• 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. Until their win over
Occidental College on February 22, 2011 the team had not won a game in SCIAC play since 1985. Ryan Elmquist's free throw with 3.3 seconds in regulation gave the Beavers the victory. The documentary film
Quantum Hoops concerns the events of the Beavers' 2005–06 season. • On January 13, 2007, the Caltech women's basketball team snapped a 50-game losing streak, defeating the
Pomona-
Pitzer 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. The team went on to beat
Whittier College on February 10, for its second SCIAC win, and placed its first member on the All Conference team. • On February 2, 2013, the Caltech baseball team ended a 228-game losing streak, the team's first win in nearly 10 years. • In 2024, the Caltech baseball team won ten games for the first time in over 60 years. == Sports sponsored ==