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MIT Sports Shorts for Feb. 19

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Overall and Conference Records (As of Feb. 16)

Men’s Basketball: 21-2 (9-1 NEWMAC)
Women’s Basketball: 5-17 (3-8 NEWMAC)
Men’s Fencing: 7-12 (6-4 NFC)
Women’s Fencing: 13-9 (8-4 NFC)
Rifle: 12-3 (smallbore), 13-3 (air rifle)
Squash: 3-16
Men’s Swimming and Diving: 8-0 (4-0 NEWMAC)
Women’s Swimming and Diving: 8-1 (5-0 NEWMAC)
Men’s Volleyball: 11-4 (6-2 NECVA New England)

Women’s Basketball: 5-17 (3-8 NEWMAC)
Men’s Fencing: 7-12 (6-4 NFC)
Women’s Fencing: 13-9 (8-4 NFC)
Rifle: 12-3 (smallbore), 13-3 (air rifle)
Squash: 3-16
Men’s Swimming and Diving: 8-0 (4-0 NEWMAC)
Women’s Swimming and Diving: 8-1 (5-0 NEWMAC)
Men’s Volleyball: 11-4 (6-2 NECVA New England)

General Department News

National Rankings (Poll Sponsor)
#5 – Men’s Swimming and Diving (College Swimming Coaches Association of America)
#5 – Women’s Track and Field (U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association)
#6 – Women’s Swimming and Diving (College Swimming Coaches Association of America)
#11 – Men’s Basketball (D3hoops.com)
#22 – Men’s Track and Field (U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association)

Men’s Basketball
2/2 – Noel Hollingsworth Named NEWMAC Player of the Week

Women’s Basketball
2/11 – MIT Defeats Wheaton College for First Time Since 2002-03

Women’s Openweight Crew
2/5 – MIT Openweight Crew Joins Patriot League as an Associate Member

Rifle
1/31 – Nigel Kojimoto Captures Two Gold Medals at Sectionals

Squash
2/17 – MIT Looks Forward to CSA National Team Championship

Women’s Swimming and Diving
2/17 – MIT Begins Quest for NEWMAC Championship This Weekend

Men’s Track and Field
1/31 – Stephen Morton Reaches NCAA Provisional Qualifying Marks in Long and Triple Jump

Women’s Track and Field
1/31 – Portia Jones Ties Institute Record in High Jump
2/6 – Jacqui Wentz Sets Institute Record as Five Engineers Earn NCAA Provisional Qualifying Marks
2/13 – Engineers Set Trio of Institute Records

Men’s Volleyball
2/6 – Engineers Post First Win over Vassar since 1993
2/11 – MIT Sweeps NECVA New England Division Weekly Honors
2/17 – Patrick Vatterott Collects Rookie of the Week Accolades

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