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Basketball, swim\/diving teams in the hunt for a title<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n Kekoa McArdle ’25 takes a shot during a recent men’s basketball game against MIT.\n

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This is a big week for Clark athletics with several teams competing in the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) playoffs.<\/p>\n

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Catherine Antwi ’27 controls the ball during a recent women’s basketball game vs. Emerson College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The women’s basketball team<\/a>, coached by Bridgette Reyes, will play No. 2 seed Smith College in quarterfinal action beginning at 7 p.m., Wednesday, February 21, in Smith’s Ainsworth Auditorium. The Cougars finished the regular season with a 15-10 record (5-6 in NEWMAC play), earning a seventh seed in the NEWMAC Tournament.<\/p>\n

The men’s basketball<\/a> team (19-6, 13-3 NEWMAC), coached by Tyler Simms, closed out the regular season with a 19-6 record (13-3 in NEWMAC) to clinch the No. 2 seed in the NEWMAC Tournament. The scarlet and white are slated to take on the winner of No. 3 Wheaton and No. 6 Emerson at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 22, in the Kneller Gymnasium.<\/p>\n

Moving from the court to the pool, Clark’s men’s<\/a> and women’s<\/a> swimming and diving teams, coached by Paul E. Phillips, will compete in the NEWMAC championships February 22–25 at MIT.\n<\/p>\n

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