Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Led by NEWMAC Special Teams Athlete of the Year junior Spencer Herrington, nine members of the WPI football team were named NEWMAC All-Conference first teamers and five were placed on the second team for their efforts so far this fall.

Melanson rebounded Sunday with the winning score of 276.67 on the 1-meter board and a second-place 269.85 on the 3-meter board at Coast Guard. His 1-meter sum represented his first NCAA regional qualifying score of the season. Less than 24 hours earlier, he only needed 241.81 to claim the 3-meter and was the runner up on the 1-meter at Division II Southern Connecticut State University.

To be nominated, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at his/her current institution, must have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's games at the position listed on the nomination form (where applicable) and he/she has completed one full calendar year at his/her current institution and has reached sophomore athletic eligibility.

To be nominated, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at his/her current institution, must have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's games at the position listed on the nomination form (where applicable) and he/she has completed one full calendar year at his/her current institution and has reached sophomore athletic eligibility.

Led by 18 three-time honorees, WPI placed 61 fall student-athletes on their respective NEWMAC Academic All-Conference teams. Comparing year-to-year, the 50 student athletes across all fall sports except for football, which was in the Liberty League until this season, topped last year's sum of 39. Football accounted for 11 additional nods and, while the number of honorees have decreased compared to past years, the GPA requirement has risen from 3.3 to 3.5 to match the other sports. Women's Soccer (13), Men's Soccer (11) and Volleyball (8) all produced a record number of selections while Women's Cross Country (8) tied two other years (2006, 2015). WPI also tied Wellesley with the most volleyball selections. Field Hockey featured six student-athletes and Men's Cross Country added four.

Sophomore Shannon Hynes was tabbed as a NEWMAC Field Hockey All-Conference second team selection.

Senior Brendan Nemes and sophomore Paul Beatty were named to the NEWMAC Men's Soccer All-Conference first team as a total of five WPI student-athletes were recognized. The senior captain repeats as a first team selection while it is the first for the sophomore transfer. Seniors Derrick Naugler and Connor Hoeckele, as well as junior Riley Doherty were second team selections.

Sophomore Kristen McCrea headlined WPI's representatives on the NEWMAC Women's Soccer All-Conference teams. McCrea, the 2016 rookie of the year, repeats as a first team selection while junior Gabriela Hoops, the 2016 defensive player of the year, repeats as a second teamer. Hoops was joined on the second team by senior honorees Sophie Gomarlo and Karina Larson.

WPI Senior Dereck Pacheco and junior Spencer Herrington have garnered NEWMAC Football weekly awards. Pacheco shares NEWMAC Football Defensive Athlete of the Week honors with MIT senior Mitch Turley while Herrington hauls in his fourth NEWMAC Special Teams Athlete of the Week nod of the season and third in as many weeks.

The 400-yard medley relay set the tone as the WPI women's swimming & diving team had the best performance in every swimming event in a sweep of Babson, Smith and Brandeis Friday night. The foursome of sophomore Sydney Seo, sophomore Emma Edwardson, freshman Audrey Berner and Jenny Day won in a time of 4:11.28.

Shriner captured the 200-yard butterfly and both distance freestyle events as WPI knocked off RPI 171-129 Saturday, ending the visiting Engineers 19 dual meet winning-streak that dates back to 2015.

The foursome of sophomore Sydney Seo, sophomore Emma Edwardson, freshman Audrey Berner and senior Jenny Day won the 400 medley relay in a time of 4:11.28 to set the tone in the home opener on Friday night versus Babson, Smith and Brandeis.

Stokes converted the clinching penalty kick in the fifth round as the team claimed its first NEWMAC Championship Sunday at Springfield.

With penalty kicks even at 1-1 heading into the fourth round, WPI seniors Pavolas Christidis and Ryan Stokes provided go-ahead and game-winning kicks while Tournament Most Outstanding Player Connor Hoeckele did the work between the pipes to secure the 2017 NEWMAC Men's Soccer Championship following a scoreless draw with Springfield Sunday at Brock-Affleck Field. The NEWMAC Co-Regular Season Champions also played to a scoreless tie back on October 21.

Sophomore Avery Ingegneri and senior Tristam Winship each earned All-NEWMAChonors as the duo led the WPI men's cross country team to a second-place finish at the NEWMAC Championships Sunday at Franklin Park.

Junior Jackson Perry and the 200-yard medley relay team kicked off the 2017-18 season with NEWMAC Men's Swimming & Diving weekly accolades.The relay also consisted of junior Jack Bauer, sophomore Dave Chen and graduate student Erick Burgwardt

Sophomore Sean McAllen was named the NEWMACFootball Offensive Athlete of the Week while classmate Nick Ostrowski was tabbed as the NEWMAC Football Defensive Athlete of the Week and junior Spencer Herrington picked up his third NEWMAC Football Special Teams Athlete of the Week honor, including second in as many weeks.

Sophomores Sydney Packard and Ariana Rozen, and seniors Emily Newman and Lea Strangio, each earned All-NEWMAC accolades and teamed with freshman Keely Nistler, sophomore Callie Schadt and junior Carly Neeld to set the program records for team finish (second), lowest point total (62) and number of All-Conference honorees at Sunday's NEWMAC Championships.

Ostrowski totaled a career-high 11 tackles, forced a fumble and returned an interception on the final play of the first half 55 yards for a touchdown as WPI went on the road and defeated MIT 24-21.

Herrington, who collected the weekly award for the second time this season, accounted for just over a quarter of WPI's scoring in a 41-7 home triumph vs Merchant Marine Saturday.

Led by starters Megan Hanshaw, Kirsten Southan, Karina Larson and Georgie Cromwell, the Engineers allowed only one goal in just under 200 minutes this past week.

Hoeckele was brilliant in a six-save effort in a scoreless draw Saturday night versus nationally-ranked Springfield.

Also named the WPI Men's Student-Athlete of the Week, Nemes notched both goals in a crucial 2-1 overtime win versus Coast Guard on Saturday.

The configuration of Kinsey McNamara, Sarah Wutka, Christine Hovermale, Melissa Bazakas-Chamberlain, Marlies de Jong, Abby Sawyer, Eva Barinelli, Josephine Bowen, and coxswain Madeline Burke rowed to a first place finish (14:38.404), which was over thirty seconds ahead of Division I Holy Cross (15:11.081), Saturday at the Quinsigamond Snake Regatta.

In the first game since the exam break, Nemes notched both goals in a 2-1 overtime win versus Coast Guard on Saturday.

WPI senior Lou Garcia and junior Brian Mahan were honored by D3football.com, as announced on Monday and Tuesday.

WPI senior Blake Rice and junior Brian Mahan garnered NEWMAC Football weekly honors. Rice was tabbed as the NEWMAC Co-Offensive Athlete of the Week along with Merchant Marine senior Brice Moore (Pace, Fla.) while Mahan was named as the NEWMAC Defensive Athlete of the Week.

Mushrall yielded only one goal in a two-win week for WPI. In a 6-0 shared shutout at Clark, the junior stopped five shots and went on to go the distance in a double OT triumph at Wheaton. Of her 12 saves versus the Lyons, Mushrall came up huge with an amazing diving stick save late in regulation.

Kleeper continued her strong senior season by totaling 19 kills Saturday in the Engineers tri-meet sweep of Western Connecticut and Keene State.

Rice tossed a season-high and career-equaling best three touchdowns as the Crimson and Gray went to Washington DC and defeated Catholic 31-14 in the first-ever meeting between the two programs.