Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Schoenhagen secured the 400-meter dash title with a 50.84, which is the 17th quickest time on the NCAA performance list as of late Saturday night, to help the Engineers capture the team title at the Bowdoin Invitational.

Buckley averaged 10 points and five rebounds in a 1-1 week for the Engineers

Jendritz captured the 133 pound weight class to help the Engineers finish second as a team at the Scott Viera Invitational Saturday.

Biney was a force to be reckoned with this past weekend in the WPI Holiday Tournament. She received MVP honors for averaging 17.5 points, nine rebounds and 4.5 steals. In the championship contest against Wesleyan, Biney logged seven points and six rebounds, two assists and an impressive baseline swipe in just the fourth quarter. Including the trip to Bates, Biney averaged 15.3 points, eight rebounds and 4.3 steals. It marks the third Tournament MVP award of the season for the junior guard.

Doncaster led the Engineers to a pair of victories last week by stuffing the stat sheets with 31 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists and four steals in victories over Keene State and Eastern Nazarene.

Greenalch played a role in all three of WPI wins over the holiday break, highlighted by being named to the WPI Holiday Tournament All-Tournament team.

Doncaster led the Engineers to a pair of victories last week by stuffing the stat sheets with 31 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists and four steals in victories over Keene State and Eastern Nazarene.

Petri won three events, broke two of his own records and bettered a B cut as No. 25 WP defeated host Wesleyan and No. 18 Tufts, and fell to No. 9 Williams this past Saturday. Petri began by cutting .26 off his 50-yard breaststroke record with a 26.07. He then led a trio of Engineers to a 1-2-3 finish and broke his own record in the 100 with a B cut time of 56.49. Petri capped it off with another B cut performance in the 200 with a 2:04.58, just a tenth slower than at the Gompei Invitational.

Bender posted a second place and fourth place score in the 1-meter and 3-meter dives at Saturday's road meet. The West-Coast native totaled 238.75 and 226.85, respectively. She began the month with a consistent effort at the Gompei Invitational with 11-dive scores of 354.40 and 354.25. Bender scored a season-best 268.5 on the 1-meter at Coast Guard and a season-high 271.45 on the 3-meter versus Babson, Smith and Brandeis.

WPI senior Brian Murtagh has been named a D3football.com All-America Honorable Mention. He becomes the program's second honoree, joining first team specialist selection Ernie Mello '12 in 2011.

Senior Tim Petri (Eksjo, Sweden) and both the men's and women's 400-yard relay teams drew distinction from the NEWMAC on Monday. Petri took home the Men's Swimmer of the Week award while each quartet was tabbed as their respective Relay of the Week.

Senior Brian Murtagh and freshman Sean McAllen garnered major awards in the 26th edition of the Steve "Merc" Morris All-Star Team, as selected by the sports information directors within Worcester Country who sponsor football. Murtagh was tabbed the Co-Defensive Player of the Year while McAllen was selected as the Freshman of the Year. The duo was also honored with first team selections, as well as senior Chad DellaPorta and junior Dereck Pacheco.

WPI seniors Brian Murtagh and Blaine Bursey have been named to the D3football.com All-East Region team. Murtagh picked up first team accolades as a linebacker while Bursey garnered third team honors as a placekicker.

Biney averaged 20 points, 8.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and two steals in a 2-0 week for the Engineers. She was all over the court to deliver her first double-double (20pts, 10reb) on 10-of-12 shooting with five assists and three blocks in 29 minutes at Wellesley. Biney followed it up with 18 points, seven boards, and three steals in 30 minutes at Wheaton.

Velleca captured the 200-meter dash (27.11) and was fifth in the 60-meter dash with a Division III New England Championships qualifying time of 8.18. She also teamed with Kimberlee Kocienski, Haylea Northcott and Krystal Grant to place second in the 4x400-meter relay (4:19.65) at the Springfield College Season Opener on Saturday.

Rus earned a pair of golds in his collegiate debut. After winning the mile in a time of 4:30.86, he teamed with Antoine Harris, Andrew Kelly and Paul-Henry Schoenhagen to close out the Springfield College Season Opener with a first-place time of 3:31.08 in the 4x400-meter relay.

