Sports Shorts for March 7, 2016: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

Overall and Conference Records (as of March 7, 2016)

Men’s Basketball: 20-7 (10-4 NEWMAC)

Women’s Basketball: 17-9 (11-5 NEWMAC)

Men’s Fencing: 10-14 (5-5 NEFC)

Women’s Fencing: 17-9 (10-2 NEFC)

Men’s Lacrosse: 2-0

Women’s Lacrosse: 2-0

Rifle: 31-6

Squash: 18-9

Men’s Swimming and Diving: 7-0

Women’s Swimming and Diving: 6-3

Men’s Tennis- 3-3

Women’s Tennis- 10-3 (8-0 NEWMAC)

Men’s Volleyball: 16-5 (3-2 UVC)

National Rankings

#4 – Men’s Swimming and Diving

#5- Women’s Track and Field

#9- Women’s Tennis

#10 – Women’s Swimming and Diving

#13- Men’s Track and Field

#14- Sailing

#26 – Squash

Men’s Basketball
3/1 – Jomard Named NEWMAC Rookie of the Year, Three Engineers Earn All-NEWMAC Honors

Women’s Basketball
3/1 – Women’s Basketball Collects NEWMAC Postseason Awards

3/1 –Drammis Named to CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team

Men’s Lacrosse

3/5- MIT Closes Strong to Come Away With 13-7 Win at Skidmore

3/2- Men’s Lacrosse Tops Emmanuel, 12-8, In Season Opener

Women’s Lacrosse

3/5- Women’s Lacrosse Grinds out 14-12 Victory over Keene State

3/2- Big Second Half Propels MIT Past Endicott, 19-10, in Women’s Lacrosse Season Opener

Rifle

3/5- Wright Takes Two Titles at MAC Championships, MIT Wins Smallbore Event

Squash

3/4- Restivo, Crowe Finish Season at CSA Individual National Championship

Men’s Tennis

3/5- Men’s Tennis Falls to No.22 Bates, 7-2

3/4-Men’s Tennis Bests Colby-Sawyer, 7-2

2/29- Men’s Tennis Sweeps First NEWMAC Weekly Awards of 2016

Men’s Track & Field

3/5- MIT Pushes for NCAA Qualifiers at IC4A Championship, Tufts Last Chance

Women’s Track & Field

3/4- Women’s Track and Field Has Strong Showing at Tufts Last Chance

Men’s Volleyball

3/5- MIT, #6 Nazareth, and #12 Vassar Split in UVC Tri-Match

3/1- Engineers Battle Emmanuel for 3-1 Win