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Sports Shorts for Jan. 25, 2016: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

Gong clocks NCAA-best time in 3000m; Men’s Volleyball and Men’s Swimming remain undefeated.

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Maryann Gong '17 posted the fastest time for 3,000 meters in Division III so far this season at the Bowdoin Invitational.
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Maryann Gong '17 posted the fastest time for 3,000 meters in Division III so far this season at the Bowdoin Invitational.

Overall and Conference Records (as of January 25, 2016):

Men’s Basketball: 12-4 (4-2 NEWMAC)

Women’s Basketball: 13-4 (7-2 NEWMAC)

Men’s Fencing: 7-9 (5-5 NEFC)

Women’s Fencing: 13-5 (10-2 NEFC)

Rifle: 13-2

Squash: 16-6

Men’s Swimming and Diving: 6-0

Women’s Swimming and Diving: 6-2

Men’s Volleyball: 4-0

National Rankings

#1- Women’s Track and Field

#4 – Men’s Swimming and Diving

#10 – Women’s Swimming and Diving

#27 – Squash

ARV – Men’s Basketball

Men’s Basketball
1/23 – Late First-Half Run Carries Emerson Past MIT, 66-56

1/20- Men’s Basketball Alumni Reunion 2016

1/20- MIT Moves Into First-Place Tie with 71-66 Win at Babson

Women’s Basketball
1/23 – Engineers Cruise Past Smith, 66-34

1/19 – MIT Extends Streak to Six With 66-54 Win Over Wesleyan

Men’s Fencing

1/23- Men’s Fencing Defeats Dartmouth and Tufts

Women’s Fencing

1/24- Women’s Fencing Registers 5-1 Performance in NFC Action

Squash

1/22- Squash Extends Win Streak to Eight With 4-0 Weekend At Home

Men’s Swimming & Diving

1/22- No. 4 MIT Defeats No. 11 Williams, 213.5-80.5, For First Time Since 2012-13

1/19- Men’s Swimming and Diving Takes Two NEWMAC Weekly Awards

Women’s Swimming & Diving

1/22- No.10 Women’s Swimming and Diving Falls to No. 4 Williams, 212-85

1/19- Women’s 200 Free Relay Tabbed NEWMAC Relay Team of the Week

Men’s Track & Field

1/23- Men’s Track and Field Captures Bowdoin Invitational II

Women’s Track & Field

1/23- Gong Clocks NCAA Best Time In 3000m En Route to First Place Finish at Bowdoin Invitational II

Men’s Volleyball

1/21- Engineers Defeat Regis, 3-1

1/19- Men’s Volleyball Battles Johnson & Wales for 3-0 Win

1/18- Tavish Smith Named UVC Player of the Week

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