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Sports Shorts for Feb. 25: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

Shin, Paturu win New England fencing titles; Kates named Academic All-American
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Overall and Conference Records (As of Feb. 25)
Men's Basketball: 20-5 (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: 9-2
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: 5-14
Men's Swimming and Diving: 7-0
Women's Swimming and Diving: 6-2
Men's Tennis: 3-0
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
#7 – Women's Swimming and Diving
#5 – Water Polo
#11 – Women's Sailing
#t13 – Co-ed Sailing
#15 – Women's Soccer
#15 – Men's Volleyball
#18 – Field Hockey
#19 – Men's Basketball
#21 – Women's Tennis
#22 – Women's Indoor Track & Field
ARV – Men's Cross Country

Men's Basketball
2/23 – MIT Falls To Springfield, 68-60, at NEWMAC Tournament
2/21 – Men's Basketball Moves Up In National Rankings, Seeded Second for NEWMAC Tournament
2/19 – Kates Earns Academic All-America Recognition
2/19 – Tashman Named to Third NEWMAC Player of the Week Honor this Season

Men's Fencing
2/24 – Men's Fencing Finishes Third at New England Championship

Women's Fencing
2/24 – Shin and Paturu Crowned New England Fencing Champions
Rifle
2/23 – Phillips Captures Air Rifle Title at MAC Championships

Sailing
2/23 – Sailing Secures National Rankings at Start of Spring Season
Squash
2/23 – MIT Squash Wins Against University of Washington at CSA Team Nationals
2/22 – MIT Squash Falls to Denison at CSA Team Nationals

Men's Tennis
2/21 – MIT Men's Tennis Defeats Bentley, 6-1

Men's Indoor Track & Field
2/23 – Men's Track & Field Breaks 20 Year Old Record at N.E. Champs
2/22 – Men's Track & Field Opens New England Championships Strongly

Women's Indoor Track & Field
2/23 – Women's Track and Field Wrap up New England Championships
2/22 – Women's Track and Field Compete Well at Day One of N.E. Champs

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