Academic honorees
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MIT Men's Cross Country All-Academic honorees
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MIT Women's Cross Country All-Academic honorees
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MIT Women's Cross Country All-Academic honorees
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Overall and Conference Records (as of February 16, 2015)
Men’s Basketball: 16-6 (9-3 NEWMAC)
Women’s Basketball: 10-13 (6-8 NEWMAC)
Men’s Fencing: 12-12 (8-2 NFC)
Women’s Fencing: 18-9 (9-3 NFC)
Field Hockey: 12-5 (5-3 NEWMAC)
Football: 10-1 (7-0 NEFC)
Rifle: 15-8
Men’s Soccer: 8-7-3 (3-4 NEWMAC)
Women’s Soccer: 15-5-2 (9-0-1 NEWMAC)
Squash: 9-8
Men’s Swimming and Diving: 6-1 (3-0 NEWMAC)
Women’s Swimming and Diving: 7-1 (4-0 NEWMAC)
Women’s Tennis: 10-1 (8-0 NEWMAC)
Men’s Volleyball: 8-2 (2-1 UVC)
Women’s Volleyball: 28-6 (9-1 NEWMAC)
Water Polo: 15-17 (4-8 CWPA)

Current National Rankings
#3 – Women’s Indoor Track and Field
#4 – Men’s Swimming and Diving
#6 – Women’s Swimming and Diving
#8 – Men’s Indoor Track and Field
#12 – Men’s Volleyball
RV – Men’s Basketball

Men’s Basketball
2/14 - Strong second half lifts MIT over Wheaton, 71-56
2/11 - Second-half surge carries WPI past MIT, 69-56
2/9 - Frankel named to academic all-district squad 

Women’s Basketball
2/14 - Engineers fall to Springfield, 70-55
2/11 - MIT cruises past Mount Holyoke, sweeps season series, 62-39 

Men’s Cross Country
2/11 - Six members of MIT Men’s Cross named to USTFCCCA All-Academic Team

Women’s Cross Country
2/11 - Five members of MIT Women’s Cross named to USTFCCCA All-Academic Team

Men’s Fencing
2/11 - MIT defeats Boston College at Beanpot

Women’s Fencing
2/11 - Engineers battle at Beanpot

Men’s Track and Field
2/14 - No. 8 MIT Men's Indoor Track & Field competes at BU David Hemery Valentine Invite, Gordon Kelly Invite

Women’s Track and Field
2/14 - No. 3 MIT Women's Indoor Track & Feld competes at BU David Hemery Valentine Invite, Gordon Kelly Invite  

Men’s Volleyball
2/14 - No. 12 MIT Men’s Volleyball splits at UVC tri-match

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