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Sports Shorts - Sept. 12, 2011

A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics.
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Overall and Conference Records (As of September 12)

  • Field Hockey: 5-1 (0-0 NEWMAC)
  • Football: 1-0 (0-0 NEFC)
  • Men’s Soccer: 3-0 (0-0 NEWMAC)
  • Women’s Soccer: 3-1 (0-0 NEWMAC)
  • Men's Tennis: 0-0
  • Women's Tennis: 1-0 (1-0 NEWMAC)
  • Women’s Volleyball: 8-0 (0-0 NEWMAC)
  • Men’s Water Polo: 1-6 (0-0 CWPA)

National Rankings (Poll Sponsor)

  • #4 – Women’s Cross Country (U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association)
  • #7 – Water Polo (Colleigate Water Polo Association)
  • #17 – Men’s Cross Country (U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association)
  • #22 – Women’s Tennis (Intercollegiate Tennis Association)
  • #19 – Sailing-Coed (Sailing World)

Men’s Cross Country
9/10 – Men’s Cross Country Finishes Second at Engineer’s Cup

9/12 – Mattocks, Taylor Collect NEWMAC Weekly Accolades

Women’s Cross Country
9/10 - No. 4 MIT Captures Sixth Straight Engineer’s Cup title

9/12 – Mattocks, Taylor Collect NEWMAC Weekly Accolades

Field Hockey
9/11 – MIT Unable to Overcome Three Unanswered Goals in 3-1 Setback to Johns Hopkins

9/10 – Engineers Improve to 5-0 with Win over Washington College

9/8 – Balanced Scoring Attack Keys 6-0 Win over Simmons

9/6 – Hat Tricks by Duffy and Mackey Key 12-0 Win over Lasell

9/5 – Klauber Named NEWMAC Offensive Player of the Week

9/3 – Barker and Klauber Propel Tech to 6-2 Win Over UMass-Dartmouth

9/1 – Field Hockey Downs New England College, 8-1, in Season Opener

Football
9/10 – MIT Football Opens with 35-13 Win at Becker

Sailing
9/12 – Sailing Records Solid Opening Weekend

Men’s Soccer
9/7 - Two Quick Goals Power MIT to a 4-0 Win Over Framingham State

9/5 - Zach Kabelac Collects NEWMAC Honors

9/3 - Men’s Soccer Tops St. Joseph’s, 3-1

9/2 - Kabelac Nets Hat-trick in 7-0 Win Over Southern Maine

Women’s Soccer
9/10 – Women’s Soccer Edges Out Salem State, 1-0

9/6 – Penalty Kick Powers MIT Past Worcester State

9/3 – Engineers Fall to Brandeis, 2-0

9/2 – MIT Tops Simmons, 3-1, to Kick off 2011 Campaign

Women's Tennis
9/10 – Women’s Tennis Sweeps Smith to Start Season

Women’s Volleyball
9/11 – MIT Wins Vassar Tournament

9/5 – Katie Spielbauer Named COOP Student-Athlete of the Week

9/4 – Women’s Volleyball Captures Regis Invitational Crown

Men’s Water Polo
9/11 – Engineers Defeat George Washington at Princeton Invite

9/3 – MIT Water Polo Hosts Home Invitational

9/2 – Water Polo Opens Season with Home Invitational Saturday

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