Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Westwood, MA --- Six members of the WPI men's swimming & diving team have garnered weekly awards from the NEWMAC. Sophomore Dave Chen was tabbed as the swimmer of the week while senior Randy Melanson was named the diver of the week. The 400-yard freestyle foursome of junior Jack Bauer, freshman Tim McDonald, junior Jackson Perry and senior Karim Elsayed was feted as the relay team of the week.

Berner claimed the 100-yard freestyle for the Engineers, who defeated Wesleyan and fell to No. 3 Williams and Tufts, with a time of 53.86. Prior to that the rookie was third in the 200 (1:58.64) and fourth in the 50-yard butterfly (26.78).

Curtis racked up a dozen points during three matches Saturday at the Northeast Duals. He began with a pin against versus Eugene Latson from Niagara Community College and followed up with a 3-0 decision over Lantze Lange of Oneonta State. The junior then added to the Boynton Hillers lead with an 11-7 decision against Chance O`Mahony in the team's win over No. 16 Cortland State.

Grant was one of the Engineers winners in a competitive triple dual Saturday versus No. 3 Williams, Tufts and host Wesleyan. The senior touched the wall first in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:08.09. Grant also took fifth in the 200 (2:31.76) and sixth in the 50 (32.10).

Marion helped lead WPI to the team championship at the RIT Invitational as he won the 165-pound weight class. The rookie won a match by tech fall and decision to reach the semifinals. In the semis Marion defeated Vittorio Santillo of John Carroll by a 17-9 major decision before pinning Andrew Gombas of Scranton 52 seconds into the title bout.

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In all, nine Engineers have now earned 10 regional accolades from the group as Herrington follows in the footsteps of Blaine Bursey, a third team kicker a year ago, and joins first teamers Mike Butler (2007), Ernie Mello (2011), Brian Murtagh (2016), also a third teamer in 2015, and Andrew Sides (2008).

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The following 39 men and 39 women have earned a spot on the roster.

The following 28 student-athletes have earned a spot on the roster.

The following 17 student-athletes have earned a spot on the roster.

The following 16 student-athletes have earned a spot on the roster.

The WPI men's soccer team was represented by three of the squads four captains, Connor Hoeckele, Brendan Nemes and Nate Peterson at the NEISL All-Star Game, which was played on November 26th at Brandeis.

WPI sophomore Sean McAllen has been named as a Worcester Area Football Association Co-Offensive Player of the Year. Led by three-time first team honoree senior Dereck Pacheco, 11 others were also recognized as part of the 27th annual Steve "Merc" Morris All-Star Team, as selected by the sports information directors within Worcester Country who sponsor football.

Berner consistently led the Engineers during the three-day Gompei Invitational. On Friday the newcomer placed third in the 100-yard butterfly and followed up with a personal-best 26.66 to finish third in the 50-yard butterfly. Berner then took fourth in the 100-yard freestyle with a 53.60, nearly half a second quicker than her trial time.

Bauer, who claimed the 100-yard backstroke with a B cut time Saturday, secured the 200-yard backstroke with a B cut and school record 1:49.43. On Friday, Bauer teamed with sophomore Dave Chen, junior Jackson Perry, and graduate student Erick Burgwardt to hand in a B cut in the 200-yard medley relay.

WPI senior Brendan Nemes and sophomore Paul Beatty were named to the United Soccer Coaches (formerly the NSCAA) NCAA Division III Men's All-New England third team. The pair were previously named NEWMAC All-Conference First Team honorees.

The repeat NEWMAC All-Conference first team honoree finished fifth in goals (nine) and points (23), and sixth in assists (five) on the year. The sophomore also ranked seventh with four goals during the NEWMAC regular season, including both markers in a 2-0 victory at Smith. McCrea scored twice at Framingham State as well to go with a goal and an assist versus UMass Dartmouth, at Trinity, versus Roger Williams and at Mount Holyoke.

WPI senior Ama Biney has been distinguished as the first NEWMAC basketball student-athlete to be named as the lone offensive and defensive athlete of the week for the same reporting period. The guard was also named the WPI Women's Student-Athlete of the Week, as well as the New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) Player of the Week..

McAllen, the Liberty League Rookie of the Year and All-Conference second team member in 2016, owns the Engineers single season rushing record with 1,368 yards, currently the second-best total in the NEWMAC. He is also second in yards per game (124.4), rushing touchdowns (15) and third in yards per rush (5.7). McAllen eclipsed 100 yards seven times with a career-high 246 in the opener versus Anna Maria to go with 237 yards and two scores as a receiver.

In the opening bout of WPI's trimiph over Western New England Tuesday night, Zogby surged ahead 10-9 with a takedown with about 30 seconds remaining in the third period before his opponent forced overtime by getting a point just before the final buzzer. Zogby took home the 12-10 victory with a takedown just 13 seconds into SV 1 to secure his second dual win in as many tries this season.

As Biney became the 18th WPI women's basketball player to reach the 1,000-point milestone on Saturday, the local product tallied her third career double double with 19 points and 10 rebounds, to go with two blocks and a swipe as the Engineers defeated Bates 60-42.

Led by repeat MVP Ama Biney, who averaged 15 points to go with eight rebounds, four steals and two assists this past weekend, the six member Class of 2018, that also features Madison Beck, Maura Buckley, Brianna Dozier, Stasha Greenalch and Brittney Lambert, completed the four-year, eight-game sweep at the Worcester City Tournament.

The New England Bowl Most Valuable Player rolled up seven tackles featuring four for loss and two sacks, and was credited with a pass breakup as the Engineers earned the program's first postseason triumph in the 128 years of WPI Football.

Packard finished 23rd at the NCAA Division III New England Cross Country Championships in a time of 21:55.8, which was just shy of an invitation to her third NCAA Championship event in as many track & field/cross country seasons (2017 Indoor, 2017 Outdoor).

Garcia returned the second of his two second half interceptions for a touchdown as the Engineers went on the road and defeated Norwich 42-7.

Senior Dereck Pacheco and junior Nick Day have garnered CoSIDA Academic All-District I Football accolades, as voted upon by the sports information directors from Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. The civil engineering majors now move on to the national ballot for Academic All-America consideration.

Junior Azita Bakhtyari has been selected as a repeat CoSIDA Academic All-District I Volleyball team member, as voted upon by sports information directors in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. She now moves on to the national ballot for CoSIDA Academic All-America consideration.

Sophie Gomarlo has been selected to represent the WPI women's soccer team in the New England Women's Intercollegiate Soccer Association (NEWISA) Senior Bowl. The game slated to be played on Sunday, December 3rd at 2pm at Merrimack.

Now in its second year, the NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship team is intended to recognize one student-athlete from each team, in every sport that best demonstrates the ideals of the NEWMAC and its Code of Conduct, regardless of his/her overall performance or statistics for the season.