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Sports Shorts for Feb. 22, 2016: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving win NEWMAC Championships; Men’s and Women’s Track and Field take home Division III Indoor Championships

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MIT won both the Men's and Women's NEWMAC Swimming and Diving Championships held at the Zesiger Center Pool.
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MIT won both the Men's and Women's NEWMAC Swimming and Diving Championships held at the Zesiger Center Pool.

Overall and Conference Records (As of February 22, 2016)

Men’s Basketball: 19-6 (10-4 NEWMAC)

Women’s Basketball: 17-8 (11-5 NEWMAC)

Men’s Fencing: 10-14 (5-5 NEFC)

Women’s Fencing: 17-9 (10-2 NEFC)

Rifle: 25-3

Squash: 18-9

Men’s Swimming and Diving: 7-0

Women’s Swimming and Diving: 6-3

Men’s Tennis- 1-1

Men’s Volleyball: 12-4 (2-1 UVC)

National Rankings

#2 — Women’s Track & Field

#4 — Men’s Swimming and Diving

#7 — Men’s Track & Field

#10 — Women’s Swimming and Diving

#26 — Squash

Men’s Basketball

2/20 — Babson Defeats MIT, 94-80, In Regular Season Finale

2/17 — MIT Rolls Past Emerson, 67-49

Women’s Basketball

2/20 — Coast Guard Defeats Women’s Basketball, 66-58

2/17 — Drammis Breaks MIT Career Rebounding Record in 66-45 Win over Emerson

Men’s Fencing

2/21 — Men’s Fencing Finishes Fourth at New England Championship

Women’s Fencing

2/21 — Women’s Fencing Captures Second Place at New England Championship

Rifle

2/20 — MIT Records Fall at NCAA Rifle Qualifier

Squash

2/21 — Squash Goes 1-2 at CSA Team Nationals over the Weekend

Men’s Swimming & Diving

2/21 — Men’s Swimming and Diving Clinches 8th Straight NEWMAC Championship

2/20 — Freshman Break a Pair of Records on Day 3 of NEWMAC Championships

2/19 — Men’s Swimming and Diving Extends Lead on Second Day of NEWMAC Championships

2/18 — Men’s Swimming and Diving Sweeps Both Events on First Night of NEWMAC Championships

Women’s Swimming & Diving

2/21 — Women’s Swimming and Diving Captures 6th Consecutive NEWMAC Title

2/20 — Women’s Swimming and Diving Sets a Trio of Records on Day 3 of NEWMAC Championships

2/19 — Women’s 400 Medley Relay Rewrites Record Books on Day Two of NEWMAC Championship

2/18 — Women’s 800 Free Relay Takes First on Opening Night of NEWMAC Championships

Men’s Tennis

2/20 — Men’s Tennis Picks Up First Win of its Spring Season With Win Over Bentley

2/19 — Men’s Tennis Falls In First Spring Match to Bryant, 5-2

Men’s Track & Field

2/20 — No.7 Men’s Track and Field Edges Williams College for Fourth Consecutive New England Division III Indoor Championship

Women’s Track & Field

2/20 — No. 2 Women’s Track and Field Wins New England Division III Indoor Championship for Second Straight Season

2/19 — Alper, Strouf Compete in Pentathlon On First Day of New England Division III Championship

Men’s Volleyball

2/16 — Men’s Volleyball Overpowers Mount Ida in 3-0 Sweep

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