NEW LONDON, Conn. -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), seeded fourth in the field by the head coaches, won three of its four matches and outlasted Johns Hopkins University in a 9-7 triumph Sunday to win the Division III Eastern Championship at Connecticut College.

Senior center John Preis scored nine goals over the weekend to lead the Engineers and earn honors as the tournament's Most Valuable Player.  Brian Gardiner and goalie Columbus Leonard joined Preis on the first team for the champion Engineers.

Johns Hopkins (12-11) went 2-1 for the weekend to finish as the runner-up. Sophomore Alex Whittam and Ross Schofield garnered All-Tournament First Team honors for the Blue Jays. Whittam exploded with 12 markers while Schofield added six scores.

The Behrend Lions of Penn State (6-18) finished fourth with a 1-3 record. Colin McGarry scored three of his six goals in a 15-9 victory against the Presidents of W&J on Sunday to lead the Bears as a second team selection on the all-tournament team.

W&J (5-15) finished fifth with a 1-3 record as Bill Krause garnered All-Tournament First Team honors and led the Presidents with seven goals.

Division III Eastern Championship All-Tournament Team
Most Valuable Player- John Preis (MIT)
Outstanding Coach - JJ Addison (Connecticut College)

Second Team
Clayton Witter - Connecticut College
James Green - Connecticut College
John Barrett - Johns Hopkins University
Kielan Crow - Johns Hopkins University
Cameron Chaves-Washington & Jefferson College
Craig Cheney - MIT
Colin McGarry - Penn State-Behrend

2010 Division III Eastern Champion - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2010 Division III Eastern Champion Runner-Up - Johns Hopkins University

Saturday, October 23

Match 1: Johns Hopkins 24, Penn State-Behrend 5

Goals:
JHU -  Barrett 1, Zepfel 1, Heeter 1, Clark 1, Levitt 2, Regheb 1, Strickland 1, Whittam 5, Weintraub 3, Flemming 2, Schofield 1, Maurer 2, Kingery 1, Gillette 2

PSB -  McGarry 1, Khan 1, Loukides 2, Hyrne 1

MIT: Darcy 1, Perkins 2, Ostasevic 1, Simauchi 1, Gardiner 3, Stephens 2, Cheney 1, Farid 2, Preis 2, Dorne 4

PSB: McGarry 1, Khan 1, Loukides 1, Hyrne 1

Saves: MIT: Leonard 4, Hsiue 1; PSB: Dunleavy 2

Goals:

CC - Je 2, Mitchell 3, Pelham 4, Sizer 1

W&J - Johnson 1, Chaves 3, Krause 3, Steiner 1

Match 4: Johns Hopkins 14, MIT 13

JHU - Crow 2, Levitt 3, Lyon 1, Whittam 5, Schofield 2, Kingery 1

MIT - Otasvic 2, Gardiner 2, Stephens 2, Cheney 2, Mattfolk 1, Preis 4

Match 5: Washington & Jefferson 7, Penn State-Behrend 6

W&J - Johnson 2, Chaves 1, Krause 3, Steiner 1

PSB - Horsch 1, McGarry 1, Khan 1, Hyrne 4

Saves: W&J - Francisco 12; PSB - Dunleavy 7

Goals:

CC - Mitchell 1, Sizer 1, Burns 1

MIT - Adams 1, Darcey 2, Perkins 1, Otasevic 2, Gardiner 1, Maltfolk 2, Drels 2, Dorne 2

Saves: CC - Witter 20 ; MIT - Basara 5, Leonard 10, Hsiue 2

Sunday, October 24

Third Place Game: Connecticut College 13, Washington & Jefferson 7

CC - Burns 5, Je 2, Mitchell 2, Phromratanapongse 2, Sizer 1, Swanson 1

W&J -Johnson 4, Weiland 1, Krause 1, Del Rio 1

Goals:

MIT - Preis 3, Perkins, Gardiner, Stephens, Cheney, Mattfolk, Donne

JHU - Schofield 3, Whittam 2, Crow, Strickland

Saves: MIT - Leonard 8; JHU - Selbert 6

W&J - Del Rio 6, Shuey, Hosking, Steiner