The Caltech Beavers are the athletic teams of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, California. The Beavers compete in NCAA Division III as members of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC), which they co-founded in 1915.
History
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On January 6, 2007, the Beavers' men's basketball team snapped a 207-game losing streak to Division III schools, beating Bard College 81–52. It was their first Division III victory since 1996.
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On January 13, 2007, the Caltech women's basketball team snapped a 50-game losing streak, defeating the Pomona College-Pitzer College Sagehens 55–53. The women's program, which entered the SCIAC in 2002, garnered their first conference win. On the bench as honorary coach for the evening was Robert Grubbs, 2005 Nobel laureate in Chemistry.
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On February 2, 2013, the Caltech baseball team ended a 228-game losing streak, the team's first win in nearly 10 years.
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In 2024, the Caltech baseball team won ten games for the first time in over 60 years.
Sports sponsored
Caltech has 18 teams (9 for men and 9 for women), competing in baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, men's cross country, women's cross country, men's soccer, women's soccer, men's swimming and diving, women's swimming and diving, men's tennis, women's tennis, men's indoor track and field, men's outdoor track and field, women's indoor track and field, women's outdoor track and field, women's volleyball, men's water polo, and women's water polo.
Caltech used to field teams in football (1893–1993), men's golf (1935–2002), and men's wrestling (1962–1989).
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Former sports
The school also sponsored an intercollegiate football team from 1893 through 1993,
and played part of its home schedule at the Rose Bowl. Caltech also had teams in men's golf (1935–2002), and men's wrestling (1962–1989).
Facilities
The track and field team's home venue is at the South Athletic Field in
Tournament Park, the site of the first eight Rose Bowl games.
Conference championships
The Beavers have won 29 conference championships in their history. All 29 have come in men's sports, and the most recent title was in 1972. Had the award existed at the time, Caltech would have won the 1941–42 SCIAC all-sports trophy.
See also
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California Institute of Technology
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Caltech–MIT rivalry
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Great Rose Bowl Hoax
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