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Sports Shorts for Jan. 30: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

Men's volleyball upsets defending national champion; swimming and diving teams down top-10 opponents.
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Overall and Conference Records (As of Jan. 30)
Men's Basketball: 18-1 (6-1 NEWMAC)
Women's Basketball: 8-10 (4-8 NEWMAC)
Men's Fencing: 7-7 (7-3 Northeast Fencing Conf.)
Women's Fencing: 10-7 (9-3 Northeast Fencing Conf.)
Rifle: 18-4
Squash: 5-10
Men's Swimming & Diving: 7-0
Women's Swimming & Diving: 8-0
Men's Volleyball: 4-1

National Rankings
#4 – Men's Swimming & Diving
#6 – Men's Basketball
#6 –Women's Indoor Track & Field
#6 – Women's Swimming & Diving
#9 – Men's Volleyball
#11 –Men's Indoor Track & Field

Men's Basketball
1/28 – WPI Overpowers MIT in NEWMAC Tilt
1/25 – Sixth-Ranked MIT Rebounds with 64-46 Win over Clark

Women's Basketball
1/28 – Smith Tops Women's Basketball, 61-36
1/25 – Wellesley Topples Tech, 44-26

Men's Fencing
1/30 – MIT Posts 4-1 Record at NFC Competition

Women's Fencing
1/30 – Women's Fencing Tallies 4-2 Mark at NFC Outing

Football
1/27 – MIT Places League-High 28 Student-Athletes on NEFC All-Academic Team

Rifle
1/28 – MIT Rifle Finishes Second at Beanpot, Wins Sectional

Squash
1/28 – Engineers Down Vermont at The Maine Event

Men's Swimming and Diving
1/30 – Kokensparger, Ubellacker Named NEWMAC Swimmers of the Week
1/28 – No. 4 Men's Swimming Eases Past Amherst

Women's Swimming and Diving
1/30 – Kokensparger, Ubellacker Named NEWMAC Swimmers of the Week
1/28 – Dramatic Final Relay Win Lifts No. 6 MIT past Amherst in Women's Swimming

Men's Indoor Track and Field
1/28 – Men's Track and Field Competes at Terrier Classic

Women's Indoor Track & Field
1/27 – Strong Individual Performances are Highlight for MIT at Terrier Classic

Men's Volleyball
1/30 – No. 9 Engineers Stun No. 1 Nazareth, Finish Third at Golden Flyer Invitational
1/25 – No. 9 MIT Defeats Wentworth in Season Opener

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