Soccer nets 2-0 victory against Coast Guard
On a cool, crisp Saturday during Family Weekend, MIT defeated the Coast Guard Academy 2-0 in an exhilarating soccer match at Steinbrenner Stadium. The Engineers earned their first win in the conference, improving their NEWMAC record to 1-3-0 and their overall record to 6-6-0. The Bears, tough competitors for the Engineers, saw their record decline to 1-3-1 in the conference and to 4-7-1 overall. The Engineers started off this season well with a 4-0 winning streak and then suddenly lost their drive and fell to a 0-6 losing streak. This game was essential for the Engineers, as it was a must-win for them to move on to the conference tournament.
Sports Shorts
The MIT rifle team completed its first home match of the season on Saturday, bringing its record to a 6-0. The Engineers won in both smallbore and air rifle competitions against the visiting Wentworth Institute of Technology and John Jay College rifle teams. The MIT team completed the match with its highest scores of the season: 2167 in smallbore (John Jay 1989, Wentworth 1917) and 2222 in air (John Jay 2164, Wentworth 2028). Nigel C. Kojimoto ’12 led the team with a 560 in smallbore and 572 in air rifle, both out of 600 possible points. Elizabeth A. Phillips ’13 scored second highest on the MIT team with a 540 smallbore and a 558 air rifle score. Also contributing towards the win were season-best scores from Jennifer C. de Bruijn ’12 and Michael A. Batista ’12. Though not on the competing team, Kai Liao ’14 shot a personal high score of 538 in air rifle, alongside Christian A. Valledor ’12, Timothy R. Jenks ’13, David Huang ’14, Alvin Mwijuka ’15, and David M. Bocek ’15. MIT’s next home match will be held Oct. 28–29 against Navy and Wentworth.
ERIKA LEE ’12 The art of kicking people
Nearly 12 years ago, Erika Lee ’12 became infatuated with a “bad” martial arts movie and began training at a local taekwondo place near her home in California. Today, Lee boasts a second degree black belt, appearances in international competitions, and a love for electrical engineering and computer science. This senior is quite the star of the MIT Sport Taekwondo Club, and also serves as treasurer and instructor for the team this year.
SPORTS SHORT
MIT’s women’s tennis team finished off a fine NEWMAC conference season Monday as the No. 22 Engineers took a 6-3 win at Wheaton College. MIT picked up key wins in all three doubles matches as it ran its record to 6-2 overall and 6-1 in the NEWMAC.
Sailing takes 8th at Danmark Trophy
The nationally-ranked No. 11 MIT coed sailing team captured eighth place out of 20 squads at the Danmark Trophy while its entries finished in fourth and fifth place at the Charles River Invitational this past weekend. In addition, team member Hanna M. Vincent ’13 secured 10th place at the New England Women’s Singlehanded Championship.
MIT wins against Babson
In a NEWMAC women’s volleyball match on Tuesday night, host MIT defeated Babson College 25-18, 25-19, 25-13. With the win, the Engineers improved to 17-5 on the year and 3-2 in conference while the Babson Beavers dipped to 11-7 overall and 2-3 in the NEWMAC.
The Tech’s predictions for the MLB postseason: AL/NLDS
After six months and 162 games, the teams playing in the MLB postseason has finally been decided. The field seemed to be all be set at the beginning of September, with all six division leaders and both Wild Card teams holding comfortable leads. The Red Sox, for example, had a 9-1/2 game lead at one point, and our “Your New Home Team” article published Sept. 9 declared that it would take a historic collapse for the team to miss out on the playoffs.
The State of Red Sox Nation: helplessness and uncertainty
A terrible sensation of helplessness gripped all of New England last Wednesday night. The Red Sox entered the final night of the season tied in the standings with the Tampa Bay Rays with the wild card playoff spot up for grabs. At the last possible moment, everything went awry.
MIT women’s tennis sweeps Babson, 9-0
The MIT Women’s Tennis team continued their conference winning streak with a 9-0 victory over Babson College. In doubles, at No. 2, Michelle M. Dutt ’15 and Julia C. Hsu ’14 came off first with a close 8-5 win. No. 1 with Lauren C. Quisenberry ’14 and Stasey Vishnevetsky ’12 were soon to follow with an 8-4 victory. The toughest doubles match was at No. 3, but freshmen Vynnie J. Kong ’15 and Juana C. Becerra ’15 pulled out an 8-6 win. In an unofficial doubles match, Hillary E. Jenny ’12 and Alexandra C. Hall ’12 lost 8-0 at No. 4 doubles.
Sports Shorts
After a closely-fought game at UMass Dartmouth on Saturday, the Engineers were unable to hold onto a late lead and fell 31–29. This was MIT’s third straight loss after a season-opening win. With 1:23 left in the last quarter, Justin R. Wallace ’15, who had rushed for an impressive 84 yards, scored a touchdown. Benjamin D. Hessels ’14 scored a two-point conversion to give the Engineers a one-point lead — their first lead in the game. Unfortunately, the Engineers ended up down again at the 23 second mark, because of a 45 yard field goal scored by UMass Dartmouth’s Edgar Osols.
Men’s soccer drops fifth straight, 1-0 to Williams
Having suffered four straight losses heading into the weekend, MIT Men’s Soccer was hoping to regain momentum on Saturday at Steinbrenner Stadium. Unfortunately, with a 1-0 loss for MIT, the nationally-ranked Ephs of William College stood in their way.
SPORTS SHORTS
Facing its first nationally ranked opponent this season, the MIT Women’s Volleyball team fell to No. 21 Springfield College, 25-18, 28-26, 25-23, in a hard-fought NEWMAC contest on Tuesday night. The loss lowered the Engineers’ record to 13-4 on the year and 2-2 in league play.
Field Hockey victorious
Molly K. Duffy ’14’s put-back early in the second half proved to be the game-winner as MIT defeated visiting Endicott College, 2-1, in non-conference field hockey action on Tuesday night. The win is the third straight for the Engineers, who improve to 9-2 on the 2011 campaign. Endicott falls to 1-7 with the loss.
Football loses home opener against Curry College
MIT played its first home game of the season on Saturday against Curry College. MIT came into this week hoping to double the number of wins from the 2010 season (1-8) following a 51-13 loss to Massachusetts Maritime Academy and a 35-13 win at Becker College. Instead, MIT started with the same 1-2 three-game record as last year. Curry College won using a balanced attack of rushing and passing and overcoming early turnovers with a strong defensive performance.
SPORTS SHORT
MIT Women’s Tennis played two matches in the past week, hosting Tufts on Thursday and visiting Mount Holyoke on Saturday.