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Sports Shorts for April 29: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

Men’s and women’s track and field, men's tennis all capture NEWMAC titles; Hohenberger and Chang named All-Americans in volleyball
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Overall and Conference Records (As of April 29)
Baseball: 22-87 (13-5 NEWMAC)
Men's Basketball: 20-6 (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: 14-6
Men's Fencing: 14-10
Women's Fencing: 15-12
Men's Lacrosse: 4-9 (2-3 Pilgrim League)
Women's Lacrosse: 6-11 (2-4 NEWMAC)
Men's Soccer: 13-5-2 (2-3-1 NEWMAC)
Women's Soccer: 14-4-3 (8-1 NEWMAC)
Softball: 17-13 (7-7 NEWMAC)
Squash: 5-15
Men's Swimming and Diving: 7-0
Women's Swimming and Diving: 6-2
Men's Tennis: 18-1 (5-0 NEWMAC)
Women's Tennis: 16-4 (7-0 NEWMAC)
Men's Volleyball: 24-12
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
#12 – Women's Sailing
#13 – Men's Volleyball
#14 – Co-ed Sailing
#14 – Women's Indoor Track & Field
#15 – Women's Soccer
#18 – Field Hockey
#20 – Men's Tennis
#21 – Women's Outdoor Track & Field
#23 – Women's Tennis
#24 – Men's Basketball
ARV – Baseball
ARV – Men's Cross Country
ARV – Men's Fencing

Baseball
4/27 – MIT Downs Babson, Falls to Wheaton at NEWMAC Tournament
4/25 – MIT Comes Back to Edge UMass Boston in 11 Innings, 4-3
4/24 – Wheaton Claims Pitchers Duel with MIT, 2-0
4/22 – MIT Stuns No. 11 Wheaton with Doubleheader Sweep
4/22 – Cornwell Named NEWMAC Baseball Player of the Week

Women's Lightweight Crew
4/27 – Lightweight Crew Has Strong Outing in Muri Cup

Women's Openweight Crew
4/28 – MIT Openweight Crew Competes at Annual Beanpot Regatta
4/27 – Openweight Crew Takes On BC, BU and URI

Men's Lacrosse
4/27 – Big First Half Leads Engineers Past Clark, 11-5
4/24 – Wheaton Holds Off MIT, 7-4

Women's Lacrosse
4/24 – Engineers Fall to Babson in NEWMAC Quarterfinals
4/22 – Women's Lacrosse Falls to Springfield, 11-7

Sailing
4/26 – Engineers Host Final Midweek Firefly Invitational
4/25 – New Sailing National Rankings Announced as MIT Prepares for Postseason Action

Softball
4/27 – MIT Softball Falls to Wellesley in Game One of NEWMAC Tournament
4/24 – Engineers Clinch Berth in NEWMAC Championship After Sweeping WPI

Men's Tennis
4/28 – MIT Men's Tennis Claims 15th Consecutive NEWMAC Championship Title
4/27 – MIT Men's Tennis Advances to NEWMAC Finals With Win over Wheaton
4/25 – MIT Men's Tennis Wins Regular Season Title for 15th Straight Year
4/23 – Men's Tennis Wins Final Home Match of Season against Brandeis

Women's Tennis
4/28 – IT Powers Past Simmons on Senior Day

Men's Outdoor Track & Field
4/27 – Engineers Claim 14th Straight NEWMAC Championship

Women's Outdoor Track & Field
4/279 – MIT Women's Track and Field Capture 5th Consecutive NEWMAC Title

Men's Volleyball
4/19 – Hohenberger and Chang Earn AVCA All-America Honors

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