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

Women's soccer, tennis and volleyball all win opening conference games. Cross Country teams sweep titles at UMass-Dartmouth.
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Overall and Conference Records (As of Sept. 17)
Field Hockey: 5-2 (0-1 NEWMAC)
Football: 1-1 (0-1 NEFC)
Men's Soccer: 4-2 (0-1 NEWMAC)
Women's Soccer: 4-2 (1-0 NEWMAC)
Women's Tennis: 2-0 (1-0 NEWMAC)
Women's Volleyball: 10-1 (2-0 NEWMAC)
Water Polo: 4-6

National Rankings #5 – Women's Cross Country
#2 – Water Polo
#20 – Field Hockey

Men's Cross Country
9/15 – Men's Cross Country Returns from UMass-Dartmouth Invitational With a Win
9/4 – Roy Wedge Named NEWMAC Runner of the Week

Women's Cross Country
9/15 – MIT Women's Cross Country Finish First at UMass-Dartmouth Invitational

Field Hockey
9/15 – Babson Edges Out MIT, 5-4
9/12 – Engineers Shutout Gordon, 5-0

Football
9/15 – Coast Guard Takes Advantage of MIT Miscues to Score 35-21 Victory

Men's Soccer
9/15 – Men's Soccer Topped by Babson

Women's Soccer
9/15 – Women's Soccer Fends off Late Babson Rally
9/12 – Tufts Edges Out MIT Women's Soccer in Overtime, 1-0

Women's Tennis
9/15 – MIT Opens NEWMAC Play With 9-0 Win at Springfield
9/10 – MIT Sweeps NEWMAC Weekly Women's Tennis Awards

Water Polo
9/14 – Water Polo Loses to Mercyhurst, 9-12
9/12 – Kale Rogers Earns CWPA Weekly Honors

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