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Sports Shorts for Nov. 28: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

No. 10 ranked men's basketball starts 5-0; two field hockey players named All-American.
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Overall and Conference Records (as of Nov. 28)
Men’s Basketball: 5-0 (0-0 NEWMAC)
Women’s Basketball: 3-2 (0-0 NEWMAC)
Rifle: 10-2
Men’s Swimming & Diving: 2-0
Women’s Swimming & Diving: 3-0

National Rankings
#10 – Men’s Basketball

Baseball
11/19 – MIT Baseball announces 2012 schedule

Men’s Basketball
11/26 – Engineers race past Suffolk, 81-59
11/22 – No. 10 MIT rolls to 79-46 win over Emmanuel
11/21 – Hollingsworth selected as NEWMAC Player of the Week
11/19 – MIT powers past RPI, 104-75
11/17 – Stifling defense helps MIT shut down visiting Gordon, 70-38
11/15 – No. 10 Engineers open season with 71-66 road win over Curry

Women’s Basketball
11/26 – Occidental tops MIT, 54-41
11/25 – Women's hoops cruises past Caltech, 100-26
11/20 – Tech grinds out 66-49 win over Albany College
11/19 – Engineers fall to Emerson, 66-48
11/15 – MIT overpowers Wentworth in women’s basketball season opener

Men’s Crew
11/19 – Men’s crew closes fall season at Foot of the Charles

Men’s Cross Country
11/19 – Daniel Harper represents MIT at NCAA Championship

Women’s Cross Country
11/19 – MIT takes fifth at NCAA Cross Country Championship

Men’s Fencing
11/21 – Engineers record solid NFC debut

Women’s Fencing
11/21 – Engineers go 5-1 at NFC opener

Field Hockey
11/22 – Klauber, McShane earn All-America nods
11/17 – Tech places six on NFHCA All-Region squad

Men’s Swimming & Diving
11/22 – Ubellacker named National Swimmer of the Week
11/21 – Kokensparger and Ubellacker sweep NEWMAC swimming weekly honors
11/19 – MIT swimming and diving picks up wins in Maine

Women’s Swimming & Diving
11/21 – Kokensparger and Ubellacker sweep NEWMAC swimming weekly honors
11/19 – MIT swimming and diving picks up wins in Maine
11/16 – MIT defeats Wellesley

Water Polo
11/21 – Leonard and Cheney named to CWPA All-North Team

Questions or comments? Please contact Phil Hess (pghess@mit.edu; 617-258-5265).
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