With the departure of Doc Gordon, the club needed a stable hand at the till and the freshman baseball coach, Lorin Ball agreed to take over.
[1] Essentially not having played the sport before, Ball had a steep learning curve and was forced to rely on the veteran players for guidance.
Warm weather forced the team onto a local pond for the opening game but the slow ice helped the Aggies to in the match.
Moberg's pair led MAC to victory and a positive outlook as the club headed into a busy schedule.
Just like Yale, the Continentals used an indoor, artificial rink and the pristine ice left the slower Aggies unable to cope.
While the Aggies were tired out from having little rest, the irregular ice on Beebe Lake was more familiar to the players and they were able to get to their game more effectively.
Without any ice to practice on, the time off wasn't of any particular help for the team, however, neither they nor Amherst were prepared to play a game in a blizzard.
In severe conditions that saw the ice covered in snow despite the efforts of the freshman team to keep it clean, MAC played probably the most unique game in its history.