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Sports Shorts for Feb. 19: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

MIT swimming and diving teams win NEWMAC championships; men's indoor track and field wins New England Division III title; men’s basketball shares NEWMAC regular season trophy
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Overall and Conference Records (As of Feb. 19)
Men's Basketball: 20-4 (10-2 NEWMAC)
Women's Basketball: 11-13 (7-11 NEWMAC)
Field Hockey: 17-3 (7-1 NEWMAC)
Football: 5-4 (4-3 NEFC)
Rifle: 7-2
Men's Fencing: 14-10
Women's Fencing: 15-12
Men's Soccer: 13-5-2 (2-3-1 NEWMAC)
Women's Soccer: 14-4-3 (8-1 NEWMAC)
Squash: 4-13
Men's Swimming and Diving: 7-0
Women's Swimming and Diving: 6-2
Women's Tennis: 10-1 (7-0 NEWMAC)
Men's Volleyball: 9-6
Women's Volleyball: 30-6 (7-2 NEWMAC)
Water Polo: 11-14 (2-4 CWPA)

National Rankings
#1 – Women's Cross Country
#1 – Men's Swimming and Diving
#5 – Women's Swimming and Diving
#5 – Water Polo
#9 – Women's Sailing
#11 – Co-ed Sailing
#15 – Women's Soccer
#15 – Men's Volleyball
#18 – Field Hockey
#19 – Men's Basketball
#21 – Women's Tennis
ARV – Men's Cross Country

Men's Basketball
2/17 – No. 22 MIT Rolls Past Wheelock, 76-34
2/13 – No. 22 MIT Claims Share of NEWMAC Regular Season Title with Upset of No. 5 WPI, 69-60
2/11 – Tashman's Double-Double Leads MIT Past Clark, 69-44
Women's Basketball
2/16 – MIT Falls to Clark, 74-61, in Season Finale
2/15 – Women's Basketball Team Meets with Chairman and CEO of Los Angeles Sparks
2/13 – Engineers Defeat Wheaton, 62-50
2/11 – Battipaglia and Kordell Lead MIT Past Springfield, 55-34

Men's Fencing
2/13 – Tech Tops Boston College at Beanpot
2/12 – Evangelos Efstathiou '00 to Compete in Fencing World Cup
Women's Fencing
2/13 – Engineers Nip Brandeis, 14-13, at Beanpot
Rifle
2/16 – MIT Rifle Edges Coast Guard
Men's Swimming and Diving
2/17 – Engineers Claim Fifth Consecutive NEWMAC Title
2/16 – MIT Men's Swimming & Diving Increases Lead at NEWMAC Championships
2/15 – Engineers Lead after Opening Day of NEWMAC Championships
2/11 – No. 1 Men's Swimming & Diving Gearing up for NEWMACs

Women's Swimming and Diving
2/17 – Women's Swimming & Diving Repeat as NEWMAC Champions
2/16 – MIT Women's Swimming & Diving Remain in First After Day Two of NEWMAC Champs
2/15 – MIT Builds Lead on First Day of NEWMACs
2/11 – Nationally-Ranked MIT Women's Swimming & Diving Preparing for NEWMAC Championship
Men's Indoor Track & Field
2/16 – MIT Men's Track & Field Win New England Division III Championship Title
2/11 – MIT Men's Track and Field Perform Well at Cupid Challenge and Gear up for New England Champs

Women's Indoor Track & Field
2/16 – MIT Women's Track & Field Finishes in Second at New England Div. III Champs
2/11 – Engineers Complete Cupid Challenge, Prepare for New England Champs

Men's Volleyball
2/17 – Men's Volleyball Finishes as Runner-up at MIT Invitational

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