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MIT Sports Shorts for Jan. 29

Overall and Conference Records (As of Jan. 28)
Men’s Basketball: 17-2 (5-1 NEWMAC)
Women’s Basketball: 4-13 (2-9 NEWMAC)
Men’s Fencing: 6-8 (6-4 NFC)
Women’s Fencing: 9-8 (8-4 NFC)
Rifle: 7-1 (smallbore), 8-1 (air rifle)
Squash: 3-10
Men’s Swimming and Diving: 7-0 (4-0 NEWMAC)
Women’s Swimming and Diving: 8-0 (5-0 NEWMAC)
Men’s Volleyball: 5-1 (1-0 NECVA New England) 

General department news

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

Women’s Basketball
1/28 – MIT Picks up Big Conference Wins over WPI and Coast Guard 

Football
1/27 – NEFC Announces All-Academic Team 

Squash
1/23 – MIT Overpowers Fordham, 9-0 

Women’s Swimming and Diving
1/16 – Diver Kristie D’Ambrosio Records NCAA National Qualifying Marks on One- and Three-Meter Boards
1/19 – Sarah Scodel Earns NEWMAC Honors as Women’s Swimming and Diving Defeats Springfield, Coast Guard
1/25 – Amy Jacobi Named NEWMAC Swimmer of the Week 

Women’s Track and Field
1/17 – Portia Jones and Hazel Briner Earn Provisional NCAA Qualifying Marks
1/24 – Jacqui Wentz Sets Institute Record in 1000m 

Men’s Volleyball
1/26 – Matt Hohenberger Collects Rookie of the Week Accolades

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