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Sports Shorts for Feb. 1, 2016: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

Gong clocks NCAA-best time in 5000m; Men’s Swimming caps off undefeated regular season.

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Senior Madison Douglas (right) compiled a 12-3 record in sabre at the Eric Sollee Invitational, helping the MIT women's fencing team to a 4-1 mark at the competition.
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Senior Madison Douglas (right) compiled a 12-3 record in sabre at the Eric Sollee Invitational, helping the MIT women's fencing team to a 4-1 mark at the competition.
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Overall and Conference Records (as of February 1, 2016)

Men’s Basketball: 14-4 (6-2 NEWMAC)

Women’s Basketball: 13-6 (8-3 NEWMAC)

Men’s Fencing: 10-11 (5-5 NEFC)

Women’s Fencing: 17-6 (10-2 NEFC)

Rifle: 13-2

Squash: 17-6

Men’s Swimming and Diving: 7-0

Women’s Swimming and Diving: 6-3

Men’s Volleyball: 6-2 (1-0 UVC)

National Rankings

#1- Women’s Track & Field

#4 – Men’s Swimming and Diving

#10 – Women’s Swimming and Diving

#13- Men’s Volleyball

#25 – Squash

Men’s Basketball
1/30 – MIT Comes Back to Defeat Clark, 66-60

1/27 – MIT Powers Past Wheaton, 74-53

1/25 – MIT Basketball to Take Part in Suits and Sneakers Week to Benefit Coaches vs. Cancer

Women’s Basketball
1/30 – MIT Falls to WPI, 54-35

1/27 – Babson Defeats Women’s Basketball, 73-41

Men’s Fencing

1/30 – Men’s Fencing Goes 3-2 at Eric Sollee Invitational

Women’s Fencing

1/30 – Women’s Fencing Racks up 4-1 Outing at Eric Sollee Invitational

Squash

1/27 – Squash Extends Win Streak to Eight With 4-0 Weekend At Home

Men’s Swimming & Diving

1/30 – Men’s Swimming and Diving Posts Perfect Regular Season With Win Over Amherst on Senior Day

1/27 – Men’s Swimming and Diving Team Earns CSCAA Scholar All-America Award

1/25 – Men’s Swimming and Diving Earns NEWMAC Diver and Relay Team of the Week Accolades

Women’s Swimming and Diving

1/30 – Amherst Edges Women’s Swimming and Diving on Senior Day

1/27 – Women’s Swimming and Diving Team Lauded With CSCAA Scholar All-America Honors

Men’s Track and Field

1/30 – Men’s Track and Field Captures Bowdoin Invitational II

Women’s Track and Field

1/31 – No.1 Women’s Track and Field Finishes Weekend at Terrier Classic and Art Franham Invitational

1/29 – Alper Wins Pentathlon, Strouf Sets Four PR’s to Highlight First Day of Tufts Stampede

Men’s Volleyball

1/30 – Chang Records 1000th Dig as MIT Defeats Emmanuel, Falls to Endicott

1/29 – No. 13 Men’s Volleyball Sweeps Bard in UVC Opener

1/26 – No. 13 MIT Falls to Wentworth in Four Sets

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