2013-14 MIT Men's Tennis News
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Four Engineers Named to CoSIDA Men's Academic All-District Team
May 15, 2014CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Four MIT student-athletes were named to the Capital One Academic All-District At-Large team, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Thursday afternoon. Seniors Craig Cheney (Sherwood, Ore.), Joey Rafidi (Los Angeles, Calif.), Paul Syta (Fairport, N.Y.), and Edwin Zhang (Falls Church, Va.) will represent MIT on the national ballot and will vie for Academic All-America honors, which will be voted on next month. -
Zhang Receives Arthur Ashe Award for Second Year in a Row
May 14, 2014CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT’s men’s tennis senior Edwin Zhang (Falls Church, Va.) was selected as the recipient of the Northeast region’s Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award winner for the second consecutive year on Wednesday, as announced by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).
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MIT Ends NCAA Tourney Run with Loss to Bowdoin
May 10, 2014LONGMEADOW, Mass. - After blanking Nichols College yesterday in the first round of the 2014 NCAA Division III Championships, the regionally-ranked MIT men's tennis team fell to Bowdoin College by a score of 5-1 on Saturday.
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MIT Defeats Nichols 5-0 in NCAA First Round
May 09, 2014LONGMEADOW, Mass. - MIT’s men’s tennis team blanked Nichols College in the first round of the 2014 NCAA Division III Championships, handing the Bison a 5-0 loss on Friday afternoon at Amherst College.
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MIT's Men's and Women's Tennis Prepare for NCAAs
May 05, 2014CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After the MIT men’s and women’s tennis teams defended their New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament titles and earned automatic bids to the NCAA Division III Championships, both squads of Engineers saw their names on the brackets for the tournament that were released by the NCAA on Monday.
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Five Engineers Selected to All-Conference Team; Zhang Named Athlete of the Year
April 29, 2014BOSTON, Mass. – After claiming its 16th consecutive New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament title over the weekend with a 6-0 victory over Babson College
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NEWMAC Announces Spring Academic All-Conference Awards
April 28, 2014BOSTON, Mass. – A league-leading 74 athletes represented MIT on the 2014 New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Spring Academic All-Conference Team. The Engineers finished the year with a conference-high 166 selections, followed by Springfield College with 104.
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MIT Men's Tennis Blanks Babson, Claims 16th NEWMAC Title
April 27, 2014CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Number one seed and host MIT defeated second-seeded Babson College at the finals of the 2014 New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament
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Top-Seeded MIT Defeats #5 Coast Guard in NEWMAC Semifinals
April 26, 2014CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After sweeping the doubles matches, No. 1 seed MIT men's tennis team went on to defeat No. 5 seed Coast Guard Academy by a score of 5-0 at the semifinals of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament
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Engineers Drop Match to Brandeis, 6-3
April 21, 2014WALTHAM, Mass. - Two days after winning the regular season title for the 16th consecutive year and earning the right to host the upcoming New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament
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Men's Tennis Picks up Two NEWMAC Weekly Awards
April 21, 2014BOSTON, Mass. - Following its final conference match of the season, the MIT men's tennis team earned two New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) weekly awards.
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MIT Defeats Babson, Clinches Top Seed in NEWMAC Tournament
April 19, 2014BABSON PARK, Mass. - At its final New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) match of the season, the MIT men's tennis team defeated Babson College by a score of 8-1. Tech improved to 11-4 on the season and 6-0 in league action
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MIT Remains Undefeated in NEWMAC Play, Defeats Emerson
April 16, 2014CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT men’s tennis, which is ranked 16th in the Northeast region, blanked its sixth opponent of the 2014 season on Wednesday afternoon, defeating Emerson College by a score of 9-0.
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Wu and Wang Named NEWMAC Doubles Team of the Week
April 14, 2014BOSTON, Mass. – As it has done on two other occasions so far this season, the MIT men’s tennis team picked up New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Doubles Team of the Week honors on Monday.
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MIT Men's Tennis Defeats Clark, 6-3
April 12, 2014CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - At its fourth New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) match and its final home event of the 2014 season, the MIT men's tennis team defeated Clark University by a score of 6-3.
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Zhang and Oh Named Men's Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
April 07, 2014BOSTON, Mass. – Senior Edwin Zhang (Falls Church, Va.) and junior Eugene Oh (Alpharetta, Ga.) were named the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Doubles Team of the Week on Monday afternoon.
