Lady Engineers Finish Spring Season in New York With Close Losses
The women’s tennis team hit a rough patch last week to close out their season, barely losing to both Skidmore College and Vassar College. MIT played Skidmore first on Saturday. First up were the double matches, where even a twisted ankle wouldn’t slow down Karina N. Pikhart ’09 and her partner Melissa A. Diskin ’11. After hitting a winner, Pikhart scared her teammates as she stumbled and twisted her ankle. After taking a bit to recover, she got up and continued playing. The duo went on to win the match 8-6, making it clear that one can never underestimate these Lady Engineers, even when injured.
sMITe Finishes Third At Boston Sectionals, Qualifies for Regionals
The MIT women’s ultimate frisbee team, “sMITe,” came in third out of twelve teams at the Metro Boston Women’s Sectionals last weekend in Lancaster, Mass. The team qualified for the New England Regional competition on May 3.
GAME OF THE WEEK Baseball Captures Win in First Game of NEWMAC Tournament
Jay M. Turner ’08 delivered his best start of the spring as MIT’s offense complimented his effort with a strong performance in the first round of the New England Women’s and Men’s Conference Baseball Tournament on Wednesday. The Engineers cruised past Springfield College 11-2. The third-seeded MIT remained in the winner’s bracket of the double-elimination tournament after the win, and travelled to face No. 2 Wheaton College yesterday afternoon.
Rasin, Coblenz Compete at NCAA Championship
For the second year in a row, MIT sent two representatives to the NCAA National Collegiate Men’s Gymnastics Championships hosted this past weekend by Stanford University. Boris Rasin ’09 made his second trip to the national qualifying round while Joshua S. Coblenz ’08 received his first nod.
Sailing Qualifies for National Semifinals at USC
The MIT sailing team qualified for the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association National Championship Western Semifinals with a sixth-place finish at the New England Dinghy Championships, hosted by Salve Regina University this past weekend. The semifinals will be hosted by the University of Southern California on April 26-27.
Saturday Marks First Ever Athletics Weekend at MIT
Think MIT students don’t care about athletics? Think again. The inaugural Athletics Weekend will begin this Saturday at MIT, as ten varsity sports spring into action in conjunction with a series of campus wide events.
MIT Rowing Club Brings Home Golds After Winning Men’s and Mixed Eight
The MIT Rowing Club traveled to Philadelphia last weekend to compete in the Wharton Sprints, a regatta hosted by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Sport Taekwondo Dominates Both Forms, Sparring to Finish Second
The MIT Sport Taekwondo Club finished second out of eighteen teams at the fourth Ivy Northeast Collegiate Taekwondo League tournament of the season, held at the University of Pennsylvania on April 5. The MIT team, led by Coach Dan Chuang, finished with 423 points, only 60 points behind first place Cornell University.
Women’s Tennis Dominates in First Ever Match Against NYU
The women’s tennis team, ranked 23rd in the nation, decisively defeated New York University 8-1 in the first ever meeting between the two teams on Saturday. While the score may seem one-sided, the Lady Engineers still had to fight back from deficits in several of its matches.
The Tech’s Athlete of the Week: Leah A. Bogsted ’08
Leah A. Bogsted ’08 hit a walk-off double with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning on Saturday to give MIT a 5-4 victory over Regis College.
The Dilemma: Supporting Your Fantasy Team or Favorite Team
March Madness has ended and baseball season has just begun, prompting plenty of trash-talking about brackets and fantasy teams. In the interest of full disclosure, I am a Duke basketball (relatives live near there) and Boston Red Sox (family grew up here) fan. You can imagine my chagrin, then, when I objectively picked the University of North Carolina to win the NCAA men’s basketball tournament rather than my beloved Duke. It’s the same feeling that I had last year when several groups of my friends asked me to join their fantasy baseball leagues, and I ended up with several Yankees players, including Alex Rodriguez.
GAME OF THE WEEK Men’s Lacrosse Wins Overtime Thriller on Garvey’s Late Goal
Corey Garvey ’10 scored with 1:44 left in overtime to give the MIT men’s lacrosse team an 8-7 win over host University of Massachusetts Boston on Tuesday. With the win, the Engineers improved to 2-6 on the season while the Beacons fell to 1-6 overall.