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...
Football
Sports in Brief Issue 12
Author: Tim O'Donnell Athletics at Division III colleges like Occidental may not have the luxuries of world-class facilities or ESPN coverage that are available to many...
2014
Grace Bender: Crushing the course, saving the planet
Author: Macarena Blando Demarco Occidental women's cross country runner Grace Bender (senior) is one with the forces of nature. When she is not dominating the running...
Sports
Spanning over 50 years, seven alumni join Occidental’s Hall of Fame
Author: Carmen Triola Seven Occidental alumni joined the Athletics Hall of Fame class last Friday at the college’s third annual induction banquet. This year's class brings...
2014
Tigers fall to nationally ranked St. Thomas
Author: Noel Hemphill The Occidental women's basketball team fell to No. 12 University of St. Thomas (Minn.) in its first home game of the season. A...
2015
Noonball tradition continues on the courts
Author: Spencer Donaldson It is high noon on a Thursday. The sun beats down as heat rises from the black asphalt of Occidental College’s outdoor basketball...
2015
WAC remains positive in rebuilding year
Author: Melina Devoney Occidental’s women’s ultimate Frisbee team, Women’s Aerial Club (WAC), began the spring season low in numbers but high in spirit. Despite losing four out...
Sports
LA NFL stadium should not be funded by taxpayers
Author: Joe Siegal As talk about the NFL's possible return to Los Angeles continues to heat up once again, the public should temper its excitement until...
2015
Senior duos finish final Tiger tennis matches
Author: Lily Goldfarb The Occidental men’s and women’s tennis teams will each be saying goodbye to two seniors this year. For the men’s team, these seniors...
