Sports
Sports
Controlling the uncontrollable: athletes’ superstitions and rituals
Men’s tennis player Benjamin Burrows (senior) said competitive sports are inherently mental. Burrows said he and many other athletes partake in rituals or have...
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Women’s tennis finds rhythm after early-season struggles
The Occidental women's tennis team has been on a winning streak, recording three consecutive 7-0 sweeps. The team shut out Whittier March 27 and has...
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‘We-before-me’: student managers star in supporting roles
Occidental sports teams have done well this year, with several teams reaching their respective SCIAC conference tournaments and others with seasons still in full swing. Every sports program at...
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Athletes of the Week Okamoto and Yurich lead playoff push
Olivia Okamoto Olivia Okamoto (senior) is currently the lacrosse team’s leading scorer and has been on All-SCIAC teams from 2023–2025. An attacker from Redmond, WA,...
2013
Records fall at swim & dive SCIACs
Author: Damian Mendieta Amid three days of sunshine, rain and cold temperatures at Splash! La Mirada, the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams showed no...
2013
Dodgers, Angels not worth high payrolls
Author: Joe Siegal Just when it briefly seemed that unchecked spending on veteran free agents was out of style in Major League Baseball, L.A.’s teams are...
2013
Former lacrosse players transition to triathlons
Author: Noel Hemphill For many people, training and competing in one sport is enough. For sophomores Taylor Durham and Greta Jarvis, training in the three sports...
2013
Theta supports CASA in Rush Gym
Author: Claudia Chow Six players to a team. Six dodge balls. One court. And only one winner. This was the scenario at Rush Gymnasium on Saturday...
2013
There is “Mo” crying in baseball
Author: Joe Siegal When shortstop Derek Jeter and fellow pitcher Andy Pettite walked out to the Yankee Stadium mound last Thursday night to relieve closer Mariano...
2013
Obama speaks out against ‘Redskins’
Author: Joe Siegal Let’s be clear: the word “Redskin” is a racial slur. It is a linguistic relic of a time period in which white Americans...
2013
Men’s Soccer defeats Caltech in SCIAC finale
Author: Tim O'Donnell Occidental men's soccer (3-16 overall, 2-14 SCIAC) could not muster a win on Wednesday's Senior Night, falling to Pomona-Pitzer (8-11-1 overall, 7-8-1 SCIAC)...
2013
Athletics struggles to make ends meet with current budget constraints
Author: Lauren Rewers Despite a record $537,000 in booster donations to the Athletics Department this year, athletes are not likely to see the funds result in...