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Tech Defeats Coast Guard, Falls to Bowdoin
April 05, 2014CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – No. 28 MIT’s men’s tennis split its matches on Saturday afternoon, defeating the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in a New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) faceoff, 8-1, before falling to #12 Bowdoin College by a score of 5-4.
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MIT Men's Tennis Defeats Wheaton in NEWMAC Play
April 02, 2014CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - At its second of six consecutive home matches, the No. 28 MIT men's tennis team won against New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) foe Wheaton College by a score of 8-1 on Wednesday afternoon.
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No. 28 MIT Men's Tennis Defeated by No. 18 Gustavus Adolphus, 8-1
April 01, 2014CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - In a battle of the nationally ranked teams, the No. 28 MIT men's tennis team was defeated by No. 18 Gustavus Adolphus College on Tuesday afternoon at home in the J.B. Carr Tennis Bubble by a score of 8-1.
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No. 28 MIT Men's Tennis Blanks the Pride
March 29, 2014SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - At its first match in over two weeks, the MIT men's tennis team blanked Springfield College on the road on Saturday afternoon. Tech is currently 4-2 on the season.
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Zhang Named NEWMAC Singles Player of the Week
March 17, 2014BOSTON, Mass. – For the second week in a row, senior Edwin Zhang (Falls Church, Va.) was named the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Men’s Tennis Singles Player of the Week on Monday.
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No. 27 MIT Men's Tennis Falls to No. 25 Bates
March 14, 2014LEWISTON, Maine - At its first away match of the spring season, the No. 27 MIT men's tennis team was defeated by No. 25 Bates College by a score of 7-2 on Friday. Tech is 4-2 on the season, after winning the previous three consecutive home matches, all by a score of 9-0.
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MIT Men's Tennis Picks up two NEWMAC Weekly Awards
March 10, 2014BOSTON, Mass. – Men’s tennis seniors Edwin Zhang (Falls Church, Va.) and Curtis Wu (Yorba Linda, Calif.) picked up New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) weekly honors on Monday.
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MIT Blanks Third Consecutive Opponent
March 06, 2014CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - At its last of three consecutive home matches, the MIT men's tennis team defeated Colby-Sawyer College by a score of 9-0. Tech, which was ranked 27th in the country in the first Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings to be released this season, now has a record of 4-1.
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Engineers Win Second Straight Match
February 28, 2014CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - For the second week in a row, the MIT men's tennis team blanked its opponent, defeating UMass Boston by a score of 9-0. Tech is now 3-1 on the season, after winning against Bentley University and RPI and falling to Amherst earlier in the season. UMass Boston dipped to 0-2.
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MIT Men's Tennis Blanks Bentley
February 21, 2014CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – At its first match since October, the MIT men's tennis team defeated Bentley University by a score of 9-0. Tech is now 2-1 on the season, after winning against RPI and falling to Amherst College at the conclusion of the fall season.
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Men's Tennis First in NEWMAC Preseason Poll
February 20, 2014BOSTON, Mass. – MIT men's tennis was picked to repeat as conference champions in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) preseason poll that was released on Thursday afternoon. The Engineers have won the NEWMAC Tournament every year since the inception of the league in 1998.
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MIT Men's Tennis Falls to Amherst at Final Match of Fall Season
October 05, 2013AMHERST, Mass. - At its final match of the fall season, the MIT men's tennis team fell to Amherst College on the road on Saturday afternoon by a score of 9-0. The Engineers are now 1-1 for the season while the Lord Jeffs, who were playing their first dual match of the season, are 1-0.
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MIT Men's Tennis Defeats RPI at Home Opener by a Score of 5-4
October 04, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - At its first of only two matches for the fall season, the MIT men's tennis team defeated RPI by a score of 5-4 at home on Friday afternoon. The Engineers officially opened their season at the ITA Regional Championships at Middlebury College this past weekend, wrapping up the tournament with showings in the Round of 16 by senior Edwin Zhang (Falls Church, Va.) in singles play and sophomore Kevin Wang (Havertown, Pa.) and junior Eugene Oh (Alpharetta, Ga.) in doubles.
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MIT Men's Tennis Opens Season at ITA Regional Championships
September 28, 2013MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - Five members of the MIT men's tennis were selected to take part in the USTA/ITA Men's Tennis Regional Championships at Middlebury College over the weekend. MIT was just one of twenty New England Division III schools that traveled to Vermont for the tournament, which took place from Friday through Sunday, Sept. 28-30. After the first day of competition on Friday, only 16 of the 64 singles players and half of the 32 pairings were left in the field.
