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Sports Shorts for April 4, 2016: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

MIT hosts Loughborough University in Trans-Atlantic Challenge; Chang breaks digs record for Men’s Volleyball.

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MIT hosted men's and women's tennis teams from Loughborough University for three days of competition.
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MIT hosted men's and women's tennis teams from Loughborough University for three days of competition.

Overall and Conference Records (as of April 4, 2016)

Baseball: 4-8 (2-1 NEWMAC)

Men’s Lacrosse: 7-2 (1-0 NEWMAC)

Women’s Lacrosse: 6-3 (1-1 NEWMAC)

Softball: 13-5 (6-0 NEWMAC)

Men’s Tennis: 4-3

Women’s Tennis: 10-4 (8-0 NEWMAC)

Men’s Volleyball: 21-7 (4-4 UVC)

National Rankings

#9- Women’s Track and Field

#11- Men’s Track and Field

#16- Sailing

#17- Women’s Tennis

Baseball

3/31- Endicott Slips Past MIT, 5-4

3/29- MIT Offense Carries It Past Springfield, 11-1

Men’s Heavyweight Crew

4/2- Men’s Heavyweight Competes in Alumni Cup

Men’s Lacrosse

4/2- Engineers Edge Coast Guard, 8-7

3/29- Men’s Lacrosse Overcomes Slow Start, Holds On For 11-10 Win over UMASS Dartmouth

Women’s Lacrosse

4/2- MIT Falls to Springfield, 13-10

3/30- Schott Breaks Career Points Record in 20-3 Women’s Lacrosse Win over Coast Guard

Men’s Lightweight Crew

4/4- Men’s Lightweight Takes Home San Diego Collegiate Lightweight Championship

Women’s Lightweight Crew

4/2- Women’s Lightweight Crew Races at Home for First Time This Spring

Women’s Openweight Crew

4/2- Women’s Openweight Competes Against Boston College on Charles River

Sailing

4/2- MIT Places Third In Weather Shortened Lynne Marchiando Team Race

3/27- Sailing Finishes Seventh at Jan T. Friis Team Race

Softball

4/2- Softball Extends Win Streak To Nine After Taking Two From Smith

4/1- Lee’s Homer Helps Softball to NEWMAC Sweep of Babson

3/31- Softball Earns First Ever Sweep Over Williams Behind Outstanding Pitching

3/28- Marshall Collects Second Straight NEWMAC Pitcher of the Week Honor

3/21- MIT Splits With Whitworth, Eastern Conn. On Day Three in Florida

Men’s Tennis

3/31- MIT Closes 2016 Trans-Atlantic Challenge Against Loughborough On Positive Note

3/30- MIT, Loughborough University Compete In Mixed Doubles

3/28- MIT and Loughborough University To Play Tennis In Trans-Atlantic Challenge

Women’s Tennis

4/2- Bowdoin Downs MIT In Battle of Ranked Teams

3/30- MIT, Loughborough University Compete In Mixed Doubles

3/29- Women’s Tennis Opens Three-Day Set With Loughborough University

3/28- MIT and Loughborough University To Play Tennis In Trans-Atlantic Challenge

Men’s Track and Field

4/2- Men’s Sprinters Find Success at Yale Invitational

3/29- Okeke Named USTFCCCA National Field Athlete of the Week

3/28- Men’s Track and Field Sweeps First NEWMAC Weekly Honors of 2016

Women’s Track and Field

4/2- Women’s Field Athletes Excel at Yale Invitational

3/28- Gong, Vahey Claim NEWMAC Track and Field Weekly Awards

Volleyball

4/2- Chang Breaks MIT Digs Record in UVC Tri-Match with Penn-State Behrend and Stevens

3/31- MIT Blanks Endicott, 3-0 in Men’s Volleyball

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