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Sports Shorts for May 18, 2015: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

Men’s crew teams shine at EARC Eastern Sprints; Five Engineers named to Capital One Academic All-District Team.

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Overall and Conference Records (as of May 18, 2015)
Baseball: 29-14 (13-4 NEWMAC)
Men’s Basketball: 18-8 (10-4 NEWMAC)
Women’s Basketball: 11-15 (7-9 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)
Men’s Lacrosse: 12-5 (5-2 NEWMAC)
Women’s Lacrosse: 17-3 (7-1 NEWMAC)
Rifle: 17-8
Men’s Soccer: 8-7-3 (3-4 NEWMAC)
Women’s Soccer: 15-5-2 (9-0-1 NEWMAC)
Softball: 29-10 (16-2 NEWMAC)
Squash: 9-8
Men’s Swimming and Diving: 6-1 (3-0 NEWMAC)
Women’s Swimming and Diving: 7-1 (4-0 NEWMAC)
Men’s Tennis: 16-5 (5-1 NEWMAC)
Women’s Tennis: 18-5 (8-0 NEWMAC)
Men’s Volleyball: 18-11 (2-6 UVC)
Women’s Volleyball: 28-6 (9-1 NEWMAC)
Water Polo: 15-17 (4-8 CWPA)

Current National Rankings
#4 – Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
#5 – Men’s Lightweight Crew
#8 – Women’s Lightweight Crew
#13 – Women’s Sailing

#13 – Women’s Tennis
#19 – Coed Sailing

General News
5/14 - Five Engineers selected to Capital One Academic All-District Team
5/12 - Soriero selected an Under Armour Athletics Director of the Year 

Baseball
5/16 - MIT Baseball season comes to close with pair of extra-inning thrillers
5/15 - MIT continues to advance at NCAA Baseball regional with pair of wins
5/14 - MIT blanks Suffolk, 4-0, to advance at NCAA Baseball regional
5/13 - MIT offense shut down in loss to Salem State at NCAA regional
5/11 - MIT Baseball opens NCAA tournament play Wednesday against Salem State

Men’s Heavyweight Crew
5/17 - Men’s Heavyweight Crew has solid outing at EARC Eastern Sprints

Men’s Lightweight Crew
5/17 - Engineers impress at EARC Eastern Sprints

Women’s Openweight Crew
5/15 - Three MIT crews reach grand finals at Patriot League Championships

Women’s Lacrosse
5/11 - Schott and Young named to IWLCA All-Region Team

Softball
5/11 - Fodor, Lee named to NFCA New England Region first and second teams

Men’s Track and Field
5/15 - Team effort carries MIT Track and Field to fourth-place finish at ECAC Div. III Championship

Women’s Track and Field
5/15 - No. 4 MIT Track and Field captures ECAC Div. III Championship

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