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...

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...

‘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...

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...

Gann leads volleyball to victory on Senior Night

Author: Ryan Whalen The Occidental volleyball team (17-10 overall, 10-6 SCIAC) celebrated its Senior night on Friday, commemorating Jessie Altman, Madyson Cassidy, Stephanie Gann, Hanna Hunt...

Sports In Brief Dec. 4

Author: Ryan Whalen Cross Country NCAA Championships Junior transfer John Guzman dazzled spectators at the season finale NCAA Championships in the frigid weather of Hanover, Ind., taking...

Robson, Chang, van Deventer defend SCIAC titles

Author: Stephen Nemeth The Occidental swimming and diving teams finished the four-day SCIAC Championships over the weekend with the women placing fifth and the men seventh...

SoCal MMA delivers knockout deal to Occidental students

Author: Malcolm MacLeod A nondescript brick building sits next to the Starbucks and CVS on York Boulevard. At the back of the building are two industrial-sized garage...

Don’t get the puck outta here

Author: Juliet Suess Americans do not appreciate hockey nearly as much as they should. The Stanley Cup Finals ranks as the lowest viewed final of the...

Stivers leads tigers to victory in home opener

Author: Gregory Feiner When both of Occidental's starting quarterbacks went down with injuries last Saturday, Tom Stivers got his unlikely chance to lead the Tiger offense...

Tigers alumni advance baseball careers

Author: Malcolm MacLeod On the fourth of July, nearly 1,000 fans made their way to Kokernot Field in West Texas to see the Alpine Cowboys play....

Giants ride a ‘bum’ arm to title

Author: Joe Siegal We live in an era of baseball in which pitchers are coddled, shut down after a set number of innings and rarely...