This weekend, the luck finally turned for Caltech's men's baseball team as they defeated a third team out of twenty that they faced this year. Interestingly enough, most members of the team they played wore skirts. And instead of baseball the players threw around a Frisbee.

First in its kind, the frisbee challenge that Snatch, Caltech Women's Frisbee Team, threw against the men's baseball team, concluded with a score of 13 to 5 in men's favor, leaving the guys excited and in high spirits.

"Oh my God," said Mike Comstock, one of the guys who enjoyed the prospect of victory during half-time. "This is going to be our only victory this season except the old folks."

Indeed, the complete lack of wins against teams composed of people younger than 40 years did not forecast bright outcome for the men, especially since the challenge involved playing a sport different than the one they practice. The team never played Frisbee together until the very game on Sunday, and some members never touched the disk in their lives. However, what they lacked in experience, the men made up for in their plan of action.

"We had a winning strategy," explained Kevin Noertker. "Run very very fast, jump very very high, and catch the Frisbee."

The men did all that, although, as Noertker said, "The frequency of our drops really did reflect how we lead the league in errors." The team does just that, not only being first team in SCIACs in lead errors, but having individual standouts as well. Noertker and a teammate share first place in inidividual errors, with several teammates following closely behind.

Although they lost, the women did present many impressive plays and some technically difficult catches and passes, with Minh Huynh diving for the disk on several occasions. The women were also a more bright and cheery bunch, complete with leopard-print pink socks and colorful skirts.

The game ended on an amiable note and closed with cheers of "Bever Fever, snatch it up!" from the guys and "Next season Ð baseball!" from the girls. Yet while the game was friendly, the victory did boost the morale of the baseball team.

"It's nice to get a win. We've waited two years for this," said Jeff Shaw, member of the team. "Maybe the winning streak [of one] will carry on to the next season."