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...
2012
Wells, McFeely earn Athletics promotions
Author: Joe Siegal The Occidental Athletic Department promoted Sports Information Director (SID) Michael Wells and women’s soccer head coach Colm McFeely to Assistant Athletic Director positions...
2012
Aladzhanyan new women’s basketball coach
Author: Noel Hemphill "Coach Heat" heads up program after VanDerveer departure The women's basketball team is training under interim head coach and Assistant Director of Athletics Anahit...
2013
Track and field opens 2013 season at Pomona-Pitzer meet this Saturday
Author: Zach Heerwagen As the track and field season gears into action, the men's and women's programs are reloading to once again compete with the...
2013
Catcher Munoz forgoes draft, focuses on pre-med program
Author: Alex Nieves It was a typical summer day in La Verne, Calif. when current Occidental catcher Victor Munoz (sophomore), then a senior at Claremont High...
2013
Rugby advances to Elite Eight
Author: Juliet Suess The Occidental Men's Rugby team advanced to the Elite Eight today with a 24-12 victory over Benedictine (Atchison, Kan.) today in Glendale, Colo....
2013
Andrew Larkin plays for PGA Tour Canada card
Author: Alex Nieves Andrew Larkin ‘12, head coach of Occidental College’s men’s and women’s golf teams, competed in the PGA Tour Canada Q-School tournament last week...
2013
Volleyball starts 6-2 despite postseason sanctions
Author: Ryan Whalen The Occidental volleyball team (6-2 overall, 0-0 SCIAC) has started the 2013 season on a tear. After winning six of their first eight...
2013
FIFA jeopardizes workers’ rights
Author: Joe Siegal When the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), awarded the 2022 World Cup to Qatar back in 2010, it was meant to show...
