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Sports Shorts for Jan. 17: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

Men's basketball moves to No. 3, sets Institute record with 16th straight win
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Overall and Conference Records (as of Jan. 16)
Men’s Basketball: 16-0 (4-0 NEWMAC)
Women’s Basketball: 7-7 (3-5 NEWMAC)
Men’s Fencing: 3-6
Women’s Fencing: 6-5
Rifle: 14-2
Squash: 4-7
Men’s Swimming & Diving: 5-0
Women’s Swimming & Diving: 6-0

National Rankings
#3 – Men’s Basketball
#4 – Men’s Swimming & Diving
#5 –Women’s Indoor Track & Field
#6 – Women’s Swimming & Diving
#10 – Women’s Indoor Track & Field

Men’s Basketball
1/14 – No. 3 MIT Survives with 72-63 Win at Babson
1/11 – No. 3 MIT Wins, 83-55, at Coast Guard to Improve to 15-0
1/10 – Karraker Named NEWMAC Player of the Week Again

Women’s Basketball
1/14 – MIT Falls to Springfield, 60-43
1/11 – Engineers Overpowered by No. 21 Babson

Men’s Swimming and Diving
1/16 – Liao, Tyulmankov Earn NEWMAC Weekly Honors
1/15 – Men’s Swimming Picks Up Victories Over Coast Guard and Springfield
1/14 – Men’s Swimming Eases Past Colby

Women’s Swimming and Diving
1/15 – Women’s Swimming Picks Up Pair of Road Wins
1/14 – Women’s Swimming Cruises Past Colby

Men’s Indoor Track and Field
1/14 – Engineers Run Past Bates and Colby in Season Opener

Women’s Indoor Track & Field
1/14 – Women's Track & Field Picks up Season-Opening Wins over Bates and Colby

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