Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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.

WPI is one of the nation's first engineering and technology universities.

O'Sullivan, who was also named as the WPI Women's Student-Athlete of the Week, netted both goals in a non-conference triumph versus previously unbeaten Lasell.

O'Sullivan netted both goals in a non-conference triumph versus previously unbeaten Lasell.

Of Pacheco's 17 tackles - 15 solo - on the year 11 are for-loss, including all three of his stops on Saturday versus Maine Maritime.

Peterson provided a pair of assists and the Engineer defense yielded only one goal on 11 shots in a 2-0 week.

Ingegneri won the individual title to lead the men's cross country team to its third consecutive sweep at the Worcester City Meet with a time of 27:49.7.

Packard enjoyed a top 15 finish at the ultra-competitive Purple Valley Classic on Saturday.

The scholarship program was established to honor the memory of Boston Area Chapter Past President Joel Goldenberg.

Packard placed fifth at the Bates Super XC Shootout, which included No. 11 Tufts, No. 25 Bates and Wellesley, with a time of 18:49.2. The performance was the track & field All-American's cross country debut.

Wetmore, bolstered by a .800 performance at Babson, hit .548 in conference play and .301 overall in a 1-2 week. Nationally, the freshman became the Division III leader with a .548 percentage after Tuesday's match. It is also the second-best in all three divisions.

Beatty scored twice in the second half to propel WPI to a 2-1 come-from-behind victory at Babson.

Beatty scored twice in the second half to propel WPI to a 2-1 come-from-behind victory at Babson.

Garver scored twice in a 2-0 week for the Engineers.