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Zayac won the NEWMAC men's 3,000-meter steeplechase title on Saturday.

Frederick, who was named the NEWMAC Men's Field Athlete of the Week on Monday, won a pair of events as the Engineers handily won the Eric Loeschner Memorial Meet at Fitchburg State on Saturday.

Monday was a busy day for the WPI track and field athletes as David Frederick, Liz Pellegrini and Laura Pumphrey as well as the women's 4x100-meter relay all garnered NEWMAC weekly honors on Monday afternoon. The awards come after the Crimson and Gray swept the Eric Loeschner Memorial Meet hosted by Fitchburg State on Saturday.

The boat comprised of Kendell Cotton, Matt Foley, Norm Harris, Liam Rucker, Danny Singer, Matt Deptula, Keegan Cole, Jackson Krupnick and coxswain Julianna Mello bested six other boats to help WPI retain the Baker Cup for the 10th consecutive year.

Pellegrini went from 62nd to 16th nationally in the 400-meter hurdles with a winning time of 1:03.41 at the Eric Loeschner Memorial Meet title hosted by Fitchburg State on Saturday.

WPI sophomore battery mates Lindsay Gurska and Caroline Medino swept the NEWMAC softball weekly awards, as announced on Monday. Gurska was named the NEWMAC Player of the Week while Medino was tabbed the NEWMAC Pitcher of the Week.

Vaitkunas, who was also named the WPI Men's Student-Athlete of the Week, entered the Engineers rubber game with Coast Guard in the top of the third inning with WPI trailing 5-0 and proceeded to throw seven shutout innings, earning the win as the Crimson and Gray came back to win 7-5.

Vaitkunas entered WPI's rubber game with Coast Guard in the top of the third inning with the Engineers trailing 5-0 and proceeded to throw seven shutout innings, earning the win as the Crimson and Gray came back to win 7-5.

Medino upped her record to 5-1 this season with series-opening victory versus Coast Guard and Wellesley while Gurska batted .667 (8-for-12) with eight runs batted and three runs scored.

Longwell landed on the ECAC Division III New England All-Star Second Team for the second consecutive year, as voted upon by the region's head coaches.

At WPI, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project that applies science and technology to addresses an important societal need or issue.

At WPI, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project that applies science and technology to addresses an important societal need or issue.

At WPI, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project addressing a challenge in their major field of study.

At WPI, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project addressing a challenge in their major field of study.

Murphy-Cook batted an eye-popping .615 (16 for 26) last week with 16 runs scored. The freshman put pressure on opponents by reaching base from the top of the order and wreaking havoc on the base paths.

Bettigole hurled a career-high five innings of relief Saturday en route to earning a key victory as WPI came from behind to defeated Clark 12-5 to take the three-game series.

Lambert, previously named the NEWMAC Women's Field Athlete of the Week and WPI Women's Student-Athlete of the Week, won the high jump in her collegiate debut with a clearance of 5-3.75 on Saturday to help the Engineers secure the Coast Guard Invitational crown and, in the process, qualified for the Division III New England and ECAC Championships.

Both relay teams earned victories this past weekend at the Coast Guard Invitational.

Holliday opened the outdoor season with a school record time of 22.26 to win the 200-meter dash and helped a pair of relay teams to victory on Saturday at the Coast Guard Invitational.

Lambert won the high jump in her collegiate debut with a clearance of 5-3.75 on Saturday at the Coast Guard Invitational and, in the process, qualified for the Division III New England and ECAC Championships.

Lambert won the high jump in her collegiate debut with a clearance of 5-3.75 on Saturday at the Coast Guard Invitational and, in the process, qualified for the Division III New England and ECAC Championships.

Lanphear contributed 16 points as WPI cruised to the Coast Guard Invitational title on Saturday as the senior won the discus (122.6), placed fourth in the hammer throw (149-02, 45.47m) and finished eighth in the shot put (39-4).

The National Academic Squad recognizes those student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher through the first semester of the 2014-15 academic year while the Scholars of Distinction have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.90 or higher through the first semester of the 2014-15 academic year.

The quartet of Nathan Hughes, Alex Powers, David Smallwood and Andrew Bauer garnered honorable mention All-America status after placing 16th overall at the NCAA Division III Championships in Shenandoah, Texas.

Andrew Bauer shaved .04 seconds off his 100-yard freestyle record and the 400-yard freestyle relay was the second alternate as WPI closed out the 2015 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday.

David Smallwood set the school record in the 200-yard butterfly and the 800-yard freestyle relay team garnered honorable mention All-America status to highlight WPI's performances on day three of the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships on Friday.

The quartet of Nathan Hughes, Alex Powers, David Smallwood and Andrew Bauer posted a time of 1:23.93 en route to a 17th place finish in the morning preliminaries.

Blanchard hit .714 in two games last week with six RBI and three runs scored as the Engineers won both contests.

Longwell becomes the first Engineer honoree since then-senior Jeff Robinson claimed first team accolades in 2011.

The sophomore finished in 33rd place in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 20.83.