Sports
Sports
Athletes of the Week Kent Ortiz and Sloane Shoop shut down the competition
Sloane Shoop Sloane Shoop (sophomore) made four blocks against Willamette University during the Whittier - La Verne Invitational Sept. 11, leading the Occidental volleyball team to their fourth...
Sports
Baseball and volleyball set standard of academic excellence
Occidental baseball and volleyball earned the 2025-26 American Baseball Coaches Associations' (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award and American Volleyball Coaches Associations' (AVCA) Team Academic...
Sports
‘She wanted more’: Olivia Haga’s soccer journey beyond Oxy
Olivia Haga ‘23 played for the Occidental women’s soccer team and has played professionally overseas since graduating. Haga said her path to the pros...
Sports
Men’s soccer kicks off as favorite in SCIAC preseason poll
The Occidental men’s soccer team was voted No. 1 in the SCIAC Preseason Poll. The 2025 SCIAC regular season and tournament champions, who exited...
2016
Junior football player constructs solar panels in Ghana
Author: Kevin Liu A van carrying students rattles along a potholed road. The van is on its way to N-Kpaguni, a small village in Ghana. Upon...
2016
Men and women sweep at SCIAC Multi-Dual
Author: Peter Johnson With a whopping 74 lifetime or season best personal records set at the latest SCIAC Multi-Dual April 2, the track and field team...
2016
Lacrosse wins final home game against Whittier 14-9
Author: Melina Devoney Senior captains Brita Loeb and Alessandra Quaroni got their first SCIAC win of the season in their last collegiate game on home turf...
2012
Bounty-Gate scandal harms Goodell’s authority
Author: Jack McHenry (Sports Columnist) The "Bounty-Gate" scandal sent shockwaves through the NFL and one of its most recently successful franchises the New Orleans Saints. The...
2011
Mason Atkins Brings New Approach to Tiger Golf Team
Author: Sant Kumar Following the men's golf team's fall season, all eyes are on Mason Atkins (first-year). In his first college tournament (the Hamilton Fall Invitational...
2011
Young Prepares for Nationals After Breaking School Record
Author: Soo Jin Kim Kelly Young (senior) broke the school record for the hammer throw during the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational earlier this month. It was previously held...
2012
Following off-season moves, L.A. area MLB teams resurgent in 2012
Author: Lauren Taylor Baseball is back, and it is hard not to be invigorated seeing teams take the field for the first time in games that...
2011
Network Connects Students to Sports Professionals
Author: Mirin Fader The Occidental Sports Business and Law Network (OSBLN), a broad-based organization devoted to linking students interested in a sports career with alumni employed...
