Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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.

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.