The only rookie to recieve All-America accolades, and to appear on the top two regional teams, McCrea boasted Engineer-bests of 11 assists, 21 points and four game-winners following the NEWMAC Women's Soccer Championship. The tournament's most outstanding player, scored the double OT game-ender versus Springfield in the semifinal and added a pair of assists versus MIT in the title match. She is only the second NSCAA All-America selection in program history, joining Emily Doherty '16.

Kristen McCrea, the NEWMAC Rookie of the Year, was placed on the first team while sophomore Gabi Hoops and junior Susannah Gray were named to the second team. Gray previously joined McCrea on the NEWMAC All-Conference First Team as Hoops, the NEWMAC Defensive Player of the Year, was placed on the second team.

The NEWMAC All-Conference first team selection paced the Crimson and Gray with seven goals and 16 points. Of the midfielder's seven goals, he scored the game winner versus Nichols, Mass. Maritime and at Emerson. He was also one of three Engineers to start all 17 fixtures. Through three seasons, Nemes has 13 goals - five game-winners - and 31 points in a span of 56 possible games, including starts in the last 37.

Pope, a biomedical engineering major that did not miss a game in three-plus seasons, aided the Engineers in topping the league in total offense with 413.3 yards per game and ranking second in the league with 31.4 points per game in 2016. The starting right guard is a three-time Liberty League All-Academic selection, a Charles O. Thompson Scholar and a member of the Dean's List.

Willgress stuffed the stat sheet with career-best of 15 points and six rebounds along with a pair of steals and an assist to help the Engineers knock off city rival Worcester State on Tuesday. In addition to scoring eight of the game's first 10 points, he was 5 of 8 from the field, including 3 for 4 beyond the arc, to go with a pair of free throws in 27 minutes.

Biney averaged 21 points, six rebounds and 2.7 steals per game in a 3-0 week for the Engineers. She dropped a career-high 28 on RPI Saturday and followed up with 16 Sunday vs Johnson & Wales en route to WPI Thanksgiving Classic MVP honors. Biney added 19 points, eight rebounds, two assists and two steals in just 19 minutes against Nichols on Tuesday.

Biney averaged 21 points, six rebounds and 2.7 steals per game in a 3-0 week for the Engineers. She dropped a career-high 28 on RPI Saturday and followed up with 16 Sunday vs Johnson & Wales en route to WPI Thanksgiving Classic MVP honors. Biney added 19 points, eight rebounds, two assists and two steals in just 19 minutes against Nichols on Tuesday.

Dunphy dropped a career-high 19 points on 8 of 11 shooting and added a season-best eight rebounds in Sunday's 61-49 win versus Johnson & Wales. She finished the week with 34 points and 15 boards to help the Engineers go 3-0 and head into conference action with a five-game winning streak.

Willgress stuffed the stat sheet with career-bests of 15 points and six rebounds along with a pair of steals and an assist to help the Engineers knock off city rival Worcester State on Tuesday. In addition to scoring eight of the game's first 10 points, he was 5 of 8 from the field, including 3 for 4 beyond the arc, to go with a pair of free throws in 27 minutes.

Wisniewski averaged nine points per game even with seeing limited minutes against Salve Regina Friday night. He debuted with 14 points, seven rebounds and a pair of assists versus Eastern Connecticut. The local product finished the week with 11 points and six boards against DeSales in Saturday's Ted Coghlin Memorial Tournament championship contest.

Converse dropped 21 points in the title game to go with 14 in Friday night's opener.

Tyler Marsh, Austin Shrewsbury, Stephen Jendritz, Brian Amato, Michael Curtis and Jack Nigro are currently regionally ranked in their respective weight classes.

Marsh won both of his matches on Saturday as WPI swept a home Super Quad to start the dual meet season 3-0. The freshman notched a first period pin of the nation's third-ranked wrestler at 157 pounds to put the Engineers up 14-6 in an eventual 21-15 victory versus nationally-ranked Ursinus (PA). Earlier in the day Marsh posted a 15-4 major decision over his opponent from Norwich in a 30-12 triumph over Norwich.

Biney, also named WPI Women's Student-Athlete of the Week, averaged 14.3 points per game in a 2-1 week for the Engineers and was named the Worcester City Tournament MOP.