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Sports Shorts for Sept. 24: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

Women's cross country gains No. 1 national ranking; volleyball wins MIT Invitational
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Overall and conference records (as of Sept. 24)
Field Hockey: 7-2 (1-1 NEWMAC)
Football: 1-2 (0-1 NEFC)
Men's Soccer: 6-2 (0-1 NEWMAC)
Women's Soccer: 6-2 (2-0 NEWMAC)
Women's Tennis: 3-1 (2-0 NEWMAC)
Women's Volleyball: 14-2 (2-1 NEWMAC)
Water Polo: 4-6

National Rankings
#1 – Women's Cross Country
#t2 – Water Polo
#15 – Co-ed Sailing
#35 – Men's Cross Country

Men's Cross Country
9/22 – Men's Cross Country Finish Fifth at Purple Valley Classic

Women's Cross Country
9/22 – Women's Cross Country Second Place Finishers at Purple Valley Classic
9/19 – MIT Women's Cross Country Top in National Poll

Field Hockey
9/22 – Five Players Score in 6-1 Field Hockey Win over Clark
9/19 – Balanced Attack Powers Field Hockey to 5-2 Win over Nichols

Football
9/21 – Last Minute TD Lifts Curry Past MIT, 31-28

Sailing
9/17 – No. 15 Sailing Continues Solid Start to Season

Men's Soccer
9/22 – MIT Men's Soccer Wins Against Emmanuel, 7-1
9/19 – MIT Men's Soccer Fights off Roger Williams, 3-1

Women's Soccer
9/22 – Emily Kuo Scores Pair of Goals Against Clark
9/18 – Nikki Effenberger Scores Lone Goal against Roger Williams

Women's Tennis
9/22 – MIT Downs Mount Holyoke, 8-1
9/20 – Tufts Edges MIT In Close, 5-4, Decision

Women's Volleyball
9/22 – Women's Volleyball Wins MIT Invitational
9/19 – Engineers Fall to Springfield, 3-1, in NEWMAC Volleyball Action

Water Polo
9/21 – MIT Water Polo Edged Out by Harvard, 12-13

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